Lod is a city 15 km southeast of Tel Aviv in the Central District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 77,223.
The name is derived from the Biblical city of Lod, and it was a significant Judean town from the Maccabean Period to the early Christian period. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War most of the city's Arab inhabitants were expelled in the 1948 Palestinian exodus from Lydda and Ramle, also known as the Lydda Death March. The town was resettled by Jewish immigrants, most of them from Arab countries, alongside 1,056 Arabs who remained. Today, the city has an Arab population of 30%.
Israel's main international airport, Ben Gurion Airport is located on the outskirts of the city.