Dorot Colony

Dorot is a settlement established in 1941 on the lands of the depopulated village of Huj. It is a kibbutz located in the southern occupied territories near the settlement of Sderot. As of 2017, its population was approximately 812 settlers.

The village of Huj was situated about 18 kilometers east of Gaza. It was a crossroads for several secondary roads connecting it to nearby areas such as Beersheba, Brir, Dimra, Hirbia, Majdal, and Gaza. Huj was located about [distance missing] kilometers east of the Brir-Gaza road and 6 kilometers west of the oil pipeline between Eblat and Ashdod.

The land area of the village of Huj was approximately 21,988 dunams. Its population grew from 420 inhabitants in 1922 to 810 in 1945. In 1948, the residents were forced to leave following the destruction of the village by Jewish forces, who later established the settlements of Dorot and Giv’im on its lands.

Today, only one deteriorating concrete building remains from the village of Huj, featuring rectangular doors, windows, and a flat roof. The original use of this building is unclear, but it is currently used as a farm storage facility. Additionally, an Israeli sheep farm was established on the site.

Sources:
Due to the scarcity of Arabic sources, Arabic sources were supplemented by Hebrew sources: the settlement’s Arabic website and the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics.
Information on the village of Huj was obtained from the Palestine Remembered website.