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District of al-Ramla
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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Statistic & Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||
Occupation Date | July 9, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
Distance From District | 17 (km) South of al-Ramla | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 125 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
Map Location | See location #55 on the map View from satellite |
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Military Operation | First stage of the operation Dani | ||||||||||||||
Attacking Units | Giv'ati Brigade | ||||||||||||||
Defenders | Egyptian Army and some Palestinian militia | ||||||||||||||
Refugees' Migration Routes | Most villagers sought refuge in the Hebron area. | ||||||||||||||
Exodus Cause | Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town | ||||||||||||||
Village Temains | Jilya was mostly destroyed and defaced. | ||||||||||||||
Ethnically Cleansing | Jilya 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 |
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Town's Name Through History | The Romans referred to Jilya by Galla, and the Philistines called it Ekron (currently known by Khirbat al-Muqanna'). | ||||||||||||||
Schools | An elementary school was shared with the nearby villages of Qazaza and Sajad. | ||||||||||||||
Water Supply | Water was drawn from several wells to the North and West of the village center. | ||||||||||||||
Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
No Israeli settlements on village lands. | ||||||||||||||
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Village TodayAccording to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi:The area is fenced in and inaccessible |
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Related Maps | Town Lands' Demarcation 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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More Information | في كتاب كي لا ننسى في كتاب بلادنا فلسطين المزيد من موقع هوية |
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
يوسف خليل أسعد | أسعد ( رحال ) | UAE |
محمود رحال | رحال | المدينة المنورة |
أبو إيهاب | ابو أسعد | تبوك/ السعودية |
هيثم ( ابو لين ) | AlSowi | - |
sami sowi | الصوي | AL-Jubail, Saudi Arabia |
جبرين منصور | منصور | الرياض, السعوديه |
Abrar sowi | sowi | Zarqa, jordan |
جلال نبتيتي | نبتيتي | بيت لحم, فلسطين |
نادر علوه | - | Bethlehem, Palestine |
Fathi Al Jilawi | Al Jilawi | Doha, Qatar |
abdullah haymour | - | - |
[email protected] | SOWI | AMMAN, JORDAN |
Khalid Elolaimi | Elolaimi | USA |
Issa Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
Mohmoud Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Jarash, Jordan |
Khader Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
Fatma Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
Mousa Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
Imad Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
Omar Hassan Omar Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Jarash, Jordan |
Abdelfattah Khalil Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Jarash, Jordan |
Iman Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Al-khalil, Palestine |
Mohammad Abdel-Aziz Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Amman, Jordan |
Ali Yousuf Hossein Al Suwi | Suwi | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Wife of Ali Yousuf Al Suwi | Suwi | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
Hassan Omar Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Jarash, Jordan |
Muna Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Amman, Jordan |
Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Wilaya of Algiers, Algeria |
abdula haymour | - | rusayfa, rusayfa |
Abdallah Wadi | WADI | U.S.A. |
Marwan Suwi | Al-Suwi | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
nasser | darwish | bydgoszcz, poland |
Mohammad Nabtiti | Nabtiti | Germany, Germany |
saadi suwi | Al-Suwi | riyadh, saudi arabia |
Mohammed Haymour | Haymour | Qatar |