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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: Mayors of Ashdod, People from Ashdod, Sport in Ashdod, Operation Pleshet, Port of Ashdod, Haim Revivo, Asi Cohen, Isdud, Ariel Mastov, Ilya Smirin, Ashdod Sand Dune, Baruch Dego, Elta, Eshkol Power Station, Per Faye-Hansen, Ad Halom, Gershon Mesika, Yaniv Azran, Maccabi Ashdod B.C., Dafna Dekel, Sofa Landver, Ashdod Oil Refineries, Yehiel Lasri, Moshe Ohayon, Ilan Gilon, Amir Turgeman, Alon Hazan, Jacky Ben-Zaken, Ashdod Light, Eyal Almoshnino, Maccabi Bnot Ashdod, David Revivo, Highway 41, Fall of Ashdod, Ashdod Ad Halom Railway Station, Moran Rot, Yud-Alef Stadium, Georgy Adelson-Velsky, Ofer Talker, Idan Shriki, Jan Talesnikov, Ashdod-Sea, Vered Borochovski, Rahamim Tzukul, Messay Dego, Amir Lavi, Ashdod Port suicide bombing, Daniel Benlulu, Israeli Andalusian Orchestra, Nir Nachum, Lakhish River, Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz, Matan Ohayon, Kal'at Al Mina, Aryeh Azulai, Zvi Zilker, Ashdod Marina. Excerpt: Operation Pleshet (Hebrew:, Mivtza Pleshet, lit. "Operation Philistia"), named for the geographical region where it took place, was an Israeli military operation during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. It was carried out from May 29 to June 3, 1948, in the Isdud/Ad Halom area of the southern front, against the Egyptian Army. The aim of the operation was to capture Isdud and stop the Egyptian advance northwards. While only the June 2-3 engagements are officially named Operation Pleshet, the events immediately preceding are historiographically joined with it. The preceding events consisted of an aerial bombardment, followed by small-scale Israeli harassment of the Egyptian lines, and later a ground assault (Operation Pleshet). The original plan was to attack on June 1-2, but this was canceled due to an impending ceasefire, and re-attempted on June 2-3. The Israelis, under the Givati Brigade's umbrella command, a...