Al-Jiyya
Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine
- Abandoned
- 1948
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 1,230
- Coordinates
- 31.627, 34.597
Why it was abandoned
💥 War & expulsion
Detected automatically from the text: al-Jiyya was a Palestinian village that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
History
al-Jiyya 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. The village was occupied by Israel's Giv'ati Brigade on 4 November 1948 during Operation Yoav.