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District of Gaza
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Occupation Date | November 5, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
Distance From District | 18.5 (km) North East of Gaza | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 25 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
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Map Location | See location #27 on the map View from satellite |
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Military Operation | End of Operation Yo'av | ||||||||||||||
Defenders | Local militia | ||||||||||||||
Village Temains | The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind. | ||||||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing | al-Khisas inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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Land Usage As of 1945 |
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Population |
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Number of Houses | In (1931): 26 | ||||||||||||||
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Schools | al-Khisas students used to attend school at nearby village of al-Jura. | ||||||||||||||
Archeological Sites | The villager contained remnants of wells and burial grounds by unknown people. | ||||||||||||||
Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
The village has been engulfed by the nearby city of Ashqelon. | ||||||||||||||
Village Before NakbaThe village stood on a flat spot in the coastal region, surrounded by sand dunes on the northern and western sides (which the villagers prevented from advancing by planting trees). A secondary road linked al-Khisas to the coastal highway about 4 km to the east, giving it access to the cities of al-Majdal and Gaza. It was also connected by paths to the neighboring villages. The site appeared to have been inhabited in earlier times, as evidenced by the remnants of wells and burial grounds.Al-Khisas, which was classified as a hamlet in the Palestine Index Gazetteer, was built on the site of a khirba after World War I. At first, peasants from neighboring areas built temporary huts at the site to shelter themselves during harvest time, then gradually settled and built adobe houses. The village had a square configuration, its houses separated by narrow alleys. The villagers, who were Muslim, relied on al-Majdal and the adjacent villages of al-Jura and Ni'ilya for medical, educational, and administrative services. They obtained water for domestic needs from wells around the village, and grew vegetables and fruit trees (including citrus, grape, fig, almond, and apricot trees), which were irrigated. In 1944/45 a total of 191 dunums was devoted to citrus and bananas and 419 dunums were allotted to cereals; 2,671 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Village Occupation and Ethnic CleaningIsraeli troops entered the village at the same time as the city of al-Majdal. This occurred on 4–5 November 1948, at the end of Operation Yoav.Zionists Colonies on Village LandsThe village site has been engulfed by the Israeli town of Ashqelon.Village TodayDemolished houses made of cement and plaster may be seen on the site. Bunches of cactuses, doum palms, sycamores, as well as six very tall eucalyptus trees grow on the site. The surrounding land is cultivated by a governmental development agency.SourceDr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains. |
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Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
عبد الرحمن محمود محمد المزعنن | 0599476888 | جباليا |
رزق محمد محمد المزعنن | آل محسن الحديدي | غزة, فلسطين |
محمد طبيل | طبيل | غزة, فلسطين |
حسن حسين حسن الوالي | محسن | gaza-strip, palestine |
أبو حمزة | الوالي | - |
rebhimt | طبيل | غزة, فلسطين |
وائل توفيق ابراهيم محسن | محسن | غزة, غزة |
باسل مصطفى احمد ابوشباك | ابوشباك | غزة, فلسطين |
خالد شتات | شتات | غزة, فلسطين |
اباء نايف محسن | محسن | بنغازى ليبيا, ليبيا |
عادل نايف محسن | محسن | بنغازى, الخصاص |
محمد علي طلب محسن | محــسن | قطاع غزة, قطاع غزة |
Abu Leith | شتات | غزه, غزه |
ابو حسين | محسن\ الوالي | غزة, غزة |
علاء نايف محسن | - | australia |
نايف على طلب محسن | محسن | غزة, الخصاص |
MOHAMMED AL-MOZANEN | Mohsen | Riyadh, SAUDI ARABIA |
zead | al wally/mohsen | gaza, palestine |
Hassan all wall y muhssen | mohsen | gaza strip, palestine |