Jusayr
| Jusayr |
| Arabic |
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| District |
Gaza |
| Population |
1180 (1945) |
| Area |
|
| Date of depopulation |
July 17-18, 1948[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation |
Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities |
Menucha, Wardon |
Jusayr was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Gaza. 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.
A 1596 census revealed a population of 330. By 1945 it had a population of 1180. Jusayr had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1937, and by 1945 it had an enrollment of 74 students.
References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xix, village #300. Also gives cause for depopulation
Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5 (SWP, 1881, Vol. 3, p.260, Cited in Khalidi, p.117)
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521009676. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
- Nasser, Gamal Abdul (1955/1973): "Memoirs" in Journal of Palestine Studies
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