Ranar 29 ga Mayu, 1948, sojojin Masar sun mamaye ƙauyen Isdud, kuma ya zama matsayin arewacin Masar a lokacin Yaƙin Larabawa da Isra'ila na 1948
Ka yi haƙuri. Yayin da Isra'ilawa suka kasa kama ƙasa, kuma suka sha wahala sosai, Masar ta canza dabararta daga kai hari zuwa tsaro, don haka ta dakatar da ci gaban su zuwa arewa. Sojojin Masar da na Isra'ila sun yi arangama a yankin da ke kewaye, tare da Masarawa ba su iya riƙe gadar Ad Halom a kan Kogin Lachish ba. Sojojin Isra'ila sun kewaye garin a lokacin Operation Pleshet, kuma sun harbe shi da bama-bamai daga sama. A cikin dare uku daga ranar 18 ga Oktoba, Sojojin Sama na Isra'ila sun kai harin Isdud da wasu wurare da yawa. Tsoron kewayewa, sojojin Masar sun ja da baya a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 1948, kuma yawancin mazauna sun gudu. Sojojin tsaron Isra'ila sun kori mutanen garin 300 da suka rage zuwa kudu. Kauyen na daga cikin yankunan da aka bai wa Isra'ila a cikin Yarjejeniyar Armistice ta 1949 bayan karshen yakin.