Wa'arat al-Sarris وعرة السرّيس | |
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Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates:32°48′50″N35°07′08″E / 32.81389°N 35.11889°E /32.81389; 35.11889 | |
| Palestine grid | 161/245 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | unknown[2] |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 190[1] |
Wa'arat al-Sarris (Arabic:وعرة السرّيس) was aPalestinian village in theHaifa Subdistrict, which was depopulated during the1948 Palestine war.
In the1931 census of Palestine, conducted by theBritish Mandate authorities, it was counted as a part ofShefa-'Amr suburbs, together with 9 other villages, and together they had a total of 1197 inhabitants, all Muslim, in 234 houses.[3]
In the1945 statisticsWa'rit Sarris was again counted amongShefa-'Amr suburbs, and it was noted with a population of 190 Muslims.[1][4][5][6]
During the1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine, there were raids on Arab villages by Jewish forces, which led to flight of the residents and in early January 1948 Hans Moller, the manager of the Ata factory (in modern-dayKiryat Ata) offered the residents of the village to find shelter in his factory, which was near the village, but the residents declined the offer, in fear of being targeted by the Palestinian Arabs and fled toShefa-'Amr. The village was occupied during April, 1948, during theBattle of Ramat Yohanan between the Jews and theDruze battalion of theArab Liberation Army.[7] The village was located 11 km east ofHaifa.