Juhor ad-Dik
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicجحر الديك
 • LatinJuhar ad-Deek (official)
Juhor ad-Dik is located in State of Palestine
Juhor ad-Dik
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 / 31.45694; 34.44000
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateGaza
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total4,586

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]

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.[2][3]

2014 Israeli invasion

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

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

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

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

  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. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Sabrina Tavernise (2009-01-21). "Debating the Blame for Reducing Much of a Village to Rubble". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  4. ↑ "Gaza Village in Ruins After Israeli Attacks". Yahoo!. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  5. ↑ Alice Gray (2015-01-27). "Do it yourself in besieged Gaza". The New Arab. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  6. ↑ ""Check it out, there's nothing at all left of Juhar al-Dik"". Breaking the Silence. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  7. ↑ "Waste Away: Living next to a dumpsite". United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  8. 1 2 "Gaza landfill fire rages for days, officials appeal for help". Middle East Monitor. 2023-09-04. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  9. 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.
  10. ↑ Ravid, Barak (2023-10-27). "Israeli military launches major ground incursion in Gaza". Axios. DC. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
  11. ↑ "Israel-Hamas War (Iran Updates)". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  12. ↑ 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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