| Beit Lahia | |
| Arabic | بيت لاهيا بيت لاهية |
| Government | City |
| Also Spelled | Bayt Lahiya (officially) |
| Governorate | North Gaza |
| Population | 59,500 (2006) |
| Jurisdiction | dunams |
Beit Lahia (Arabic: بيت لاهيا or بيت لاهية) is a town under Palestinian Authority of about 40,000 people in the northern Gaza Strip. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language The following is a list of cities in Palestinian National Authority administrated areas, although depending on which particular area each locality is located After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian territories were divided into three areas (Area A Area B and Area C and 16 Governorates under the jurisdiction The North Gaza Governorate ( محافظة شمال غزة) is one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority in the Gaza Strip which is administered A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum is a unit of Area used in the Ottoman Empire and still used in various standardized versions Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language A town is a type of settlement ranging from a few to several thousand (occasionally hundreds of thousands inhabitants although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan The Gaza Strip (قطاع غزة, רצועת עזה Retzu'at 'Azza) is a coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea, bordering Egypt on the south-west It is located north of Jabalia, near Beit Hanoun and the 1949 Armistice Line with Israel. Jabalya (جباليا is a Palestinian City located four kilometers north of Gaza City Beit Hanoun (بيت حانون is a city on the north-east edge of the Gaza Strip. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. Hamas, an Islamic party, took control of it during the 2005 municipal elections. Ḥamas (ar حركة حماس acronym ar حركة المقاومة Municipal elections were held to elect members of local councils in the Palestinian Territories between December 2004 and December 2005
The word “Lahia” is Syriac and means “desolate” or “tiresome”. See Syriac (disambiguation for other uses Syriac (syr ܠܫܢܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܐ leššānā Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language It is surrounded by sand dunes, some rise to 55 m (180 ft) above sea level. Mean sea level (MSL is the average (mean height of the Sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface The area is renowned for its many large Sycamore trees. The Israeli settlements of Nisanit, Elei Sinai, and Dugit that were in close proximity to Beit Lahia were evacuated during August 2005. Nisanit ( Hebrew: ניסנית was the largest Israeli settlement in the northern tip of the Gaza Strip in a mini-settlement bloc including Elei Sinai Elei Sinai (אֱלֵי סִינַי lit Towards Sinai was an Israeli settlement in the north of Gaza Strip. Dugit ( Hebrew:דוגית was an Israeli settlement located in the northern tip of the Gaza Strip closest to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources.
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
2005 killings
On January 4 2005 seven civilian residents of Beit Lahia, including six members of the same family, were killed when an IDF tank shell hit the agricultural area where they were working. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. A civilian under International humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her Country 's Armed forces. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF) (צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit
2006 killings
On June 9, 2006, eight civilians were killed while picnicking on the northern Gazan beach in Beit Lahia. See also 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict The Gaza beach blast was an event on June 9, 2006 in which eight Palestinians were killed and Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits The dead included seven members of the Ali Ghaliya family. [1]
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- ^ The Guardian: Death on the beach: seven Palestinians killed as Israeli shells hit family picnic, June 10, 2006
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