Al-Faluja
al-Faluja () was a Palestinian Arab village in the British Mandate for Palestine, located 30 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. Al-Faluja absorbed settlers from various areas, including Dura.
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Place details
- Locality
- מועצה אזורית שפיר
- Region
- מחוז הדרום
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 61,817
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- 1948 Arab-Israeli war
- Armistice agreement
- Israel
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
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al-Faluja () was a Palestinian Arab village in the British Mandate for Palestine, located 30 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. Al-Faluja absorbed settlers from various areas, including Dura.
The village and the neighbouring village of Iraq al-Manshiyya formed part of the Faluja pocket, where 4,000 Egyptian troops, who had entered the area as a result of the 1948 war, were besieged for four months by the newly established Israel Defense Forces.