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.