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| Bayt Jirja District of Gaza بيت جرجا - בית ג'ירג'א Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
October 30, 1948
Distance from district center
15.5 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
50 (meters)
Map location
See location number #36 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Yo'av
Israeli attacking brigade
Possibly a combination of Giv'ati, Negev, and Yiftach brigades
Defenders
Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village was completely destroyed, and only one house remains. If this house is yours, then your are welcome to claim it back!
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBayt Jirja inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
8,015
Jewish
116
Public
350
Total
8,481
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
434
98
Irrigated & Plantation
618
18
Planted W/ Cereal
6,911
0
Built up
25
0
Cultivable
7,963
116
Non-Cultivable
377
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
468
1922
397
1931
619
1945
940
1948
1,090
Est. Refugees 1998
6,696
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
115
1948
202
Religious institutions
One mosque
Shrines/maqams
A shrine for al-Nabi Jirja.
Nearby wadies & rivers
Bayt Jirja was overlooking Wadi al-'Abd.
Water supplies
The village had number of wells, ranging in depth from 30 to 80 meters deep.
Archeological sites
Bayt Jirja contained Khirbat 'Amuda, which was known to the Crusades by Amouhde, and it contained pottery fragments, cisterns, and a pool.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Mavqi'im, Ge'a, and Talmey Yafe.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is encircled by barbed wire fencing, with only the street and scattered rubble still visible. One house on the northern edge of the village remains, along with some sycamore trees and cactuses."
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