Jabalia refugee camp

Jabalia Camp (Arabic: مخيّم جباليا) is a Palestinian refugee camp located 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) north of Jabalia in the Gaza Strip.

Jabalia Camp
Refugee Camp
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicمخيّم جباليا
 • LatinJabalya Camp (official)
Jabaliya Camp (unofficial)
House in the Jabalia refugee camp, destroyed by Israeli bombing 2012
House in the Jabalia refugee camp, destroyed by Israeli bombing 2012
Jabalia Camp is located in State of Palestine
Jabalia Camp
Jabalia Camp
Location of Jabalia Camp within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°32′20.81″N 34°29′57.63″E
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateNorth Gaza
Government
 • TypeRefugee Camp
Area
 • Total1,400 dunams (1.4 km2 or 0.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)[1]
 • Total93,455
 • Density67,000/km2 (170,000/sq mi)

History

The Jabalia refugee camp is in the North Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the camp had a population of 93,455 in mid-year 2006.[1]

The camp had a registered population of 103,646 inhabitants on June 30, 2002, and is located at the northern end of the Gaza Strip, close to the Israeli border and a village with the same name. The camp only covers an area of 1.4 km2 making it one of the most densely populated places on Earth. The First Intifada in December 1987 began in Jabalia. The camp has been the scene of much violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It is also considered a major stronghold of the Hamas movement.[2] The camp is the largest refugee camp in Palestinian territory.

During the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, Israeli artillery reportedly hit an UNWRA school in Jabalia Camp, killing at least 15 Palestinians sheltering there.[3] A UN spokesman stated: "Last night, children were killed as they slept next to their parents on the floor of a classroom in a UN-designated shelter in Gaza. Children killed in their sleep; this is an affront to all of us, a source of universal shame. Today the world stands disgraced."[4]

In 2022, a fire killed 21 people.

2023 airstrike
Main article: Jabalia refugee camp airstrikes

On 9 October 2023, an airstrike killed more than 50 people, including children, in the Jabalia camp.[5]

Notable people

See also

References
  1. Projected Mid -Year Population Archived 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine for Gaza Governorate by Locality 2004-2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  2. Johnston, Alan. Eyewitness: Inside Jabaliya BBC News. 2004-10-01.
  3. Strikes on U.N. school, crowded market kill 31 as Gaza war rages, July 30th 2014, CBS News
  4. UN: 'world stands disgraced' as shelter for Gaza children is shelled by Israel, 30 July 2014, The Guardian
  5. "Dozens of Palestinians killed and wounded in Israeli strikes on Jabalia Refugee camp". Reuters. 9 October 2023 – via Al Arabiya English.
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