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District of al-Ramla
Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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| Statistic & Fact | Value | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation Date | July 9, 1948 | ||||||||||||||
| Distance From District | 17 (km) South of al-Ramla | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 125 (meters) | ||||||||||||||
| Map Location | See location #55 on the map View from satellite |
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| Military Operation | First stage of the operation Dani | ||||||||||||||
| Attacking Units | Giv'ati Brigade | ||||||||||||||
| Defenders | Egyptian Army and some Palestinian militia | ||||||||||||||
| Refugees' Migration Routes | Most villagers sought refuge in the Hebron area. | ||||||||||||||
| Exodus Cause | Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town | ||||||||||||||
| Village Temains | Jilya was mostly destroyed and defaced. | ||||||||||||||
| Ethnically Cleansing | Jilya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed. | ||||||||||||||
| Pre-Nakba Land Ownership |
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps |
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| Land Usage As of 1945 |
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| Town's Name Through History | The Romans referred to Jilya by Galla, and the Philistines called it Ekron (currently known by Khirbat al-Muqanna'). | ||||||||||||||
| Schools | An elementary school was shared with the nearby villages of Qazaza and Sajad. | ||||||||||||||
| Water Supply | Water was drawn from several wells to the North and West of the village center. | ||||||||||||||
| Exculsive Jewish Colonies Who Usurped Village Lands |
No Israeli settlements on village lands. | ||||||||||||||
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Village TodayAccording to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi:The area is fenced in and inaccessible |
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| Related Maps | Town Lands' Demarcation Maps خرائط للقضاء توضح حدود القرى والاودية Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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| More Information | في كتاب كي لا ننسى في كتاب بلادنا فلسطين المزيد من موقع هوية |
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| Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
| يوسف خليل أسعد | أسعد ( رحال ) | UAE |
| محمود رحال | رحال | المدينة المنورة |
| أبو إيهاب | ابو أسعد | تبوك/ السعودية |
| هيثم ( ابو لين ) | AlSowi | - |
| sami sowi | الصوي | AL-Jubail, Saudi Arabia |
| جبرين منصور | منصور | الرياض, السعوديه |
| Abrar sowi | sowi | Zarqa, jordan |
| جلال نبتيتي | نبتيتي | بيت لحم, فلسطين |
| نادر علوه | - | Bethlehem, Palestine |
| Fathi Al Jilawi | Al Jilawi | Doha, Qatar |
| abdullah haymour | - | - |
| [email protected] | SOWI | AMMAN, JORDAN |
| Khalid Elolaimi | Elolaimi | USA |
| Issa Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
| Mohmoud Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
| Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Jarash, Jordan |
| Khader Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
| Fatma Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
| Mousa Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
| Imad Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Russaifa, Jordan |
| Omar Hassan Omar Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Jarash, Jordan |
| Abdelfattah Khalil Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Jarash, Jordan |
| Iman Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Al-khalil, Palestine |
| Mohammad Abdel-Aziz Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Amman, Jordan |
| Ali Yousuf Hossein Al Suwi | Suwi | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Wife of Ali Yousuf Al Suwi | Suwi | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Hassan Omar Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Jarash, Jordan |
| Muna Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Amman, Jordan |
| Ahmed Ibrahim Al-Suwi | Al-Suwi | Wilaya of Algiers, Algeria |
| abdula haymour | - | rusayfa, rusayfa |
| Abdallah Wadi | WADI | U.S.A. |
| Marwan Suwi | Al-Suwi | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| nasser | darwish | bydgoszcz, poland |
| Mohammad Nabtiti | Nabtiti | Germany, Germany |
| saadi suwi | Al-Suwi | riyadh, saudi arabia |
| Mohammed Haymour | Haymour | Qatar |