Jabalia Camp ( ar, مخيّم جباليا) is a Palestinian refugee camp located north of Jabalia in the

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History

The Jabalia

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is in the North Gaza Governorate, Gaza Strip. According to the

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, the camp had a population of 93,455 in mid-year 2006.Projected Mid -Year Population
for Gaza Governorate by Locality 2004-2006

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

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in December 1987 began in Jabalia. The camp has been the scene of much violence in the

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. It is also considered a major stronghold of the Hamas movement. The camp is the largest refugee camp in Palestinian territory. During the

2014 Israel–Gaza conflict The 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge ( he, מִבְצָע צוּק אֵיתָן, translit=Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan, ), was a military operation launched by Israel on 8 July 2014 in the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territories, Pale ...

, Israeli artillery reportedly hit an

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school in Jabalia Camp, killing at least 15

Palestinians Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

sheltering there. 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."UN: 'world stands disgraced' as shelter for Gaza children is shelled by Israel
30 July 2014, '' The Guardian'' In 2022, a fire killed 21 people.

Notable people

Atef Abu Saif Atef Abu Saif (born 1973) is a Palestinian writer. He was born in Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. He studied at the University of Birzeit and the University of Bradford, before going on to obtain a PhD from the European University Instit ...

, writer *

Izzeldin Abuelaish Izzeldin Abuelaish ( ar, عزالدين أبو العيش), is a Canadian-Palestinian medical doctor and author. He was born in Gaza, and was the first Palestinian doctor to work in an Israeli hospital and has been active in promoting Israeli-Pal ...

, physician * Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Hamas commander

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{{Palestinian refugee camps Palestinian refugee camps in the Gaza Strip

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