Bil'in, Gaza

Bil'in
بعلين
Village
Etymology: Balin, from personal name
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
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Bil'in
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°41′20″N 34°49′11″E / 31.68889°N 34.81972°E / 31.68889; 34.81972
Palestine grid132/121
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationNot known
Area
  Total
8,036 dunams (8.036 km2 or 3.103 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total
180
Current LocalitiesQedma

Bil'in was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 8, 1948, under Operation An-Far. It was located 39 km northeast of Gaza and the village contained two wells which supplied it with drinking water.