Denys Pringle suggest that this was the Crusader place known as '' Francheville . '' In 1870 , Victor Guérin noted it as a small , ruined village . In 1881 , the Palestine Exploration Fund 's '' Survey of Western Palestine '' ( SWP ) described '' Rushmia '' : " The ruin of a rectangular building , with a tower in its north-east corner . The walls are standing some 15 feet high in places . The building measures 35 feet north and south , and 45 east and west outside . The tower is about 15 feet square , and intended to flank the northern entrance . The east wall has been destroyed . The walls are 7 feet thick , built of courses of ashlar , the stones averaging 2 feet 3 inches by 1 foot , 2 inches by 1 foot 2 inches . The material used is very soft , and the stones much worn ; the mortar joints are very thick , and large pieces of pottery are used . No drafted stones were seen . The tower is entered by a door 5 feet high , 2 feet broad , on the west . The roof is of rough stones , with a pointed arch . It is barrel-vaulted , and covered with hard cement . On the south is a loophole-window , and a side-door , the latter with a flat lintel . On the west wall is a window with retaining arch , and a small window above . All these arches are pointed . There is a large window in the south wall of the main building . It appears to have had a semicircular arch . The site is a very commanding one . A path leads down to Haifa . There are ruins all round for a distance of some hundred yards . About 150 yards west are four vaults , apparently the basement of some building . This is evidently the ruin of a fortress , on the hill-side , and the character of the masonry would lead to the supposition that it was one of those constructed by Dhaher el ' Amr . " On March 31 , 2002 , an 18-year-old Arab suicide bomber , Shadi Tobassi , from Jenin blew himself up at the Matza restaurant located on the highway east of Romema , killing 14 people . Hamas and Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the attack
Matza restaurant
Matza restaurant suicide bombing
Romema (Haifa)