Hamama
Hamama was a Palestinian town of over 5,000 inhabitants that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was located 24 kilometers north of Gaza.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Ruin
- Description: village in Gaza, Mandatory Palestine
- Also known as: “Hamame”, “Hamameh”, and “Hammamah”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ashkelon and Nitzanim sands.
Ashkelon
Railway station
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The Ashkelon railway station is a railway station that is located in Ashkelon, Israel. It is the southern terminus of the Binyamina–Tel Aviv–Ashkelon and the Ra'anana–Rishon LeZion–Ashkelon suburban lines. Ashkelon is situated 3½ km southeast of Hamama.
Nitzanim sands
Photo: אריאל מדינה, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nitzanim Sand Dune Nature Reserve is a 21,600 dunam area within the Nitzanim Sands area between Ashdod and Ashkelon on the Southern Coastal Plain of the Israeli Mediterranean Sea coast. Nitzanim sands is situated 3 km northeast of Hamama.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Be’er Ganim and Ashkelon.
Be’er Ganim
Village
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Be'er Ganim is a community settlement in southern Israel. It falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council and had a population of 2,704 in 2023.
Ashkelon
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ashkelon or Ashqelon Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן Arabic عسقلان ˁAsqalān; is a city on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, 50 km to the south of Tel Aviv.
Berekhya
Village
Berekhya is a moshav in southern Israel. Located four kilometres east of Ashkelon, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 1,292. Berekhya is situated 5 km southeast of Hamama.
Hamama
- Categories: district, depopulated Palestinian village, human settlement, village, former settlement, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Southern District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Hamama” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حمامة”
- Arabic: “حمامه (فلسطين)”
- Hebrew: “חמאמה”
- Hebrew: “חממה (יישוב היסטורי)”
- Indonesian: “Hamama”
- Italian: “Hamama”
- Japanese: “ハママ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hamama”
- Norwegian: “Hamama”
- Urdu: “حمامہ، غزہ”
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