Al-Sammu'i

Al-Sammu'i (Arabic: السموعي) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948, under Operation Hiram. It was located 4 km west of Safad. Today, Kfar Shamai is built on the site of the old village, and Amirim is built on the southern part of the village land.

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Al-Sammu'i السموعي Sammu'i[1]
Village
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Al-Sammu'i Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°57′29″N 35°27′11″E
Palestine grid	192/262
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 12, 1948[1]
Area [2]
• Total	15,135 dunams (15.135 km2 or 5.844 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	310[3][2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall

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In 1945, the village had a population of 310.^[3] Al-Sammu'i had a mosque and a shrine for a local sage known as al-Shaykh Muhammad al-'Ajami.