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| Welcome To al-Jura District of Gaza الجورة - אל-ג'ורה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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النسخة العربية כדי לתרגם עברית View in Google Earth |
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| 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 Israelis | The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of a single house. | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnically cleansed by Israelis | al-Jura inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
| Land ownership before occupation |
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| Land usage in 1945 |
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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 on town's lands | The city of Ashqelon is occupying village lands. | ||||||||||||||
| Related Maps | خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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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."
| 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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