Al-Jura

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al-Jura
Arabic
District	Gaza
Population	2,420 (1945)
Jurisdiction	dunams
Date of depopulation	November 4, 1948
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Jewish forces
Cause 2	Explusion by Jewish forces
Current localities

Al-Jura was a Palestinian village that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, located approximately two kilometers south of Askelon in present-day Israel. In 1945, the village had a population of approximately 2,420 mostly Muslim inhabitants. Though defended by the Egyptian Army, al-Jura was nevertheless captured by Israel's Givati Brigade in a November 4, 1948 offensive as part of Operation Yoav.

A 1998 estimate of the population of refugees today who are descendants of those who fled al-Jura, placed the figure at 17,000. The founder and spiritual leader of the Hamas organization Ahmed Yassin was born in al-Jura.