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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 10, 1948
Distance from district center	6.5 (km) East of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	125 (meters)
Map location	See location number #17 on the map
Israeli military operation	First phase of Operation Dani
Israeli attacking brigade	Yiftach Brigade
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	On September 13th, 1948, Jimzu was completely obliterated and only house walls and rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Jimzu inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 9,460 Jewish 0 Public 21 Total 9,681
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 77 Irrigated & Plantation 1,605 Area planted w/ olives 1,400 Planted W/ Cereal 5,577 Built up 50 Cultivable 7,259 Non-Cultivable 2,372
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 898 1931 1,081 1945 1,510 1948 1,752 Est. Refugees 1998 10,757
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 268 1948 434
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to Jimzu by Gimzo.
Schools	An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1920, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 175 students.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Gimzo
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, all that remains of the village:-
"All that remains of the houses are stones, strewn over the site, and some crumbled walls."

To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
hani2008jmz	-	-
حفيظة القزعة	القزعة	ca, usa
marim mohmad	musleh	north, jordan
omran	alquzah	ca, usa
abumartine	-	-
mohammad ameen alziq	-	amman, marka
mahmoud,saleem.saleh khaleel	khaleel	hurghada, egypt
محمد القزعة	القزعة	عمان, الاردن
خديجة الدبشة	الدبشة	الاردن , الاردن
shukri shaker musleh	musleh	denmark
Aref AL Quza`a	AL Quza`a	Amman, Amman
Yacoub Elziq	Alziq	CA, USA
Samar Al khalil	Alzeq	Paris, France
عتي الزق	الزق	london
لؤي	-	الزرقاء, الاردن
Khaled Ayoub	Ayoub	Amman, Jordan
Hussam Sayyed	sayyed	-
mahmoud alazzah	aldabsheh	-
wasim al.najjar	النجار	الرياض, السعودية
ابو عايد النجار	النجار	الزرقاء, الاردن
بنت جمزو	كنعان	-
haitham	Alziq	il, USA
Ayman Ibrahim	Eljamal	IL, USA
omar al najjar	-	uae
علاء جلال الجمل	الجمل	-
aljemzawi	-	amman
hamed ahmad alnajjar	al najjar	Zraqa, jordan
mohmmad	khalel	Jordan, Jordan
gemzow	khaleel	رام الله , فلسطين
emma	alziq	nj, passaic
Mohamad	Adeeb	Muscat, Oman
AHMAD SHEHADEH	-	JORDAN
Abu Omar	-	CT, USA
Wessam Ahmed	Ahmed/Hamed	-
Murad Saleh	Al Jamal & Canaan	NJ, USA
wael kanan	Canaan or Kanaan	Tx, USA, Palestine
Rochelle Davis	-	-
Moh	Alhaj	Jordan, Jordan
majd agha	-	-
Diana Ibrahim	-	-
Mahmoud	Dar deba	NY, U.S
Ayoub Saleh	Canaan	NJ, USA
Sana Ibrahim	Al-Jamal	CA, USA
Shadia Saleh	El Jamal & Canaan	NJ, USA
Mohammad Hassan	Hassan	Sana'a, Yemen
Lancy Khalil	Khalil / Kanaan	-
RAND HARB AL-DABSHEH	AL-DABSHEH	jordan, palestine
HARB SAEED AL-DABSHEH	AL-DABSHEH	jordan, palestine
WARD HARB AL DABSHEH	AL-DABSHEH	jordan, palestine
Mahmoud shaban	shaban	jordan
Laith Khalil	Khalil	NC, USA
ghareeb khalil	khalil	ramallah, palestine
Yusra Ibrahim Saleh	Canaan/al-Jamal	NJ, USA
Ismail Khalil Mustafa Alzeq	Alzeq	Azzarqa, JORDAN
Rana Abdelqader	El Jamal / El Deba	New York, U.S
Mohammed Al-khateeb	-	-
Mohammed Al-khateeb	-	-
Areen Omary	BARAKAT	N.Y, U.S
sadeaqah	Al-Ziq	California, USA
Asad Saleh Shihadeh alnajjar	-	u.a.e
Fadi Al-Najjar	Al-NAJJAR	Sudia Arabia
lutfi abdelfattha	al najjar	-
Ali Al-Najjar	-	-
Yasmin El Jamal	El Jamal	New York, Usa
Maher El Jamal	-	NY, USA
Akram Ibrahim	El Jamal	NY, USA
mohammad Khalil	khalil	amman, jordan
Jamil Ibrahim	El Jamal	CA, USA
Mahmoud Alhaj	Alhaj	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Khaled Alziq	Alziq	Ca, U.S.A
Nour Alziq	-	CA, USA
Lancy Khalil	Khalil	Germany
essa yasein	yasein	amman, jordan
shadi alziq	-	-
Ayman AlDabsheh	AlDabsheh	-
Aiman Ziq	AlZiq	-
Nader AL-Najjar	-	-

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