Bayt Daras

Bayt Daras بيت دراس Beit Daras, Baydarās-Badarās, Dāris Bethduras
Old structure from Bayt Daras, presently in Azrikam
Etymology: "The house of treading corn"
A series of historical maps of the area around Bayt Daras (click the buttons)
Bayt Daras Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°43′24″N 34°40′58″E
Palestine grid	120/125
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	May 11, 1948
Area
• Total	16,357 dunams (16.357 km2; 6.315 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	2,750
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Giv'ati Emunim Azrikam

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Bayt Daras (Arabic: بيت دراس) was a Palestinian Arab town located 46 kilometers (29 mi) northeast of Gaza and approximately 50 meters (160 ft) above sea level. The village was depopulated and destroyed during the 1948 Palestine war, as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and the Nakba.