Qumya

Qumya
قوميه
Kumieh, Qumiya
Village
Qumya, 1948
Etymology: "Stature", or "Support"
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Qumya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°33′55″N 35°23′45″E / 32.56528°N 35.39583°E / 32.56528; 35.39583
Palestine grid187/219
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulation26 March 1948
Area
 • Total
4,898 dunams (4.898 km2 or 1.891 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
440
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting
Current LocalitiesEin Harod (Ihud)

Qumya (Arabic: قوميه), was a Palestinian village of 510 inhabitants when it was depopulated prior to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

Located 12.5 kilometers north of Baysan, the village was assaulted by the forces of the Golani Brigade on 26 March 1948 during Operation Gideon, on the orders of Yosef Weitz, a representative of the Jewish National Fund (JNF). Its inhabitants fled in fear of being caught in the fighting.

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