al-Burj, Hebron

al-Burj is a Palestinian village located twenty kilometers southwest of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate, southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,578 in 2007. The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.HistoryIn 1838, el-Burj was noted as a place "in ruins or deserted," part of the area between the mountain and Gaza, but subject to the government of el-Khulil.British Mandate eraAt the time of the 1931 census of Palestine the population of al Burj was counted under Dura.Modern eraIn the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, al-Burj came under Jordanian rule.On 25 February 1953, five Arab shepherds were killed and mutilated by Israel in the so called The Har-Zion Affair at al-Burj, including a 16-year-old.After the Six-Day War, al-Burj has been under Israeli occupation.