Az-Zawayda

Also known as Az Zuwāydah

Az-Zawayda (), also spelled Zawaida, is a Palestinian town in the Gaza Strip, in the Deir al-Balah Governorate of the State of Palestine. It is located about three kilometers northeast of the city of Deir al-Balah and just west of Maghazi refugee camp. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) 2017 census, there were 23,841 residents.

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Settlement.name: Az-Zawayda
Settlement.translit_lang1: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: الزوايدة
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Latin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: Zawaida (official)al-Zawaydeh (unofficial)
Settlement.type: Municipality type A (City)
Settlement.pushpin_map: Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Az-Zawayda within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Deir al-Balah
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.government_type: City
Settlement.leader_title: Control
Settlement.leader_name: Hamas
Settlement.unit_pref: dunam

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==History== During the Gaza war, an Israeli attack killed at least 13 people after hitting a house in az-Zawayda. Several weeks later, three Israeli missiles struck a warehouse used as shelter by a displaced family, killing at least 16 people, including six children. According to a neighbor, "They were asleep in their beds, kids and babies, then three missiles targeted their place". One of the killed was a wholesale retailer who worked with the Israeli military to bring food into the Gaza Strip.