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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 Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed with the exception of a single village house.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Ni'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.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in 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:
"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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