Hamama
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This article is about the town in Palestine. For the town in Lebanon, see Hammana.
Hamama (Arabic: حمامة; also known in Byzantine times as Peleia) was a Palestinian town of over 5,000 inhabitants that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[4][5] It was located 24 kilometers north of Gaza. It was continuously inhabited from the Mamluk period (in the 13th century) until 1948.[7]
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Hamama
حمامة Hamameh[1] | |
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Etymology: "dove"[2] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°41′35″N 34°35′32″E | |
Palestine grid | 111/122 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Gaza |
Date of depopulation | 4 November 1948[3] |
Area | |
• Total | 41,366 dunams (41.4 km2 or 16.0 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 5,070[4][5] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Nitzanim,[6] Beit Ezra,[6] Eshkolot[6] |
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its ruins are today in the north of the Israeli city of Ashkelon.