Sheikh Ijlin
Sheikh Ijlin
الشيخ عجلين | |
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Neighborhood | |
| Sheikh Ajleen | |
 The neighbourhood in January 2025 | |
 Interactive map of Sheikh Ijlin | |
| Coordinates: 31°30′48.1″N 34°25′41.3″E / 31.513361°N 34.428139°E | |
| State | Palestine |
| Governorate | Gaza Governorate |
| City | Gaza |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | +3 |
Sheikh Ijlin (Arabic: الشيخ عجلين[1]) is a neighborhood in southern Gaza City near the coastal road.[2]
On 18 November 2002, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked the neighborhood, destroying the offices of the Preventive Security Force of the Palestinian National Authority.[3]
An internationally-backed sewage cleanup in 2022 saw Gaza's sewage treatment plants increase their operations, resulting in a reduction of waste entering the sea. This resulted in the Mediterranean Sea being clean enough to swim in and the neighborhood's beaches became popular in Gaza City.[4]
In December 2023 The New York Times reported that Israel had razed cemeteries in the Gaza Strip including that of Sheikh Ijlin.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ from a personal name, according to Palmer, 1881, page 362
- ↑ Israeli Occupying Forces Systematically Attack Civilian Property in Khan Yunis (Gaza Strip) Archived 2007-08-14 at the Wayback Machine Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem, 27 January 2005.
- ↑ Khaled Amayreh. Expanding the settlements Archived 2009-08-09 at the Wayback Machine. Al-Ahram Weekly, 27 November 2002.
- ↑ McKernan, Bethan; Balousha, Hazem (2022-07-08). "'The sea is more blue': Gazans head to the beach after sewage cleanup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ Koettl, Christoph; Triebert, Christiaan. "Satellite Imagery and Video Shows Some Gazan Cemeteries Razed by Israeli Forces". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
Bibliography
[edit]- Guérin, Victor (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 1: Judee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (visit in 1863: p. 214)
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
External links
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- SWP map 19, IAA
- SWP map 19, Wikimedia commons
31°32′9.59″N 34°27′55.75″E / 31.5359972°N 34.4654861°E
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