Sheikh Ijlin
Sheikh Ijlin
الشيخ عجلين | |
|---|---|
Neighborhood | |
| Sheikh Ajleen | |
  Sheikh Ijlin Location in Gaza Strip | |
| 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 Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) attacked the neighborhood, destroying the offices of the Preventive Security Force of the Palestinian National Authority.[3]
In December 2023 the New York Times reported that Israeli forces had carried out necroviolence by razing six cemeteries in the Gaza Strip including that of Sheikh Ijlin.[4]
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.
- ^ Koettl, Christoph; Triebert, Christiaan. "Satellite Imagery and Video Shows Some Gazan Cemeteries Razed by Israeli Forces". 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
[edit]- SWP map 19, IAA
- SWP map 19, Wikimedia commons
