Sheikh Ijlin
الشيخ عجلين
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Sheikh Ajleen | |
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Coordinates: 31°30′48.1″N 34°25′41.3″E / 31.513361°N 34.428139°E / 31.513361; 34.428139 | |
State | Palestine |
Governorate | Gaza Governorate |
City | Gaza |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | +3 |
Sheikh Ijlin (Arabic: الشيخ عجلين[1]) is a neighborhood in southern Gaza City near the coastal road.[2]
In December 2023 the New York Times reported that Israeli forces had carried out necroviolence by razing six cemeteries in the Gaza Strip including that of Sheikh Ijlin.[3]
On 18 November 2002, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) attacked the neighborhood, destroying the offices of the Preventive Security Force of the Palestinian National Authority.[4]
31°32′9.59″N 34°27′55.75″E / 31.5359972°N 34.4654861°E / 31.5359972; 34.4654861
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