Bayt 'Affa

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Bayt 'Affa was a Palestinian village in the Gaza Subdistrict.

It had a population of 26 Muslim households,[7] an estimated 143 inhabitants,[5] who paid taxes on wheat, barley, vine yards and fruit trees.

[11][12] In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Bayt 'Affa as resembling Iraq Suwaydan, that is a moderate-sized adobe village situated on a plain.

The Egyptian army drove the Israelis out a few days later and the village was not re-taken until Operation Yoav in the second half of October.

Fruit trees, especially citrus, are planted on the surrounding land and are irrigated from the Jordan River diversion canal.

Bayt 'Affa 1930 1:20,000
Bayt 'Affa 1945 1:250,000
Bayt 'Affa 1930 1:20,000