Palestine Square (Arabic: ميدان فلسطين, romanized: Mīdān Falastīn), also known as Al-Saha or As-Saha (Arabic: الساحة, "the (community) space" or "the square"), is a city square in east-central Gaza City, State of Palestine, in between Jamal Abdel Nasser Street and Omar Mukhtar Street. It is the location of a bus station, a taxi station, a fruit market, a hospital, and dozens of small shops and vendors. Gaza's municipal headquarters is also located in the square. Palestine Square once was walled when it laid along the southern edge of the Old City, overlooking barley and vegetable farms, olive and almond groves.
2023 Israel-Hamas war
On December 7, 2023, during the fighting in the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, the Israeli Defense Forces conquered Palestine Square. On November 30, a week prior to the conquer, Hamas used Palestine Square as the venue for the release of some of the hostages it was holding.
References
- "Activists hold 'day of rage' protests against Prawer Plan". +972 Magazine. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
Palestine Square (al-Saha)
- Doughty and El Aydi, 1995, pp.15-16
- Michaelis, Tamar; Pokharel, Sugam; Brown, Benjamin (December 8, 2023). "Israeli flag raised in symbolic Palestine Square in Gaza City, video shows". CNN.
Bibliography
- Jacobs, Daniel (1998), Israel and the Palestinian territories, Rough Guides, ISBN 978-1-85828-248-0
- Doughty, Dick; El Aydi, Mohammed (1995), Gaza: legacy of occupation-a photographer's journey, Kumarian Press, Inc., ISBN 9781565490444
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