Gaza’s Displaced Villages

March 3, 2024

‘Arab Suqrir

Arab Saqrir (Arab Bu Suwayrih) The village was spread over a flat land area in the coastal plain, to the northeast of Isdud, 38 kilometers from […]

March 3, 2024

‘Iraq al-Manshiyya

The village was located in a region of rolling hills where the coastal plain meets the foothills of the Hebron Mountains. It was bordered to the […]

March 3, 2024

‘Iraq Suwaydan

The village is located on a small plateau in the coastal plain, with reddish-brown soil. The main Faluja-Majdal road passed through the southern end of the […]

January 8, 2026

Abbas (Abdis)

The village of ‘Abbas ('Abdis) was situated on a flat expanse of land in the southern coastal plain, bounded on the east by Wadi ‘Abbas. Two secondary roads connected the village

March 3, 2024

al-Batani al-Gharbi

The village is in the southern coastal plain. It was founded during the Umayyad Caliphate, 36 kilometers from Gaza and 25 meters above sea level. It […]

March 3, 2024

al-Batani al-Sharqi

The village is located on a flat patch of land in the southern coastal plain, surrounded by Wadi Al-Mari and connected by roads to other villages, […]

March 3, 2024

al-Faluja

The village was spread over a hilly area in the coastal plain, and the deep Al-Falujah Valley extended at its eastern and western borders. The village […]

March 3, 2024

al-Jaladiyya

It is located on a low-altitude spot in the southern coastal plain, bordered to the southeast by Wadi Saqrir, and was connected by secondary roads to […]

March 3, 2024

al-Jiyya

Al-Jiyya was located on a sandy area of the southern coastal plain, surrounded by hills, with several valleys descending around it, threatening it intermittently with floods. […]

March 3, 2024

al-Jura

The village is located on a flat patch of land surrounded by sand dunes less than a kilometer from the seashore, and 20 kilometers from Gaza, […]

March 3, 2024

al-Khisas (Khirbet al-Khisas)

The village of Al-Khisas was located in the northern part of the Hula Plain, on a natural terrace approximately 100 meters wide. This terrace was formed […]

March 3, 2024

al-Masmiyya al-Kabira

March 3, 2024

al-Masmiyya al-Saghira

March 3, 2024

al-Muharraqa

March 3, 2024

al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya

March 3, 2024

al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya

March 3, 2024

al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya

March 3, 2024

Barbara

The village was located on the northern edge of the coastal sand plateaus that extend parallel to the Mediterranean Sea. The center of the village was […]

March 3, 2024

Barqa

The village stood on flat land in the coastal plain area, about 7 kilometers from the sea. It was a secondary road connected to the […]

March 3, 2024

Bayt ‘Affa

A village located on a small hill near the coastal plain, 29 kilometers from Gaza, with an average elevation of 100 meters above sea level. It […]

March 3, 2024

Bayt Daras

The village was located on flat land that gradually rose to the west, and had a network of unpaved roads that connected it to neighboring villages […]

March 3, 2024

Bayt Jirja

It is a village known since ancient times and is located in the southern coastal plain, one kilometer from the coastal highway, which allows it to […]

March 3, 2024

Bayt Tima

Beit Tima is located in the southern coastal plain, 21 kilometers from Gaza, and at an average elevation of 75 meters above sea level, it is […]

March 3, 2024

Bi’lin

The village was located on a limestone hill in a mountainous area, 39 kilometers from Gaza and at an average elevation of 150 meters above sea […]

March 3, 2024

Burayr

The village was spread on uneven land in the southern coastal plain. The valley of the hall extended across its eastern end. There was an […]

March 3, 2024

Dayr Sunayd

The village was situated close to the seashore on the coastal highway. It had a railway station that connected Gaza to the south and the city […]

March 3, 2024

Dimra

The Crusader-era village was located in the southern coastal plain in a location characterized by its reddish-brown soil. A short side road connected it to the […]

March 3, 2024

Hamama

The village is located on a flat patch of coastal plain two kilometers from the seashore, surrounded by long dunes from the east and west, while […]

March 3, 2024

Hatta

The village is located on a flat patch of the southern coastal plain, 31 kilometers from Gaza at an average elevation of 100 meters above sea […]

March 3, 2024

Hiribya

The village was located to the south on a coastal plain flat patch of dunes. A secondary road connected it to the coastal highway that passed […]

March 3, 2024

Huj

The village was built on a hilly area at the northern end of the Negev Desert, overlooked by two hills from the east and west. It […]

March 3, 2024

Hulayqat

The village was situated in a region of terraced hills within the coastal plain. It stood on the eastern edge of a valley, directly west of […]

March 3, 2024

Isdud

The town stood on a sandy hill overlooking large areas to the east, north, and south and facing a high hill to the west. This hill […]

March 3, 2024

Julis

The village is located on a high ground in the southern coastal plain, parallel to the edge of a valley above an ancient archaeological site, 26.5 […]

March 3, 2024

Jusayr

It was located in the southern coastal plain between two bridges crossing the Wadi al-Jira, 35 kilometers from Gaza and at an average elevation of 100 […]

March 3, 2024

Karatiyya

The village was located on a flat patch of land in the coastal area, and the Mufrad Valley, which descends from Fallujah to the east, crosses […]

March 3, 2024

Kawfakha

The village was located in a undulating sandy spot in the northern Negev and a network of secondary roads connected it to the public roads between […]

March 3, 2024

Kawkaba

The village was built on undulating land with reddish-brown soil, in the southern coastal plain, and was located on a highway built by the British during […]

March 3, 2024

Najd

The village of Najd stood on a flat elevated area in the southern coastal plain, overlooking the surrounding agricultural lands. It was connected by secondary roads […]

March 3, 2024

Ni’ilya

March 3, 2024

Qastina

March 3, 2024

Simsim

March 3, 2024

Summil

March 3, 2024

Tall al-Turmus

March 3, 2024