Al-Murassas

Al-Murassas

المرصص
Al-Murassas المرصص
	Etymology: the place of the rubble
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Murassas (click the buttons)
	Al-Murassas Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°33′38″N 35°28′25″E / 32.56056°N 35.47361°E
Palestine grid	195/218
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	May 16, 1948
Population (1945)
• Total	460
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall

Al-Murassas (Arabic: المرصص), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 War on May 16, 1948. The village was attacked as part of Operation Gideon.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 166
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #117. Also gives cause of depopulation.

Al-Murassas المرصص
Etymology: the place of the rubble^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Murassas (click the buttons)
Al-Murassas Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°33′38″N 35°28′25″E / 32.56056°N 35.47361°E / 32.56056; 35.47361
Palestine grid	195/218
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Baysan
Date of depopulation	May 16, 1948^[4]
Population (1945)
• Total	460^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall