 In the 1997 census by the PCBS, Palestinian refugees made up 72.3% of the population which at the time was 2,275.Thirteen residents, including at least two children were killed and 18 others wounded, some seriously, when Israeli tanks fired on a mosque and two houses at the village on April 16, 2008.During Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip in 2008-09, Israeli troops and Palestinian militiamen battled frequently in Juhor ad-Dik.