Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	October 28, 1948
Distance from district center	35 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	35 (meters)
Map location	See location number #4 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operations Yo'av and ha-Har
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Defenders	Egyptian Army
Israeli acts of terror	Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants.
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of its two schools, its crumbling mosque, and one of its shrines.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Isdud inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 32,905 Jewish 2,487 Public 12,479 Total 47,871
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 1,921 1,356 Irrigated & Plantation 8,322 5 Planted W/ Cereal 22,636 1,126 Built up 131 0 Cultivable 32,879 2,487 Non-Cultivable 12,374 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 413 1922 2,566 1931 3,140 1945 4,910 (290 Jewish) 1948 5,359 Est. Refugees 1998 32,911
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 764 1948 1303
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to Isdud by Azotus.
Schools	Isdud had two schools: the 1st was an elementary school for boys founded in 1922, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 371 boys; the 2nd school was for girls founded in 1942, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 74 girls. Both schools are deserted now.
Religious institutions	Isdud had two mosques, one of which is still standing, but in bad conditions.
Shrines/maqams	The village had three shrine (one shrine remain standing): the 1st shrine was for Salman al-Farisi (al-Nabi Muhammad's companion), the 2nd shrine was for the Egyptian, al-Shaykh al-Matbuli, and the 3rd shrine was for Ahmad Abu al-Iqbal.
Archeological sites	Isdud had at least nine khirbats containing a wide variety of relics, including pottery fragments, mosaic floors, cisterns, and an ancient olive press
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Sde 'Uzziyyahu and Bene Darom
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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Most of the houses have been destroyed; the rubble is covered with grasses and thorns. Just south of the center of the site stands a large, ruined mosque. Its crumbling pillars are still standing, and its arched entrances and windows still retain their distinctive shape. About 200 m southwest of the site are two deserted school buildings; a neglected shrine stands close to them to the south. "

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