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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 8, 1948
Distance from district center	30 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea	75 (meters)
Map location	See location number #19 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yo'av
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Defenders	Egyptian Army
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely obliterated.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	'Ibdis inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,493 Jewish 0 Public 100 Total 4,593
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 149 Planted W/ Cereal 4,307 Built up 18 Cultivable 4,456 Non-Cultivable 119
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 193 1922 319 1931 425 1945 540 1948 626 Est. Refugees 1998 3,847
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 62 1948 91
Archeological sites	'Ibdis contained several khirbats inculding khirbat Abu Juway'id (which had Byzantine artifacts), and Khirbat 'Ajjas.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Merkaz Shappira
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The village can only be identified by a cluster of sycamore trees; the houses have been completely obliterated."

To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
eng.hazem ali aycob	-	amman -jordan
Hasan	Yousef	Palestine, Palestine
محمد سالم احمد	احمد	-
ماهر اسماعيل صافي	-	جده, السعوديه
Mazen مازن Shehadeh شحاده	Shehadeh شحاده	-
عمرو شحادة	شحادة	-
العبادسة	أحمد	غزة, فلسطين
nidhal	ahmad	-
Mazen Shehadeh	-	-
رانية عبدالرحمن	عبدالرحمن	GAZA, PALESTINE
جمال حمدان	عبدالرحمن	المنطقة الشرقية, المملكة العربية السعودية
Dr-Abu El Reish	-	-
Yasser Shehada	shehada	Shubra El Khima, Cairo, Egypt
issam Abu Al Rish	-	-
M.R	-	Amman, Jordan

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