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Umm ar-Rehan is a Palestinian village of 370 inhabitants located high on the northwestern hills of the Jenin Governorate, 14km from Jenin. It is one of a number of Palestinian villages that are now located within enclaves in the Seam ZoneUmm al-Rehan is one of seven villages that form part of the Barta'a enclave, which is named for the enclave's largest town: eastern Barta'a .HistoryIn Roman times, the town of Umm ar-Rehan covered an area of 36-40 hectares, consisting of approximately a hundred houses, a road system, and a Roman bathhouse. Archaeological artifacts dating back to Byzantine times have also been uncovered there.In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described the place has having "traces of ruins; drafted stones of good sized masonry West of it in the valley is a ruined watchtower".British Mandate eraIn the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kh. Umm Al-Rihan had a population 26, all Muslims.The wood near the village is site of a memorial to early Palestinian militant leader Izz ad-Din al-Qassam of the Black Hand, killed in a gunfight with the British Palestine Police Force.