Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: al-Faluja () bụ obodo Palestinian Arab nke dị na British Mandate for Palestine, nke dị kilomita 30 n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Gaza City. Obodo ahụ na obodo Iraq al-Manshiyya gbara agbata obi bụ akụkụ nke akpa Faluja, ebe ndị agha 4,000 ndị Ijipt, bụ ndị batara n'ógbè ahụ n'ihi
Agha 1948, ndị agha Israel guzobere ọhụrụ nọchibidoro ha ruo ọnwa anọ. Nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta nke 1949 nyere ohere maka ịnyefe udo nke mpaghara ndị ahụ na-abụghị Gaza na njikwa Israel, na-ekwe ka ndị agha Ijipt nọrọ na Gaza. N'ịgbaso nkwekọrịta ndị ahụ, a kpagburu ndị Arab bi n'obodo ndị ahụ ma gbahapụ ha. Obodo Israel nke Kiryat Gat, nakwa moshav Revaha, gbara ebe obodo mbụ ahụ dị gburugburu.