Maghazi (camp)
Maghazi Camp | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | مخيم المغازي |
  Maghazi Camp Location of Maghazi Camp within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°25′16.89″N 34°23′07.35″E / 31.4213583°N 34.3853750°E | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Deir al-Balah |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Refugee Camp |
| Area | |
| • Total | 559 dunams (0.559 km2 or 0.216 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 27,827 |
| • Density | 50,000/km2 (130,000/sq mi) |
| Population total includes that of the refugee camp and the Maghazi municipality | |
Maghazi (Arabic: مخيم المغازي) is located in the Deir al-Balah Governorate in the central Gaza Strip. It is a Palestinian refugee camp that was established in 1949. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the refugee camp had a population of 18,157 in 2017 and the Maghazi municipality had a population of 9,670.[1] The refugee camp is built on 559 dunums (0.6 km²).
In early 1949 Quaker aid workers visited Maghazi and reported that there were 2,500 refugees camped on privately owned land. They were living in Bedouin and Egyptian army tents as well the British army barracks. Most of the refugees had come from eight villages including Yasur, Qastina, Al-Batani al-Sharqi, Al-Batani al-Gharbi and Al-Maghar.[2]
On the evening of Monday January 6, 2003, the IDF raided the camp and killed three Palestinians and wounded dozens claiming they were targeting militants hiding there.[3]
Income
Before the Gaza Strip's closure to Israel in 2000 following the Al-Aqsa Intifada, most residents had taken a number of various jobs in Israel or worked as farmers at local tells and pastures. There is a weekly souk, or open-air market, on Sunday in which residents buy or sell goods from their workshops, bakeries, cafes, diners and grocery lots.
Education
Maghazi has three elementary schools and 2 junior high schools run by the UNRWA. 6,407 pupils had enrolled at these schools in the 2004-2005 year. In 1998, the UNRWA provided integrated educational services to 1,264 children with disabilities. There are a number of youth activities that involve in athletics, social and cultural programs.
Airstrike
Footnotes
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Gallagher, Nancy (2007) ‘’Quakers in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The Dilemmas of NGO Humanitarian Activism’’ The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 977-416-105-X p 75
- ^ http://www.unhchr.ch/Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/(Symbol)/E.CN.4.2003.G.29.En?Opendocument Question of the Violation of Human Rights in the Occupied Arab Territories Including Palestine
External links
- Maghazi articles from UNRWA
- Welcome To al-Maghazi R.C.
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