al-Jiyya
الجية al-Jeya, al-Jiya, Ed-Deir, Ejjeh | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: "water collector"[1][2] | |
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  al-Jiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′46″N 34°35′53″E / 31.62944°N 34.59806°E | |
| Palestine grid | 111/115 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | November 4–5, 1948[5] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,506[4] dunams (8.5 km2 or 3.3 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,230[3][4] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Beit Shikma,[6] Ge'a[7][8] |
al-Jiyya (Arabic: الجية, also transliterated Algie) was a Palestinian village that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was located 19 kilometers northeast of Gaza City and had a population of 1,230, according to a 1945 survey.[3] The village was occupied by Israel's Giv'ati Brigade on the 4th November 1948 during Operation Yoav.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
KhalidiP114was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ but meaning "confusion" according to Palmer, 1881, p. 367
- ^ a b Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #311; Also gives the cause for depopulation
- ^ In 1950, according to Khalidi, 1992, p.114
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi: settlement #60, 1949.
- ^ In 1949, according to Khalidi, 1992, p.114
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