Arabic أم عجرة Palestine grid 198/207 Date of depopulation 31 May 1948 | Subdistrict Baysan Area 6,443 dunams | |
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Weather 14°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 87% Humidity | ||
Umm 'Ajra (Arabic: أم عجرة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 31, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 4 km south of Baysan and the 'Ayn Umm 'Ajra provided the village with water. The village had three khirbas: Tall al-Shaykh al-Simad, Hajj Makka, and Sursuq.
History
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, Umm 'Ajra had a population of 86 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 242, still all Muslims, in 48 houses.
In 1945 the population of Umm 'Ajra was 260 Muslims, while the total land area was 6,443 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, Arabs used 2,688 dunums for cereals, while a total of 203 dunums were classified as non-cultivable land.