Iraq al-Manshiyya

Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine
name=Iraq al-Manshiyya


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arname=عراق المنشية
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altSp='Iraq al-Manshiya
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population=2,220
popyear=1945
area=17,901
areakm=17.9
cause=E
curlocl=Kiryat Gat
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Iraq al-Manshiyya is a former Palestinian town located 32km northeast of Gaza City. Its total land area consisted of 13,838 dunams. According to the British Mandate, the town had a population of 2,010 Arabs and 210 Jews in 1945. The town contained two mosques and a shrine for Shaykh Abroad al-Uranyni. [ [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Gaza/ Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine: Gaza Directory Listings] Hadawi, Sami. (1970) Palestine Liberation Organization research Center, pp.45. also, [http://www.palestineremembered.com/Gaza/Iraq-al-Manshiyya/ Iraq al-Manshiyya Town Statistics and Facts] ]

1948 Arab-Israeli War

Iraq al-Manshiyya was captured by Israel's Alexandroni Brigade on March 1, 1949 from Egyptian forces in Operation Yoav. The Egyptian Army controlled the area - which included al-Faluja - surrounded by Israeli forces. After Egypt and Israel negotiated an armistice agreement, the Israeli Defense Forces intimidated the inhabitants to flee. ["The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem, 1947-1949". Morris, Benny. pp.243-245]

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