Village memory · Palestine
Al-Jiyya
الجِيَّة
Al-Jiyya — 'water collector,' for the wadis that flooded it, and circular in plan for the same reason — was a grain village of 1,230 known for its cheese, which it sold in Gaza and al-Majdal. It fell with al-Majdal on 4–5 November 1948 at the end of Operation Yoav, and its people probably fled or were expelled into the already overcrowded Gaza Strip. Every trace of the village has been obliterated.
- 1,230 residents before 1948