Iraq Suwaydan

Iraq Suwaydan

عراق سويدان
Iraq al-Suweidan
Iraq Suwaydan عراق سويدان Iraq al-Suweidan
	View of Iraq Suwaydan village from Israeli machine gun position, November 1948
	Etymology: "The cavern of Suweidan"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Iraq Suwaydan (click the buttons)
	Iraq Suwaydan Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°38′55″N 34°41′34″E / 31.64861°N 34.69278°E
Palestine grid	121/117
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	8 July 1948
Area
• Total	7,529 dunams (7.529 km2 or 2.907 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	660
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Yad Natan, Otzem, Sde Yoav

'Iraq Suwaydan (Arabic: عراق سويدان, Hebrew: עיראק סווידאן) was a Palestinian Arab village located 27 km (17 mi) northeast of Gaza City. It was captured by Israeli forces in Operation Yoav against the defending Egyptian Army during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The village infrastructure, with the exception of the police station built by the British Mandate authorities, was destroyed.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 365
^ Village Statistics, Government of Palestine. 1945, p. 31
^ ^a ^b Village Statistics, Government of Palestine. 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village No. 380. Also gives the cause for depopulation
^ ^a ^b ^c Khalidi, 1992, p.109

[1] Palmer, 1881, p. 365

[1945p31-2] Village Statistics, Government of Palestine. 1945, p. 31

[Hadawi45-3] Village Statistics, Government of Palestine. 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45

[4] Morris, 2004, p. xx, village No. 380. Also gives the cause for depopulation

[Khalidi109-5] Khalidi, 1992, p.109

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Iraq Suwaydan عراق سويدان Iraq al-Suweidan
View of Iraq Suwaydan village from Israeli machine gun position, November 1948
Etymology: "The cavern of Suweidan"^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Iraq Suwaydan (click the buttons)
Iraq Suwaydan Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°38′55″N 34°41′34″E / 31.64861°N 34.69278°E / 31.64861; 34.69278
Palestine grid	121/117
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	8 July 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	7,529 dunams (7.529 km² or 2.907 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	660^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Yad Natan,^[5] Otzem,^[5] Sde Yoav^[5]