Also spelled Arab al-Zinati Palestine grid 202/207 Date of depopulation 31 May 1948 | Subdistrict Baysan | |
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Arabic مسيل الجزل/عرب الزيناتي | ||
Masil al-Jizl was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the Arab-Israeli War. It was attacked and depopulated on May 31, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon.
History
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, Mesil al-Jezel had a population of 64; all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 197 Muslims, in a total of 47 houses.
In 1945, the population was 100 Muslims, with a total of 976 dunams of land. Of this, 252 dunams were for plantations and irrigated land, 702 for cereals, while 22 dunams were non-cultivable land.
References
Masil al-Jizl Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA