Al-Safiriyya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during Operation Hametz in the 1948 Palestine War on May 20, 1948. It was located 11 km east of Jaffa, 1.5 km w
Nasra Hussein Ahmad Zayed, born Safiriyya 1913 CE. Pictured in 1934, wearing a wedding dress.
Al-Safiriyya 1929 1:20,000
Al-Safiriyya 1945 1:250,000
Lod, also known as Lydda and Lidd, is a city 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv and 40 km northwest of Jerusalem in the Central District of Israel. It is situated between the lower Shephelah on the east and
Depiction of Lydda in the Umm ar-Rasas mosaics, 8th century CE
Tomb of Saint George, first mentioned about 530 by the pilgrim Theodosius