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Huj
Place in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine

Huj

Huj was a Palestinian Arab village located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) northeast of Gaza City.

Identified as the site of the ancient Philistine town of Oga, the modern village was founded by the Ottomans in the early 19th century.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: American Colony Jerusalem (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.