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| al-Khisas District of Gaza خربة الخِصاص Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
November 5, 1948
Distance from district center
18.5 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #27 on the map
Israeli military operation
End of Operation Yo'av
Defenders
Local militia
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Khisas inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
3,300
Jewish
0
Public
2,969
Total
6,269
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
191
Irrigated & Plantation
2,671
Planted W/ Cereal
423
Built up
10
Cultivable
3,285
Non-Cultivable
2,974
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
102
1922
102
1931
133
1945
150
1948
174
Est. Refugees 1998
1,069
Number of houses
In (1931): 26
Schools
al-Khisas students used to attend school at nearby village of al-Jura.
Archeological sites
The villager contained remnants of wells and burial grounds by unknown people.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
The village has been engulfed by the nearby city of Ashqelon.
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External Links
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Demolished houses made of cement and plaster may be seen on the site. "
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