Jimzu

Jimzu جمزو Gimzo
Etymology: Sycamore[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Jimzu (click the buttons)
Jimzu Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°55′51″N 34°56′47″E / 31.93083°N 34.94639°E / 31.93083; 34.94639
Palestine grid	145/148
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	10 July 1948[4]
Area [3]
• Total	9,681 dunams (9.681 km2 or 3.738 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	1,510[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Moshav Gimzo[5]

Jimzu (Arabic: جمزو), also known as Gimzo (meaning "sycamore plantation"), was a Palestinian village, located three miles southeast of Lydda. Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan of Mandatory Palestine, Jimzu was to form part of the proposed Arab state.^[6] During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the village was depopulated in a two-day assault by Israeli forces.

Under the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Jimzu's lands fell under the de facto governance of the newly created state of Israel. A year later, moshav Gimzo was established at the site of the former village and is now populated by 700 Israeli Jewish residents.