Jusayr was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 17, 1948 under Operation Barak or Operation Yo'av. It was located 35 km northeast of Gaza.
A 1596 census revealed a population of 330. By 1945, it had a population of 1180. Jusayr had an elementary school for boys which was founded in 1937, and by 1945, it had an enrollment of 74 students.
Coordinates: 31°39′25″N 34°46′15″E / 31.65694°N 34.77083°E / 31.65694; 34.77083
Face at my window
Eyes in the shadow
Staring right through me
Someone who knew me
Silent possession
Spectral procession
I feel the violence
In freezing silence, yeah
Etereal laugher
From the hereafter
Consumes with fear
Why are you here
Pervading presence
Invades my conscience
Screams break the silence
I feel your violence
We ara the sins of man
Trapped here since time began
We are the spawn of shame
From where all hatred came