Jilya

Coordinates: 31°46′06″N 34°51′52″E / 31.76833°N 34.86444°E / 31.76833; 34.86444
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For the Indian Princely town, see Jiliya.
Jilya
جِليا
Village
Etymology: probably from Gallaa[1][2]
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Geopolitical entity
Mandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 9–10, 1948[5]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total330[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall

Jilya was a

Operation Dani on July 9, 1948. It was located 17 km south of Ramla
.

History

The

Accaron.[2]

Ottoman era

Jilya, like all of

nahiya of Gazza in the liwa of Gazza, with a population of 17 families; an estimated population of 94.[6][7] The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 2,200 akçe.[6]

In 1882 the SWP described it as "an ordinary village of adobe and stone."[2]

British Mandate era

In the

Muslims,[8] increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 271 Muslims, in 63 houses.[9]

In the 1945 statistics, the population had increased to 330 Muslims,[3][4] while the total land area was 10,347 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[4] Of this, a total of 7,677 dunums of village land was used for cereals, 40 dunums were irrigated or used for plantations,[10] while 7 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[11]

Jilya (Jilye) 1930 1:20,000
Jilya 1945 1:250,000

1948, aftermath

Jilya was depopulated on July 9–10, 1948.[5] On 16 July 1948, during Operation An-Far, Givati HQ informed General Staff\Operations that "our forces have entered the villages of Qazaza, Kheima, Jilya, Idnibba, Mughallis, expelled the inhabitants, [and] blown up and torched a number of houses. The area is at the moment clear of Arabs."[12] On the July 19th, refugees near Jilya were warned by Israeli forces that they would be killed if they tried to return to their village.[13]

In 1992 it was noted about the village site: "The area is fenced in and inaccessible".[7]

References

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 267
  2. ^ a b c Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 410
  3. ^ a b Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  4. ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
  5. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #266. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  6. ^ a b Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p.150
  7. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 385
  8. ^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramleh, p. 21
  9. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 20
  10. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 115
  11. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 165
  12. ^ Givati HQ to General Staff\Operations, 20:50 hours, 16 July 1948, IDFA 922\75\\1176. See also Givati Brigade, "Combat Page", 16 July 1948, IDFA 6127\49\\118. Cited in Morris, 2004, pp. 436–7
  13. ^ Morris, 2004, p.443

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