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Welcome To al-Khisas - خربة الخِصاص

District of Gaza
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for al-Khisas Village - Palestine: : The remains of al-Khisas's mosque
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date November 5, 1948
Distance From District 18.5 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation 25 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #27 on the map

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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
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 3,300
Jewish 0
Public 2,969
**Total 6,269
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 191
Irrigated & Plantation 2,671
Planted W/ Cereal 423
Built up 10
Arable 3,285
Non-Arable 2,974
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1922 102
1922 102
1931 133
1945 150
1948 174
Est. Refugees 1998 1,069
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses In (1931): 26
Near By Townswhat's new
al-Jura
         
al-Majdal Asqalan
       
Mediterranean  
   Ni'ilya

Hiribya
           
Barbara
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 Nakba

The 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 Cleaning

Israeli 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 Lands

The village site has been engulfed by the Israeli town of Ashqelon.

Village Today

Demolished 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.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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