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| Ni'ilya District of Gaza نعليا - נעליא Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
November 4, 1948
Distance from district center
19 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #28 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Yo'av
Israeli attacking brigade
Possibly a combination of Giva'ti and Nagav Brigades.
Defenders
Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of a single village house.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisNi'ilya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
4,929
Jewish
0
Public
304
Total
5,233
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
1,084
Irrigated & Plantation
1,436
Planted W/ Cereal
2,215
Built up
19
Cultivable
4,735
Non-Cultivable
469
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
440
1922
687
1931
863
1945
1,310
1948
1,520
Est. Refugees 1998
9,332
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
169
1948
297
Schools
Ni'ilya students used to attend school in al-Majdal city, and in the winter of 1948 the village built its elementary school for boys, which was never opened because of the war.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Archeological sites
Ni'ilya had burial places which contained tombs of people who were killed while battling the Crusades.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
The city of Ashkelon is occupying village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Only one house that had probably been built in a fruit orchard still stands and is currently inhabited by a Palestinian family. It has a flat roof and rectangular windows and door."
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| Posted by Webmaster on FEBRUARY-17-2008 Last reply posted on JUNE-23-2008 Will you accept a new homeland & compensation instead of Palestine and you right of return? هل تقبل التوطين والتعويض بديل عن الوطن وحق العودة؟ |
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