sentences:  In the 1945 statistics "El Jiya" had a population of 1,230, all Muslims, with a total of 8,506 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.Of this, a total of 189 dunums was used for citrus and bananas, while 8,004 dunumus were allocated to cereals and 26 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, while 45 dunams were built-up land.The village was captured by Israel's Giv'ati Brigade on 4 November 1948 during Operation Yoav.