Al-Murassas
Al-Murassas (Arabic: المرصص), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 War on May 16, 1948. The village was attacked as part of Operation Gideon.
Al-Murassas
المرصص | |
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| Etymology: the place of the rubble | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Murassas (click the buttons) | |
Al-Murassas Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°33′38″N 35°28′25″E | |
| Palestine grid | 195/218 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | May 16, 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 460 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
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