Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira
al-Masmiyya al-Saghira
المسمية الصغيرة Masmiyyat al-Hurani al-Huraniyya | |
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Village | |
1870s map
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1940s with modern overlay map
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al-Masmiyya al-Saghira Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°45′10″N 34°47′56″E / 31.75278°N 34.79889°E | |
| Palestine grid | 131/128 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | July 8–9, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,478 dunams (6.478 km2; 2.501 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 530 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Masmiya Bet, Kfar HaRif |
Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira (Arabic: المسمية الصغيرة), also known as Mamsiyyat al-Hurani and al-Huraniyya, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 42 kilometers (26 mi) northeast of Gaza. It was situated at an elevation of 60 meters (200 ft) in the southern coastal plain of Ottoman Syria.
Established in the late 19th century by locals from its twin Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira, Hamula clan of Al-Hurani, following feuds with other residents. Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, but prior to that, in 1945, it had a population of 530 inhabitants.