Village in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine

Al-Jiyya

al-Jiyya was a Palestinian village that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Every way there

Tel Aviv → Al-Jiyya
1994 km · quickest by air, 13h 43m · ₪1,510–2,310
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Eilat → Al-Jiyya
1743 km · quickest by air, 13h 10m · ₪1,390–2,110
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El Arish → Al-Jiyya
1949 km · quickest by air, 11h 35m · E£10,300–15,930
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Al-Jiyya, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Al-Jiyya has

YScheduled flightsTel Aviv (TLV), 50 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
NFerriesno crossing within 25 km
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Ashkelon, 5 km.

31.629°, 34.598°

It was located 19 kilometers northeast of Gaza City and had a population of 1,230, according to a 1945 survey. The village was occupied by Israel's Giv'ati Brigade on 4 November 1948 during Operation Yoav.

How locals move

Getting around Al-Jiyya the local way

Get inThere are no ferries or cruises to Ashkelon, but you can bring your own boat into the marina.

From Wikivoyage: Ashkelon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.