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 is controlled by Israel due to the Israel–Hamas war. In May, 2024, the Washington Post reported that the village had been destroyed in order to construct the Netzarim Corridor.[2]
Juhor ad-Dik | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | جحر الديك |
| • Latin | Juhar ad-Deek (official) |
  Juhor ad-Dik Location of Juhor ad-Dik within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°27′25″N 34°26′24″E / 31.45694°N 34.44000°E | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Gaza |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 4,586 |
History edit
2009 Israeli invasion edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 2023 Israel-Hamas 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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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/
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sabrina Tavernise (2009-01-21). "Debating the Blame for Reducing Much of a Village to Rubble". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "Gaza Village in Ruins After Israeli Attacks". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ Alice Gray (2015-01-27). "Do it yourself in besieged Gaza". The New Arab. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ ""Check it out, there's nothing at all left of Juhar al-Dik"". Breaking the Silence. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ "Waste Away: Living next to a dumpsite". United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ a b "Gaza landfill fire rages for days, officials appeal for help". Middle East Monitor. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Ravid, Barak (2023-10-27). "Israeli military launches major ground incursion in Gaza". Axios. DC. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "Israel-Hamas War (Iran Updates)". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
- ^ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2008-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).