Al-Samra
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Al-Samra was a Palestinian
Arab
village in the District of Tiberias
. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
on April 21, 1948. It was located 10 km southeast of Tiberias.
In 1945, the village had a population of 290. The village had a mosque and several khirbas including Khirbat al-Tawafiq and Khirbat Duwayraban.
Palestinian people
The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...
Arab
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
village in the District of Tiberias
District of Tiberias
The District of Tiberias was an administrative district, situated in the British Mandate of Palestine around the city of Tiberias. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the district disintegrated.-Depopulated settlements:...
. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine
The 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine lasted from 30 November 1947, the date of the United Nations vote in favour of the termination of the British Mandate for Palestine and the UN Partition Plan, to the termination of the British Mandate itself on 14 May 1948.This period constitutes the...
on April 21, 1948. It was located 10 km southeast of Tiberias.
In 1945, the village had a population of 290. The village had a mosque and several khirbas including Khirbat al-Tawafiq and Khirbat Duwayraban.