Dimra
Sign in to saveDimra () was a small Arab village located northeast of Gaza City in British Palestine. Ancient remains at the site attest to a long-time human settlement there; during the Mamluk era, the town was the home of the Bani Jabir tribe. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and is now the site of Erez, a kibbutz in Israel.
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- מועצה אזורית שער הנגב
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- מחוז הדרום
- Country
- ישראל
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- 662
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- Mamluk period
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate of Palestine
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Dimra () was a small Arab village located northeast of Gaza City in British Palestine. Ancient remains at the site attest to a long-time human settlement there; during the Mamluk era, the town was the home of the Bani Jabir tribe. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and is now the site of Erez, a kibbutz in Israel.
==History== thumb|250px|Ancient mosaics found at the place, now in Erez Ancient remains found throughout the village, including marble and granite columns as well as pottery, attest to longtime settlement at the site. An excavation have found remains, including coins, dating the sixth century CE, that is the Byzantine Empire. Many potsherds, dating to the same period, indicates that a pottery workshop was located there at the time.
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