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Place in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine

Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira

Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira was a Palestinian village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 41 kilometers (25 mi) northeast of Gaza.

With a land area of 20,687 dunams, the village site was situated on an elevation of 75 meters (246 ft) along the coastal plain. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Before the war, it had a population of 2,520 in 1945.

How locals move

Getting around Al-Masmiyya al-Kabira the local way

  • Get aroundBy bus, taxi ("moneet" in Hebrew), or minibus ("moneet sherut").

From Wikivoyage: Ashdod, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.