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Al-Qarara

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al-Qarara
Municipality type B
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	القرارة
• Latin	al-Qrara (official) el-Qarara (unofficial)
al-Qarara Show map of Gaza Strip al-Qarara Show map of State of Palestine
Coordinates: 31°22′23″N 34°20′21″E / 31.37306°N 34.33917°E / 31.37306; 34.33917
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Khan Yunis
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Head of Municipality	Eid al-Abdullah
Population (2017)^[1]
• Total	29,004

Al-QararaorAl 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]

Apedestrian 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]

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^ 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.