Masil al-Jizl | |
Native Name: | مسيل الجزل/عرب الزيناتي |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Other Name: | Arab al-Zinati[1] |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Mandatory Palestine |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
Coordinates: | 32.4542°N 35.5572°W |
Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
Grid Position: | 202/207 |
Subdivision Type: | Geopolitical entity |
Subdivision Name: | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdivision Type1: | Subdistrict |
Subdivision Name1: | Baysan |
Established Title1: | Date of depopulation |
Established Date1: | May 31, 1948 |
Established Title2: | Repopulated dates |
Unit Pref: | dunam |
Area Total Dunam: | 976 |
Population As Of: | 1945 |
Population Total: | 100[2] [3] |
Blank Name Sec1: | Cause(s) of depopulation |
Blank3 Name Sec1: | Current Localities |
Blank3 Info Sec1: | Kfar Ruppin[4] |
Masil al-Jizl was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the Arab-Israeli War. It was attacked and depopulated on May 31, 1948, as part of Operation Gideon.
There were several archeological sites in the vicinity, including Tall al-Qitaf, Kh. al-Hajj Mahmud and Tall al-Shaykh Dawud.[4]
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, Mesil al-Jezel had a population of 64; all Muslims,[5] increasing in the 1931 census to 197 Muslims, in a total of 47 houses.[6]
In the 1945 statistics, the population was 100 Muslims,[2] with a total of 976 dunams of land.[3] Of this, 252 dunams were for plantations and irrigated land, 702 for cereals,[7] while 22 dunams were non-cultivable land.[8]
Village land currently used by Kfar Ruppin.