Jusayr

Jusayr
Subdistrict Gaza
Palestine grid 128/118
Population 1180 (1945)
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 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.

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

  1. Morris, 2004, p.xix, village #300. Also gives cause for depopulation

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Coordinates: 31°39′25″N 34°46′15″E / 31.65694°N 34.77083°E / 31.65694; 34.77083

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