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Welcome To al-Jura - الجورة (אל-ג'ורה)
| District of Gaza
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
العربية Google Earth |
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Gallery (32) |
- Statistics & Facts
- Satellite View
- Articles 5
- Pictures 32
- Aerial Views 1
- Land Deeds 1
- Oral History 1
- Members 32
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- Wikipedia
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| Statistic & Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||
| Israeli occupation date | November 4, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Distance from district | 20 (km) North East of Gaza | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation from the sea | 25 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
| Map location | See location #23 on the map View from satellite |
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| Military Operation against town | Operation Yo'av | ||||||||||||||
| Attacking Units | Giva'ti Brigade | ||||||||||||||
| Defenders | Egyptian Army | ||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Military assault by Jewish troops | ||||||||||||||
| Village remains after destruction | The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of a single house. | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansing by Israelis |
al-Jura inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
| Pre-Nakba land ownership |
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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| Population |
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| Number of houses |
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| 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 that usurped village lands |
The city of Ashqelon is occupying village lands. | ||||||||||||||
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| Related Maps | خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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| Related Links | Wikipedia's Page Google Search Google For Images Google For Videos |
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| More Information | مخطط البلد في كتاب كي لا ننسى في كتاب بلادنا فلسطين المزيد من موقع هوية |
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Status of The Village Today
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."
- 80-year-old Palestinian refugee Suleiman Radwan, sits in front of a map showing his birthplace Joarat Askalan village inside his house in a refugee camp in Gaza Strip
- 80-year-old Palestinian refugee Suleiman Radwan holds land certificate (Kushan) inside his house in a refugee camp in Gaza Strip.
- Well & pool
Posted by Uri Zackhem 2 - Another irrigation pool
Posted by Uri Zackhem 1 - Another view of the irrigation pool with a cactus.
Posted by Uri Zackhem - A well near the seafront cliff.
Posted by Uri Zackhem - Sycamore tree not far from thee tomb of Sheikh 'Awwad, north of Jura.
Posted by Uri Zackhem - Sheikh 'Awwad, looking from the south.
Posted by Uri Zackhem 1 - Sheikh 'Awwad, looking from north.
Posted by Uri Zackhem 1 - Sheikh 'Awwad, the tomb.
Posted by Uri Zackhem - Sheikh 'Awwad.
Posted by Uri Zackhem 2 - One of the destroyed village's irrigation pools
Posted by Noga Kadman - شاطيء قرية الجورة
Posted by جوراني - Beach
Posted by جوراني 1 - شيخ الأسلام ومنارة( الجورة ) الشهيد الشيخ أحمد ياسين
Posted by ابو عمر 2 - صدقت الله فصدقك فأتخذك شهيداً يا أبن الجورة يا
Posted by ابو عمر - احدى البيوت الاثرية
Posted by palestine jura - Sign: Jura. East of the entrance to the natl. park.
Posted by Uri Zackhem 1 - Large irrigation pool, marked for conservation, east of the natl. park
Posted by Uri Zackhem - The large irrigation pool
Posted by Uri Zackhem - Water carrier coming out of the pool
Posted by Uri Zackhem - Irrigation pool panorama
Posted by Uri Zackhem - Remains of a home, the large irrigation pool at the back.
Posted by Uri Zackhem - A small irrigation pool with dom trees (Ziziphus spina-christi) nearby
Posted by Uri Zackhem - الشيخ المجاهد أحمد ياسين .. أبرز أعلام قرية الجورة
Posted by محمد الهبيل - الجوره
Posted by abu raya - الجوره
Posted by abu raya - الاثار القديمه غرب القريه
Posted by abu raya - الجوره
Posted by abu raya - الاثار القديمه غرب القريه
Posted by abu raya - الجوره
Posted by abu raya - مقام الشيخ عوض في قرية الجورة المهجرة (قضاء غزة )
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- Nakba Oral History Interview with Said Khalil Mis-hal
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| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| عسقلان | كباجة | - |
| ابو عبدالله | - | غزة |
| Mohammed Rouqa | Qannan | Amman |
| Ibrahim Siam | Siam | Gaza |
| abo-maslamh | الجعبري | غزة, فلسطين |
| محمد فرحات | فرحات | Palestine |
| جوراني | البردويل | غزة, فلسطين |
| ابو محمد | النجار | - |
| احمد رمضان حامد | حامد | خانيونس |
| Fadel Matar | Matar | Kuwait |
| فاضل مطر | - | - |
| Yaser Al-Bardawil | Al-Bardawil | Oslo, Norway |
| Muhanad Rouqa | Qannan | SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA |
| Ramy Koussah | KOUSSAH | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| ابا الحارث | matar | غزة |
| FERAS ROUKAH | - | DOHA, QATAR |
| شادى روقة | كسكيل روقة | - |
| ismael radi | راضي | - |
| محمد راضي | راضي | - |
| Basma M | - | Gaza |
| amr | albardaweel | غزة |
| mohammed mattar | mattar | jeddah, saudi arabia |
| Ahmed Seyam | Seyam | Doha, Qatar |
| hani zraid | matar | qatar, qatar |
| Khaled Matar | Matar | Rafah, Palestine_Gaza Strip_Qatar |
| Raghad Koussah | - | - |
| Ismail | Al-Habbash | Saudi Arabia |
| Darwish | Qannan | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| zak ayash | - | - |
| Hala Al Mis-hal | Al Bardaweel | Australia |
| Mattar | Matar | Qatar, Qatar |
| Mahmoud Mattar | Mattar | - |
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