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| al-Jura The Home Town Of Ahmad Yasin الجورة - אל-ג'ורה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
November 4, 1948
Distance from district center
20 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #23 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Yo'av
Israeli attacking brigade
Giva'ti Brigade
Defenders
Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village was mostly destroyed with the exception of a single house.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Jura inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
10,705
Jewish
0
Public
1,519
Total
12,224
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
481
Irrigated & Plantation
7,198
Planted W/ Cereal
2,965
Built up
45
Cultivable
10,644
Non-Cultivable
1,535
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
253
1922
1,326
1931
1,754
1945
2,420
1948
2,807
Est. Refugees 1998
17,239
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
396
1948
633
Town's name through history
Jurat Ascalon
Schools
al-Jiyya had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1919, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 206 students.
Religious institutions
One mosque
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
The city of Ashqelon 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 of the village houses has been spared; thorny plants grow on the parts of the site not built over by Ashqelon."
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