Al-Jaladiyya

Al-Jaladiyya
Al-Jaladiyya
Subdistrict Gaza
Coordinates 31°41′55″N 34°44′59″E / 31.69861°N 34.74972°ECoordinates: 31°41′55″N 34°44′59″E / 31.69861°N 34.74972°E
Palestine grid 126/122
Population 360 (1945)
Date of depopulation Not known[1]

Al-Jaladiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 8, 1948 by the Giv'ati Brigade. It was located 34 kilometres northeast of Gaza.

The Crusades built a castle in the village. There was a school located in the village mosque (built 1890), and when it opened its doors in 1945 it had an enrollment of 43 students.

References

  1. Morris, 2004, p.xix, village #289. Morris gives both cause and date for depopulation as "Not known"

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