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Welcome To al-Jura District of Gaza الجورة - אל-ג'ורה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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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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Population before occupation |
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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 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 | - |