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. History There were several archeological sites in the vicinity, including Tall al-Qitaf, Kh. al-Hajj Mahmud and Tall al-Shaykh Dawud. British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, Mesil al-Jezel had a population of 64; all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. 31 increasing in the 1931 census to 197 Muslims, in a total of 47 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 79
In the 1945 statistics, the population was 100 Muslims, with a total of 976 dunams of land. Of this, 252 dunams were for plantations and irrigated land, 702 for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 85 while 22 dunams were non-cultivable land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 135
Village land currently used by Kfar Ruppin.
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