Khirbat Jils is situated to the south of the ruined Arab village of Faluja. The site was probably abandoned no later than the early or mid-19th century, since it appears as a ruin in the Palestine Exploration Fund survey map. A small-scale salvage excavation carried out here in 2021 by the IAA revealed poorly preserved architectural remains dated to the early Ottoman period. Over the floor of a partially exposed room a small hoard was found containing five gold coins, a pendant made of two silver coins and a bronze finger ring with an embedded gem. Two of the gold coins were issued under the Sultans Suleiman I (1520–1566 CE) and Murad III (1574–1595 CE), respectively, and the three others are of Sultan Mehmed III (1595–1603 CE); the silver coins are Spanish and Dutch issues, dated to ca. 1550–1600 CE and ca. 1600–1700 CE, respectively.12 The discussed remains, including the floor area where the hoard was found, yielded a modest number of pottery sherds that were composed of transitional late Mamluk–early Ottoman and some more typical Ottoman-period types, including pale grey fabric Gaza Ware bowls
