In July 1948, during the 1948 Palestine war, the Palestinian towns of Lydda and Ramle were captured by the Israel Defense Forces and their residents were violently expelled. The expulsions occurred as
An Israeli soldier with detained Palestinians in Ramle
Lydda in 1920 with St. George's Church in the background
The city of Lydda in 1932
King Abdullah of Jordan (1882–1951) with British officer John Bagot Glubb (1897–1986), the commander of the Tranjordanian Arab Legion
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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
Palestinian expulsion from Lydda and Ramle
…In July 1948, during the 1948 Palestine war, the Palestinian towns of Lydda (also known as Lod) and Ramle were captured by the Israel Defense Forces and their residents (totalling 50,000–70,000 people) were violently expelled…
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Depiction of Lydda in the Umm ar-Rasas mosaics, 8th century CE
Tomb of Saint George, first mentioned about 530 by the pilgrim Theodosius
Khan el-Hilu, Lod