Barqa, Gaza

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title: Barqa, Gaza
text: Barqa was a Palestinian Arab village located 37 km north of Gaza near the modern-day Israeli city of Ashdod. It was referred to as Barka by the Greeks and Bareca by the Romans during their rule over the ancient Philistine city. In 1945, the village had a population of 890 and total land area of 5,206 dunums. It was occupied and depopulated on May 13, 1948 during Operation Barak, a Yishuv offensive in southern Palestine just prior to the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The ruins of the vil
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description: Place in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barqa,_Gaza
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date modified: 2023-12-28T17:20:23Z
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