Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi

Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
Arabic
District Jaffa
Population 1080 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation March 17, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Fear of being caught up in the fighting

Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Jaffa. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 17, 1948. It was located 6.5 km northeast of Jaffa. As of 1945 it had a population of 1,080. al-Jammasin's inhabitants were known to be descendants of nomads from the Jordan Valley.

References

  1. ^ Morris, 2004, p.xviii, village #204. Also gives cause of depopulation.

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