WW1 Jewish graves found in Gaza

Soldiers in the IDF’s 188th Brigade were surprised to find stars of David on gravestones in a cemetery in the central Gaza town of Al-Maaziin. They were the graves of British Jewish soldiers who fell in 1917, in World War I, fighting the Ottomans in the Land of Israel.

https://www.jns.org/idf-soldiers-stumble-on-wwi-graveyard-in-gaza/

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/history-of-jewish-settlements-in-gaza

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