{{pp-extended|small=yes}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Juhor ad-Dik | translit_lang1 = Arabic | translit_lang1_type = [[Arabic script|Arabic]] | translit_lang1_info = {{lang|ar|جحر الديك}} | translit_lang1_type1 = [[Latin script|Latin]] | translit_lang1_info1 = Juhar ad-Deek (official) | type = [[Village council (Palestinian Authority)|Municipality type D (Village council)]] | image_skyline = | image_caption = | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 13 | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|31|27|25|N|34|26|24|E|region:PS|display=inline,title}} | grid_name = [[Palestine grid|Palestine&nbsp;grid]] | grid_position = | subdivision_type = State | subdivision_name = [[State of Palestine]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority|Governorate]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Gaza Governorate|Gaza]] | established_title = Founded | established_date = | government_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | government_type = [[Village council (Palestinian Authority)|Village council]] | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = dunam | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_total_dunam = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | elevation_min_m = | elevation_max_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="PrelimCensus2017">{{cite report |date=February 2018 |title=Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 |url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf |department=[[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS) |publisher=[[State of Palestine]] |pages=64–82 |access-date=2023-10-24}}</ref> | population_total = 4586 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_note = | population_density_km2 = auto | website = | footnotes = }} '''Juhor ad-Dik''' ({{langx|ar|جحر الديك}}, {{lit.|burrow of the [[Cock (bird)|cock]]}}) is a [[Palestinian people|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.<ref name="PrelimCensus2017" /> This area was controlled by Israel during [[Gaza war]]. In May, 2024, the [[Washington Post]] reported that the village had been destroyed in order to construct the [[Netzarim Corridor]].<ref>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/</ref>

== History == === 2009 Israeli invasion === During [[2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict|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.<ref>[http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=34757 Palestinian fighters kill Israeli soldier, claim extensive action throughout Gaza] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010324/http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=34757 |date=2016-03-05 }} [[Ma'an News Agency]]. 2009-01-08.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/world/middleeast/21village.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2023-11-12|author=Sabrina Tavernise|title=Debating the Blame for Reducing Much of a Village to Rubble|date=2009-01-21}}</ref>

=== 2014 Israeli invasion === The village suffered greatly during the [[2014 Gaza war]], with many of its buildings reduced to ruins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sg.style.yahoo.com/tagged/celebrity/video/gaza-village-ruins-israeli-attacks-063455891.html|access-date = 2023-11-12 | title=Gaza Village in Ruins After Israeli Attacks | website = [[Yahoo!]]}}</ref> In January 2015, according to ''[[The New Arab]]'', there was "not a house left standing" in the village in the aftermath of the war.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newarab.com/analysis/do-it-yourself-besieged-gaza|access-date=2023-11-12|title=Do it yourself in besieged Gaza|author=Alice Gray|date=2015-01-27|website=[[The New Arab]]}}</ref> Israeli NGO [[Breaking the Silence (Israel)|Breaking the Silence]] published an anonymous interview with a first sergeant in the IDF's [[Armored Corps (Israel)|Armored Corps]], who recounted his unit's wholesale destruction of houses and trees in the village using [[IDF Caterpillar D9]] bulldozers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/testimonies/database/456701|publisher=[[Breaking the Silence (Israel)|Breaking the Silence]]|access-date=2023-11-12|title=“Check it out, there's nothing at all left of Juhar al-Dik”}}</ref>

=== 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ochaopt.org/content/waste-away-living-next-dumpsite|date=2020-07-20|access-date=2023-11-12|title=Waste Away: Living next to a dumpsite|publisher=[[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]]}}</ref><ref name = memo/><ref name = dustour/> In September 2023, a severe heat wave caused the outbreak of a fire at the landfill site that lasted several days.<ref name = memo>{{cite web | author = <!--not stated--> | date=2023-09-04 | language=en | title = Gaza landfill fire rages for days, officials appeal for help | url = https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230904-gaza-landfill-fire-rages-for-days-officials-appeal-for-help/ | website = [[Middle East Monitor]] | access-date=2023-11-12 }}</ref> Amid the [[Gaza 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.<ref name=dustour>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=2023-10-26 |language=ar |trans-title=The Gaza Municipality warns of the repercussions of the accumulation of thousands of tons of waste |title=بلدية غزة تحذر من تداعيات تكدس آلاف أطنان النفايات |url=https://www.addustour.com/articles/1376087-%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%B0%D8%B1-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%AA%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D9%83%D8%AF%D8%B3-%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81-%D8%A3%D8%B7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA |work=Al-Dustour Newspaper |location=Amman |access-date=2023-10-28}}</ref>

=== 2023 Israeli invasion === Following the [[October 7 attacks]] on Israel, on 28 October 2023, an [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] raid maneuvered into the Gaza Strip east of al-[[Bureij]] refugee camp, in the Juhor ad-Dik area.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ravid |first=Barak |date=2023-10-27 |title=Israeli military launches major ground incursion in Gaza |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/10/27/israel-hamas-ground-invasion-gaza |work=Axios |location=DC |access-date=2023-10-28}}</ref> During the [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/israel%E2%80%93hamas-war-iran-updates|access-date=2023-11-12|publisher=[[Institute for the Study of War]]|title=Iran Updates (Oct. 7 War)}}</ref> In June 2024, the IDF reported it had destroyed a 800-meter-long tunnel in the Juhor ad-Dik area. The tunnel, reportedly, 30 meters deep, had several rooms and blast doors, and had been used by Hamas operatives.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fabian |first=Emanuel |date=2024-06-13 |title=IDF: Troops complete raids on Gaza’s Zeitoun and Sabra neighborhoods |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-troops-complete-raids-on-gazas-zeitoun-and-sabra-neighborhoods/ |access-date=2026-04-06 |work=The Times of Israel |language=en-US |issn=0040-7909}}</ref> As of 2026, Juhor ad-Dik remains destroyed and [[Yellow Line (Gaza)|under IDF control]].

==Demographics== In the 1997 census by the PCBS, [[Palestinian refugee]]s made up 72.3% of the population which at the time was 2,275.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/gaz_t6.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107152041/http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/gaz_t6.aspx |date=2008-01-07 }} [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS).</ref>

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{{Gaza Governorate}}

[[Category:Villages in the Gaza Strip]] [[Category:Municipalities of Palestine]]