Summil

Summil
صميل
Summeil
Former village
Etymology: "Hard and withered"
1870s map
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Summil
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°39′56″N 34°47′43″E / 31.66556°N 34.79528°E / 31.66556; 34.79528
Grid position130/119
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationmid-July, 1948
Area
  Total
19,304 dunams (19.304 km2 or 7.453 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total
950
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesKedma, Sgula, Menuha, Nahala, Vardon

Summil (Arabic: صميل) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 36 kilometers (22 mi) northeast of Gaza. It was situated on a sandy hill in the coastal plain and had a population of 950 in 1945. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.