Isdud
March 3, 2024al-Jiyya
March 3, 2024It is located on a low-altitude spot in the southern coastal plain, bordered to the southeast by Wadi Saqrir, and was connected by secondary roads to the village of al-Faluja to the south and to the general road that leads to Majdal to the southwest and other villages. It is 34 kilometers from Gaza and has an average elevation of 75 meters above sea level, while its population reached 360 in 1945, distributed over 50 houses.
Displacement
In the first period between the two armistices (July 8-18, 1948), the Zionist forces launched an attack on the southern front to expand control towards the Negev. In the first period of this attack, the village fell at the hands of units from the Givati Brigade, while the villagers fled either east towards Hebron or south towards the Gaza Strip, as the operations orders of the aforementioned brigade included the expulsion of civilians from the area.
Colonization
There are no Israeli settlements on the village lands.
The Village Today
All that remains of the site are some palm trees, carob, and fig trees, while the surrounding lands are used by Israeli farmers.
Reference: Walid Khalidi, Lest We Forget, pp. 529, 530.
