Jilya

For the Indian Princely town, see Jiliya.
Jilya
جِليا
Village
Etymology: probably from Gallaa[1][2]
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Jilya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Jilya
Jilya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°46′06″N 34°51′52″E / 31.76833°N 34.86444°E / 31.76833; 34.86444
Palestine grid137/130
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 9–10, 1948[5]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total330[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall

Jilya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. The Romans referred to it as Jilya by Galla. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War by the Givati Brigade of the first stage of Operation Dani on July 9, 1948. It was located 17 km south of Ramla.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 267
  2. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 410
  3. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  4. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #266. Also gives cause of depopulation.