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| al-Jiyya District of Gaza الجية - אל-ג'יה 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 #29 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 IsraelisThe village was completely obliterated.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Jiyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
8,274
Jewish
0
Public
233
Total
8,506
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
189
Irrigated & Plantation
26
Planted W/ Cereal
8,004
Built up
45
Cultivable
8,219
Non-Cultivable
242
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
667
1931
899
1945
1,230
1948
1,427
Est. Refugees 1998
8,762
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
188
1948
298
Town's name through history
The Crusades referred to al-Jiyya by Algie.
Schools
al-Jiyya had no schools, however, its students attended school in the nearby village of Barbara.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Archeological sites
al-Jiyya contained a stone column and the remains of a Roman mill.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Moshav Ge'a and Beyt Shiqma
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"All traces of the village have been completely obliterated. Some sycamore trees grow on the site."
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