Hamama
Hamama was a Palestinian town of over 5,000 inhabitants that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Hamama was a Palestinian town of over 5,000 inhabitants that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was located 24 kilometers north of Gaza. It was continuously inhabited from the Mamluk period until 1948.
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Worth seeing in and around Hamama
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Sala Stadium
The Sala Stadium is a sports stadium in Ashkelon, Israel. The stadium has a capacity of 5,250 people and is the home ground of Maccabi Ashkelon.
3.7 km · football stadium in Ashkelon · Wikipedia - 02Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light
Ashkelon Marina Breakwater Light is a lighthouse in Ashkelon, Israel. It is located at the end of the main breakwater of the Ashkelon Marina.
3.5 km · lighthouse in Israel · Wikipedia - 03Ashkelon Academic College
Ashkelon Academic College is a public college in Ashkelon, Israel. The college has two faculties, the School of Economics and Social Work, for management, logistics, banking, and accounting, in which undergraduate and graduate studies take place, as well as the School of Health Sciences, for undergraduate studies in nutrition, nursing, and public health.
3.3 km · college in Ashkelon, Israel · Wikipedia - 04Ashkelon Sports Arena
A.S. Ironi Ashkelon is a professional basketball team based in Ashkelon, south west Israel.
3.9 km · sports stadium in Ashkelon · Wikipedia
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Getting to Hamama
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 45 km · El Arish (AAC), 101 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 133 km
- Stations
- Ashkelon Railway Station, 2.2 km
- Tel Aviv → Hamama47 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · ₪18–24
- Eilat → Hamama240 km · quickest by road, 5h 15m · ₪100–135
- Amman → Hamama131 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · JD7–9
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Hamama
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 Hamama. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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 Hamama
Hamama is 24 km from Gaza, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Ashkeloncity in Israel3.9 km
- Kfar Silverhuman settlement in Israel2.7 km