India  

Al-Mawasi, Rafah

Municipality type D in Rafah, State of Palestine

Al-Mawasi, Rafah    ▸ Facts   ▸ Comments   ▸ News   ▸ Videos   

Al-Mawasi, Rafah: Municipality type D in Rafah, State of Palestine
Al-Mawasi is a fertile area for agriculture in the Gaza Strip. It is along the coast and has many sand dunes. Al-Mawasi is fourteen kilometers long and one kilometer wide, making up about 3% of the Gaza Strip. It is a Palestinian Bedouin town and prior to the 2005 unilateral Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip, it was a Palestinian enclave within the Israeli settlements of Gush Katif. Al-Mawasi had a population of 1,409 in the middle of 2006. Prior to the Gaza war, al-Mawasi had a population of 9,000. It has a number of buildings with a maximum of 100 structures.

0
shares
ShareTweetSavePostSend
 
Gaza Attacked from Sky: 94 Killed in Overnight Strikes— Aid Seekers Bombed, Children Burned in Tents [Video]

Gaza Attacked from Sky: 94 Killed in Overnight Strikes— Aid Seekers Bombed, Children Burned in Tents

The Gaza crisis has reached a horrifying new level. Overnight Israeli airstrikes killed 94 Palestinians, including 45 people waiting for humanitarian aid. Dozens were burned alive in tents in Muwasi,..

Credit: Oneindia     Duration: 03:20Published

You Might Like

No news matches found

Sorry, we were unable to find any results in our database for your query


Free news archive access


Did you know?
You are eligible to search our news archive with millions of news references free of charge.

To do this, please sign in first at the top of the screen.

Information about free access to our news archive


Search this site and the web:


Free news archive