Usama spent four months at Askalon in order to fight the Franks. He arrived with his troops at dawn, and had hardly finished camping there when Nasir al-Dawla Yaqut, the governor, approached them asking them to watch their baggage, for fear of the Franks. Usama refused because there was nothing to fear. From Askalon he went on an expedition to Bayt Jibril with his brother 'Ali and his soldiers. On the way back they narrowly escaped the Franks. During the same stay, he and his men attacked Yubna, where they killed about 100 people and made prisoners