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Al-Zahra | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الزهراء |
| • Latin | Madinat Az-Zahra' (official) Ezahra (unofficial) |
 Municipal Seal of Al-Zahra' Municipality | |
  Al-Zahra Location of Al-Zahra withinPalestine | |
| Coordinates:31°28′17.69″N34°24′4.62″E / 31.4715806°N 34.4012833°E /31.4715806; 34.4012833 | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Gaza |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Tareq Hijo |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,634 dunams (4.6 km2 or 1.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 5,338 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Etymology | The Rose |
Al-Zahra (Arabic:الزهراء) is aPalestinian municipality in theGaza Governorate, south ofGaza and north of theWadi Gaza, in the centralGaza Strip. TheUniversity of Palestine andUmmah Open University are located there. In 2017, it had a population of 5,338.[1] There were 837 housing units and 237 other buildings in the town.[2]
Yasser Arafat established Al-Zahra in the 1990s as a residential area forPalestine Authority staff and supporters. It remained a neighborhood with larger houses and more open space than others in Gaza City.[3] In 1998, a Bronze Age archaeological site was discovered at Al-Zahra during work on a housing project. The site was subsequently namedTell es-Sakan and investigated by archaeologists.[4]
In the2023 Israel–Hamas war, it was untouched by airstrikes until October 19, 2023, when more than twenty apartment blocks were bombed by theIsrael Defense Forces.[5][6]
During the building of the netzarim corridor the city was captured by the israel defence forces
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