sentences:  In the 1945 statistics the population of Beit Jirja consisted of 940 Muslims with a land area of 8,015 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.Of this, 434 dunams were designated for citrus and bananas, 
  618 for plantations and irrigable land, 6,911 for cereals, while 25 dunams were built-up areas.The village was probably captured in early November 1948, along with neighbouring al-Majdal, during the last phase of Operation Yoav.