Juhor ad-Dik
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 |
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.
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.[2][3]
2014 Israeli invasion[edit]
The village suffered greatly during the 2014 Gaza war, with many of its buildings reduced to ruins.[4] In January 2015, according to The New Arab, there was "not a house left standing" in the village in the aftermath of the war.[5] 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.[6]
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.[7][8][9] In September 2023, a severe heat wave caused the outbreak of a fire at the landfill site that lasted several days.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10] 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.[11]
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.[12]
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.
- ^ 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).
