Beit Daras

Beit Daras

Infobox Former Arab villages in Palestine
name=Beit Daras


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arname=بيت دراس
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altSp=Bayt Daras
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population=3,190
popyear=1948
area=15,896
areakm=15.9
cause=A
curlocl=Azrikam
date=May 11, 1948

Beit Daras or Bayt Daras ( _ar. بيت دراس) was a Palestinian Arab town located on the Lachish River, 32 kilometers northeast of Gaza and approximately 50 meters above sea level.cite web|title=Welcome to Bayt Daras: Town Statistics and Facts|publisher=Palestine Remembered|accessdate=2007-12-03|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Gaza/Bayt-Daras/index.html Beit Daras] at Palestineremembered.com]

The town once formed part of a mail route from Cairo to Damascus during Mamluk rule in Palestine. Despite being defended by the Sudanese Army and a number of local militiamen, Beit Daras was captured on May 11, 1948 by Israel's Givati Brigade during Operation Barak, just prior to the outbreak of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Beit Daras had a population of 3,190 living in 709 houses in 1948. Structures in the village were made of stone foundations with vaulted rooms. There were also two elementary schools and two mosques, all of which were demolished after its capture. The Jewish localities of Azrikam and Emunim have been built on the land Beit Daras once occupied.

See also

* List of villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war

References

External links

* [http://www.palestinechronicle.com/ Article by Ramzy Baroud, decendant of a Beit Daras family]


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