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Welcome To al-Jura - الجورة (אל-ג'ורה)

District of Gaza
Ethnically cleansed days ago

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Picture for al-Jura Village - Palestine: : Sheikh 'Awwad.
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date November 4, 1948
Distance From District 20 (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
Pre-Nakba Aerial Viewwhat's new
Pre-Nakba Aerial View
Map Location See location #23 on the map

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Military Operation Operation Yo'av
Attacking Units Giva'ti Brigade
Defenders Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause Military assault by Zionist troops
Village Temains The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of a single house.
Ethnically Cleansing al-Jura inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 10,705
Jewish 0
Public 1,519
**Total 12,224
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)*
Citrus Groves 481
Irrigated & Plantation 7,198
Planted W/ Cereal 2,965
Built up 45
Arable 10,644
Non-Arable 1,535
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1596 253
1922 1,326
1931 1,754
1945 2,420
1948 2,807
Est. Refugees 1998 17,239
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses
Year Number of Houses
1931 396
1948 633
Near By Townswhat's new
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al-Majdal Asqalan
       
Mediterranean  

al-Khisas
           
Ni'ilya
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.
Places of Warship One mosque
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands
The city of Ashqelon is occupying village lands.
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Village Today

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."
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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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