Jusayr

Jusayr

جسير
Jusayr جسير
	Etymology: "the little bridge"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Jusayr (click the buttons)
	Jusayr Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°39′25″N 34°46′15″E / 31.65694°N 34.77083°E
Palestine grid	128/118
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	July 17–18, 1948
Area
• Total	12,361 dunams (12.361 km2 or 4.773 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,180
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Menuha, Wardon

Jusayr was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 17, 1948, under Operation Barak or Operation Yo'av. It was located 35 km northeast of Gaza.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 368
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #300. Also gives cause for depopulation
^ ^a ^b Khalidi, 1992, p. 118

Jusayr جسير
Etymology: "the little bridge"^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Jusayr (click the buttons)
Jusayr Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°39′25″N 34°46′15″E / 31.65694°N 34.77083°E / 31.65694; 34.77083
Palestine grid	128/118
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	July 17–18, 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	12,361 dunams (12.361 km² or 4.773 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,180^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Menuha,^[5] Wardon^[5]