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Ashkelon or Ashqelon (ʿAsqalān; Latin: Ascalon; Akkadian: Isqalluna) is a coastal city in the South District of Israel. The ancient seaport of Ashkelon (named al-Majdal or Majdal in Arabic) dates back to the Bronze Age. In the course of its history, it has been ruled by the Canaanites, the Philistines, the Babylonians, the Phoenicians, the Romans, the Muslims and the Crusaders. It was destroyed by the Mamluks in 1270 and fell into disuse, but was rebuilt by the Arabs and by 1576 had become the 6th largest city in Palestine with a population of 2,795. By 1948, the population had grown to 11,000, when the 1948 Arab-Israeli War began and the city became the forward position of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force based in Gaza. After intense Israeli attacks, most of the population was forced to flee to Gaza along with the retreating Egyptian Army, and the city was occupied by Israeli forces on November 5, 1948. The modern Israeli city of Ashkelon has a population of 108,900
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