Juhor ad-Dik

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Juhor ad-Dik
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 •  Arabic جحر الديك
 •  Latin Juhar ad-Deek (official)
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Juhor ad-Dik
Location of Juhor ad-Dik within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°27′25″N34°26′24″E / 31.45694°N 34.44000°E / 31.45694; 34.44000
State State of Palestine
Governorate Gaza
Government
 • Type Village council
Population
 (2017) [1]
 • Total
4,586

Juhor ad-Dik (Arabic : جحر الديك, lit. 'burrow of the cock ') is a Palestinian farming village in the Gaza Governorate, south of Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 4,586 inhabitants in 2017. [1] This area was controlled by Israel during Gaza war. In May, 2024, the Washington Post reported that the village had been destroyed in order to construct the Netzarim Corridor. [2]

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History

2009 Israeli invasion

During Israel's 2009 invasion of the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops and Palestinian militiamen battled frequently in Juhor ad-Dik, with over 100 of the village's houses having been bulldozed by Israeli forces by the end of the conflict. [3] [4]

2014 Israeli invasion

The village suffered greatly during the 2014 Gaza war, with many of its buildings reduced to ruins. [5] In January 2015, according to The New Arab , there was "not a house left standing" in the village in the aftermath of the war. [6] Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence published an anonymous interview with a first sergeant in the IDF's Armored Corps, who recounted his unit's wholesale destruction of houses and trees in the village using IDF Caterpillar D9 bulldozers. [7]

2014–2023

The northern Gaza Strip's largest landfill is located in the Juhor ad-Dik area, about 500 meters from the Gaza border fence. [8] [9] [10] In September 2023, a severe heat wave caused the outbreak of a fire at the landfill site that lasted several days. [9] Amid the Gaza war, waste began accumulating throughout the streets of Gaza City, as municipal garbagemen were unable to transport it to the Juhor ad-Dik landfill site due to heavy Israeli bombardment. [10]

2023 Israeli invasion

On 28 October 2023, an IDF raid maneuvered into the Gaza Strip east of al-Bureij refugee camp, in the Juhor ad-Dik area. [11] During the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, Israeli infantry and armour near Juhor ad-Dik were frequently the targets of ambushes, mortar attacks, and anti-tank fire by Hamas's Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. [12]

Demographics

In the 1997 census by the PCBS, Palestinian refugees made up 72.3% of the population which at the time was 2,275. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ↑ What Israel’s strategic corridor in Gaza reveals about its postwar plans, By Loveday Morris, Evan Hill, Samuel Granados and Hazem Balousha, Published May 17, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. EDT, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/17/gaza-israel-netzarim-corridor-war-hamas/
  3. ↑ Palestinian fighters kill Israeli soldier, claim extensive action throughout Gaza Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Ma'an News Agency. 2009-01-08.
  4. ↑ Sabrina Tavernise (2009-01-21). "Debating the Blame for Reducing Much of a Village to Rubble". The New York Times . Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  5. ↑ "Gaza Village in Ruins After Israeli Attacks". Yahoo! . Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  6. ↑ Alice Gray (2015-01-27). "Do it yourself in besieged Gaza". The New Arab . Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  7. ↑ ""Check it out, there's nothing at all left of Juhar al-Dik"". Breaking the Silence . Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  8. ↑ "Waste Away: Living next to a dumpsite". United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  9. 1 2 "Gaza landfill fire rages for days, officials appeal for help". Middle East Monitor . 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  10. 1 2 "بلدية غزة تحذر من تداعيات تكدس آلاف أطنان النفايات" [The Gaza Municipality warns of the repercussions of the accumulation of thousands of tons of waste]. Al-Dustour Newspaper (in Arabic). Amman. 2023-10-26. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  11. ↑ Ravid, Barak (2023-10-27). "Israeli military launches major ground incursion in Gaza". Axios. DC. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  12. ↑ "Iran Updates (Oct. 7 War)". Institute for the Study of War . Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  13. ↑ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2008-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
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