Julis

The village is located on a high ground in the southern coastal plain, parallel to the edge of a valley above an ancient archaeological site, 26.5 kilometers from Gaza and at an average elevation of 50 meters above sea level. It is an area rich in water springs. In 1945, the population of the village was 1,030 people, distributed over 165 houses. They depended on seasonal and irrigated agriculture. The village contained a doorstep with an ancient inscription, an olive press, and stone cisterns. There were three other archaeological sites in the vicinity of the village (Sam al-Farsh, Sheikh Khair, and Khirbet al-Biyar).

Displacement
On May 27-28, 1948, the First Battalion of the Givati ​​Brigade occupied the military barracks in the village during Operation Barak. It failed to take complete control of the village, and after about two weeks the village fell.

Colonization
The settlement of Hudia was established on the village lands in 1949 to the southwest of the site.

The village today
Some cement houses remain, one of them has two floors and another has an attic, while Jewish settlers live in one of the houses in the southwestern part of the site. Cacti, sycamore trees and palm trees grow on the site. The camp built by the British is now used by the Israeli army, while the neighboring lands are exploited by Israeli farmers.

Reference: Walid Khalidi, Lest We Forget, pp. 532, 533.