Juhor ad-Dik | |
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• Arabic | جحر الديك |
• Also spelled | Juhar ad-Deek (official) |
Juhor ad-Dik
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Governorate | Gaza |
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• Type | Village Council |
Population (2006) | |
• Jurisdiction | 3,200 |
Juhor ad-Dik (Arabic: جحر الديك) is a Palestinian village in the Gaza Governorate, south of Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 3,200 inhabitants in 2006.[1] In the 1997 census by the PCBS, Palestinian refugees made up 72.3% of the population which at the time was 2,275.[2]
Thirteen residents, including at least two children were killed and 18 others wounded, some seriously, when Israeli tanks fired on a mosque and two houses at the village on April 16, 2008.[3] During Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip in 2008-09, Israeli troops and Palestinian militiamen battled frequently in Juhor ad-Dik.[4]
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