Jimzu
Jimzu (Arabic: جمزو), also known as Gimzo (meaning "sycamore plantation"), was a Palestinian village, located three miles southeast of Lydda. Under the 1947 UN Partition Plan of Mandatory Palestine, Jimzu was to form part of the proposed Arab state. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, the village was depopulated in a two-day assault by Israeli forces.
Jimzu
جمزو Gimzo | |
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| Etymology: Sycamore | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Jimzu (click the buttons) | |
Jimzu Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°55′51″N 34°56′47″E | |
| Palestine grid | 145/148 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | 10 July 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,681 dunams (9.681 km2 or 3.738 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,510 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Moshav Gimzo |
Under the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Jimzu's lands fell under the de facto governance of the newly created state of Israel. A year later, moshav Gimzo was established at the site of the former village and is now populated by 700 Israeli Jewish residents.
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