Info
District: Ramla
Population 1948: 640
Occupation date: 27/05/1948
Occupying unit: 7th brigade
Jewish settlements on village/town land before 1948: None
Jewish settlements on village/town land after 1948: Harel, Gizo
Background:
Bayt Jiz (Arabic: بيت جيز) was a Palestinian village situated on undulating land in the western foothills of the Jerusalem heights, 15 kilometers southwest of Ramla. In 1945, it had a population of 550. It was occupied and destroyed by Israeli forces during the Nakba in 1948.