Jusayr

Jusayr
جسير
Etymology: "the little bridge"[1]
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Jusayr is located in Mandatory Palestine
Jusayr
Jusayr
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°39′25″N 34°46′15″E / 31.65694°N 34.77083°E / 31.65694; 34.77083
Palestine grid128/118
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationJuly 17–18, 1948[4]
Area
[3]
 • Total
12,361 dunams (12.361 km2 or 4.773 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
1,180[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesMenuha,[5] Wardon[5]

Jusayr was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. 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.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 368
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #300. Also gives cause for depopulation
  5. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 118