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Dayr Sunayd

Dayr Sunayd was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) northeast of Gaza.

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Dayr Sunayd was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) northeast of Gaza. Situated at an elevation of 50 meters (160 ft) along the southern coastal plain of Palestine, Deir Sunayd had a total land area of 6,081 dunams. Prior to its depopulation during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, it had 730 inhabitants in 1945.

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Getting to Dayr Sunayd

Airports
Ben Gurion (TLV), 58 km · El Arish (AAC), 90 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 137 km
  • Tel Aviv → Dayr Sunayd
    60 km · quickest by road, 1h 18m · ₪22–29
  • Eilat → Dayr Sunayd
    227 km · quickest by road, 5h 4m · ₪95–125
  • El Arish → Dayr Sunayd
    88 km · quickest by road, 3h 58m · E£290–385
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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 Dayr Sunayd. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThere are no ferries or cruises to Ashkelon, but you can bring your own boat into the marina.

From Wikivoyage: Ashkelon, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.

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Next door to Dayr Sunayd

Dayr Sunayd is 12 km from Gaza, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Umm an NaşrPalestinian village in Gaza Strip3.8 km
  • DimraPalestinian village in Gaza subdistrict, depopulated in 19482 km
  • Hiribyavillage in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine3.6 km