This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict.

[7] 12 century Crusader church endowments and land deeds mention Latin settlement in Zeophir/al-Sawāfīr.

The place was noted as hali, that is empty, but taxes were paid on wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards, fruit trees and cotton; a total of 9,000 akçe.

In early May 1948, the inhabitants of the three Al-Sawafir villages were ordered not to flee by the Al-Majdal National Committee.

[19] The village was destroyed as part of the Nakba, specifically as a result of Operation Barak.