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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 9, 1948
Distance from district center	17 (km) South of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	125 (meters)
Map location	See location number #55 on the map
Israeli military operation	First stage of the operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Village defenders	Egyptian Army and some Palestinian militia
Refugees' migration route	Most villagers sought refuge in the Hebron area.
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Jilya was mostly destroyed and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Jilya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 10,345 Jewish 0 Public 2 Total 10,347
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 40 Area planted w/ olives 40 Planted W/ Cereal 7,677 Built up 7 Cultivable 7,717 Non-Cultivable 2,623
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 94 1922 269 1931 271 1945 330 1948 383 Est. Refugees 1998 2,351
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 63 1948 89
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to Jilya by Galla, and the Philistines called it Ekron (currently known by Khirbat al-Muqanna').
Schools	An elementary school was shared with the nearby villages of Qazaza and Sajad.
Water supplies	Water was drawn from several wells to the North and West of the village center.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No Israeli settlements on 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

Bibliography and References

Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi:
The area is fenced in and inaccessible

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
Abrar sowi	sowi	Zarqa, jordan
جلال نبتيتي	نبتيتي	بيت لحم, فلسطين
نادر علوه	-	Bethlehem, Palestine
Fathi Al Jilawi	Al Jilawi	Doha, Qatar
abdullah haymour	-	-
sowi_fashion@yahoo.com	SOWI	AMMAN, JORDAN
Khalid Elolaimi	Elolaimi	USA
Issa Ibrahim Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Russaifa, Jordan
Mohmoud Ibrahim Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Russaifa, Jordan
Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Jarash, Jordan
Khader Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Russaifa, Jordan
Fatma Ibrahim Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Russaifa, Jordan
Mousa Ibrahim Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Russaifa, Jordan
Imad Ibrahim Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Russaifa, Jordan
Omar Hassan Omar Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Jarash, Jordan
Abdelfattah Khalil Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Jarash, Jordan
Iman Ibrahim Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Al-khalil, Palestine
Mohammad Abdel-Aziz Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Amman, Jordan
Ali Yousuf Hossein Al Suwi	Suwi	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Wife of Ali Yousuf Al Suwi	Suwi	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Hassan Omar Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Jarash, Jordan
Muna Ibrahim Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Amman, Jordan
Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Suwi	Al-Suwi	Wilaya of Algiers, Algeria
abdula haymour	-	rusayfa, rusayfa
Abdallah Wadi	WADI	U.S.A.
Marwan Suwi	Al-Suwi	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
nasser	darwish	bydgoszcz, poland
Mohammad Nabtiti	Nabtiti	Germany, Germany
saadi suwi	Al-Suwi	riyadh, saudi arabia
Mohammed Haymour	Haymour	Qatar

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