Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict.
Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 War on May 18, 1948, as part of the second stage of Operation Barak. The village was located 32 km northeast of Gaza. It is one of three namesake villages, alongside Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya and Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya.
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Getting to Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 38 km · El Arish (AAC), 110 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 121 km
- Eilat → Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya221 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · ₪95–125
- Amman → Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya145 km · quickest by road, 3h 34m · JD7–10
- El Arish → Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya80 km · quickest by road, 4h · E£285–380
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No local-transport research exists yet for Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundBy bus, taxi ("moneet" in Hebrew), or minibus ("moneet sherut").
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Next door to Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya is 32 km from Gaza, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Kfar Warburghuman settlement2.4 km
- Avigdorhuman settlement in Israel3.2 km
- Bayt DarasPalestinian village in Gaza subdistrict, depopulated in 19483.8 km
- Al-Jaladiyyavillage in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine3.5 km
- Ibdisvillage in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine2.8 km
- Zrahiahuman settlement in Israel3.7 km