Al-Jaladiyya
Al-Jaladiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 8, 1948, by the Giv'ati Brigade. It was located 34 kilometres northeast of Gaza.
Al-Jaladiyya
الجلدية אל-ג'לדיה | |
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1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Jaladiyya (click the buttons) | |
Al-Jaladiyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°41′55″N 34°44′59″E | |
| Palestine grid | 126/122 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | Not known |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 360 |
The Crusades built a castle in the village.
Al-Jaladiyya was abandoned at some point after the 16th century. It was resettled in the 19th century by migrants from Egypt.
There was a school located in the village mosque (built 1890), and when it opened its doors in 1945 it had an enrollment of 43 students.
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