Editing Hamama (section)

=== 1948, and aftermath ===
According to reports published by the newspaper ''[[Falastin (newspaper)|Felesteen]]'', Hamama was first drawn into the [[1948 Arab-Israeli War]] after a group of workers from the town laboring in the adjacent fields were struck by Jewish residents from [[Nitzanim]] on January 22, 1948, leaving fifteen Arabs wounded.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Elhassani|first1=Abdelkarim|title=From Hamama to Montreal|date=2012|isbn=978-1-4797-4125-0|page=32|publisher=Xlibris Corporation LLC }}</ref> Two days later, a unit from Nitzanim opened fire on Hamama residents, killing one, and on February 17, a group of workers waiting for a bus on the road between [[Isdud]] and the town were fired upon, wounding two.<ref name="Khalidi3"/>

It was captured by [[Israel]] from the [[Egyptian Army]] in the first stage of [[Operation Yoav]] on October 28. By then several [[Palestinian refugee|refugee]]s from nearby towns were in Hamama, most of them, along with many of Hamama's residents, fled with the withdrawing Egyptian troops.<ref>Morris, 1987, p.220, quoted in Khalidi, 1992, p.99.</ref>

At the end of November 1948, Coastal Plain District troops carried out sweeps of the villages around and to the south of [[Al-Majdal, Askalan|Majdal]]. Hamama was one of the villages named in the orders to the [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] battalions and engineers platoon, that the villagers were to be expelled to Gaza, and the IDF troops were "to prevent their return by destroying their villages." The path leading to the village was to be mined. The IDF troops were ordered to carry out the operation "with determination, accuracy and energy".<ref>Coastal Plain District HQ to battalions 151 and ´1 Volunteers`, etc., 19:55 hours, 25 Nov. 1948, IDFA (=Israeli Defence Forces and Defence Ministry Archive) 6308\49\\141. Cited in Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA517  517]</ref> The operation took place on 30 November. The troops found "not a living soul" in Hamama. However, the destruction of the villages was not completed immediately due to the dampness of the houses and the insufficient amount of explosives.<ref>Coastal Plain HQ to Southern Front\Operations, 30 Nov. 1948, IDFA 1978\50\\1; and Southern Front\Operations to General Staff Divisions, 2. Dec. 1948, IDFA 922\75\\1025. Cited in Morris, 2004, p.  [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA518  518]</ref>

[[Mohammed Dahlan]]'s family is originally from Hamama.

In 1992 it was noted: "No traces of village houses or landmarks remain. The site is overgrown with wild vegetation, including tall grasses, weeds, and bushes. It also contains cactuses. The surrounding land is unused."<ref name=Khalidi100/>