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Al-Samiriyya, 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 27, 1948 as part of Operation Gideon. It was located 7 km southeast of Baysan.HistoryThe village had a mosque and three Khirbas: Khirbat al-Humra, Tulul al-Thawm, and Tall al-Khab.Ottoman eraIn 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine found at Khurbet es Samriyeh: "Ruined walls and traces of ruins alone remain. The place has, however, the appearance of an ancient site, and is well supplied with water." Of Khurbet el Humra they noted: "A few walls standing and a ruined mill. No indications of antiquity exist", while of Tellûl eth Thŭm they noted: "Artificial mounds; a stream of water to the north."British Mandate eraIn the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, Samriyeh had a population of 162; all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 181 Muslims, in a total of 41 houses.In 1945 the village had a population of 250; 240 Muslims and 10 Christians, with a total of 3,873 dunums of land. Of this, 11 dunums were irrigated or used for plantation, 2,801 were for cereals, while 22 dunams were built-up land.