Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 28, 1948
Distance from district center	12 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	50 (meters)
Map location	See location number #41 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yo'av
Israeli attacking brigade	Possibly Giva'ti Brigade
Defenders	Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Dimra inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 8,257 Jewish 0 Public 235 Total 8,492
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 96 Irrigated & Plantation 388 Planted W/ Cereal 7,412 Built up 18 Cultivable 7,896 Non-Cultivable 578
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 251 1931 324 1945 520 1948 603 Est. Refugees 1998 3,704
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 100 1948 186
Schools	Dimra had one elementary school for boys which was founded in 1946, and when it opened its doors it had initial enrollment of 47 students.
Inhabitants place of origin	In 15th century, Dimra was the home of the Bani Jabir tribe.
Archeological sites	Dimra contained the foundations of buildings, a cemetery, columns, and severed column capitals.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Erez
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"A crumbling stone water basin, concrete rubble from houses, and a destroyed well are nearly all that remain. A watering trough for cows has been placed on what appears to be a concrete fragment from a former house. The well is topped with an old, nonoperating water pump. More debris lies in a wooded portion of the site, near a Jewish cemetery. "