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Jusayr was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 17, 1948, under Operation Barak or Operation Yo'av. It was located 35 km northeast of Gaza.

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Locality
מועצה אזורית לכיש
Region
מחוז הדרום
Country
ישראל
Population
618

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Instance of
human settlement
Population
1180
Area
12361
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Ottoman era
  • British Mandate era
  • Post 1948
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Jusayr was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 17, 1948, under Operation Barak or Operation Yo'av. It was located 35 km northeast of Gaza.

==History== Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.

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