Khirbat al-Kasayir
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| Arabic | خربة الكساير |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°47′36″N 35°08′19″E / 32.79333°N 35.13861°ECoordinates: 32°47′36″N 35°08′19″E / 32.79333°N 35.13861°E |
| Palestine grid | 163/244 |
| Population | 290 (1945) |
| Date of depopulation | mid-April, 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Al-Kasayir (Arabic: خربة الكساير, Hebrew: ח'ירבת אל-קסאייר) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict, located 13 km east of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 16, 1948 under the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek.
Many inhabitants were Muslim Arabs who traced their origins to North Africa.
In 1945 Khirbat Al-Kasayir was counted among Shefa-'Amr suburbs, and it was noted with a population of 290 Muslims.
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