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| 'Iraq Suwaydan District of Gaza عراق سويدان - עיראק סוידאן Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
November 9, 1948
Distance from district center
27 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
100 (meters)
Map location
See location number #25 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Yo'av
Israeli attacking brigade
Ninth Battalion of the Armored Brigade
Defenders
Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village was mostly destroyed with the exception of the British Police Station.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelis'Iraq Suwaydan inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
7,380
Jewish
0
Public
149
Total
7,529
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
9
Planted W/ Cereal
7,329
Built up
35
Cultivable
7,338
Non-Cultivable
156
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
349
1931
460
1945
660
1948
766
Est. Refugees 1998
4,702
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
81
1948
134
Schools
In 1947, 'Iraq Suwaydan shared an elementary school for boys with the nearby villages of 'lbdis and Bayt 'Affa, and when it opened its doors it had an an initial enrollment of 104 students.
Archeological sites
The village contained Khirbat al-Shaykh Muhammad and Khirbat al-Shaykh 'Abdallah, which both had artifacts from the Byzantine period.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Yad Natan, 'Otzem, Sde Yo'av, and Beyt Yo'av.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Cactuses and the remnants of a pool are visible. Two old village streets, one passing through the site and the other through the land, are clearly recognizable. The British police station is still in use and is now called Metzodat Yo'av."
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