Iraq Suwaydan
'Iraq Suwaydan was a Palestinian Arab village located 27 km (17 mi) northeast of Gaza City.

'Iraq Suwaydan was a Palestinian Arab village located 27 km (17 mi) northeast of Gaza City. It was captured by Israeli forces in Operation Yoav against the defending Egyptian Army during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. The village infrastructure, with the exception of the police station built by the British Mandate authorities, was destroyed.
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Getting to Iraq Suwaydan
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 44 km · El Arish (AAC), 105 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 123 km
- Tel Aviv → Iraq Suwaydan49 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · ₪20–26
- Eilat → Iraq Suwaydan234 km · quickest by road, 5h 3m · ₪95–130
- Amman → Iraq Suwaydan124 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · JD6–9
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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 Iraq Suwaydan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Iraq Suwaydan
Iraq Suwaydan is 27 km from Gaza, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.