Al-Qarara
Al-Qarara () is a Palestinian town in the Khan Yunis Governorate of the Gaza Strip. It is located just north of Khan Yunis and approximately south of Gaza City. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 29,004 people in 2017.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Al-Qarara
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- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
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- Latin
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- al-Qrara (official)el-Qarara (unofficial)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type B
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- Father from Gaza and his children with some belongings for displacement.jpg
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- Salah al-Din Road through al-Qarara in 2025
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- Palestine Gaza Strip#Palestine
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- Palestine grid
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- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
Article
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Gaza war
- See also
- References
Al-Qarara () is a Palestinian town in the Khan Yunis Governorate of the Gaza Strip. It is located just north of Khan Yunis and approximately south of Gaza City. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 29,004 people in 2017.
Two months after the beginning of the Gaza war in 2023, al-Qarara was besieged for four months by the Israel Defense Forces. During this time, numerous residential buildings in the town were destroyed, and the town became the site of a displacement camp.