Al-Qarara

Municipality type B in Khan Yunis, State of Palestine

31°22′23″N 34°20′21″E / 31.37306°N 34.33917°E / 31.37306; 34.33917StateState of PalestineGovernorateKhan YunisGovernment

• TypeMunicipality • Head of MunicipalityEid al-AbdullahPopulation

(2017)^[1]

• Total29,004

Al-Qarara or Al Qarara (Arabic: القرارة) is a Palestinian town located north of Khan Yunis, in the Khan Yunis Governorate of the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Qarara had a population of 29,004 inhabitants in 2017,^[1] The town is 15 miles south of Gaza City, and used to be a farming village.^[2] It lies on trade routes dating back to the Bronze Age.^[2]

The town was home to the Al Qarara Cultural Museum,^[2] but that museum was destroyed by Israeli forces in late 2023 due to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.^[3] The Israeli military had also ordered that town to be evacuated due to the war.^[4]

A pedestrian bridge over Salah Aldin Street for students was completed in the town in September 2023.^[5] The bridge had been funded by Japan's Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects program.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c "In Gaza, a museum filled with history 'picked up' along the way". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
^ Monitor, Euro-Med Human Rights. "As part of its genocidal war in Gaza, Israel destroys Palestinians' cultural heritage". Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
^ Kingsley, Patrick; Ahmad, Rawan Sheikh; Fuller, Thomas (2023-12-02). "Israel Orders Evacuations Amid 'Intense' Attacks on Southern Gaza". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
^ ^a ^b "Completion of a pedestrian bridge in Gaza's al Qarara funded by Japan celebrated". WAFA. 19 September 2023.