Beit Lahia بيت لاهي Beit Lahiya Bayt Lahiya
Beit Lahia Location within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 31°32′″N 34°30′″E / Expression error: Unexpected / operator, Expression error: Unexpected / operator
Territory	Palestinian territories
Governorate	North Gaza
Population (2006)
- City	59,500
Time zone	IST (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	IDT (UTC+3)

Beit Lahia (Arabic: بيت لاهيا or بيت لاهية) is a town under Palestinian Authority of about 40,000 people in the northern Gaza Strip. It is located north of Jabalia, near Beit Hanoun and the border with Israel. Hamas, an Islamic party, took control of it during the 2005 municipal elections. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 276 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (330 × 715 pixel, file size: 5 KB, MIME type: image/png) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... This article is about the Palestinian territories as a geopolitical phenomenon. ... Map showing governorates and areas of formal Palestinian control (green) After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian territories were divided into three areas and 16 governorates under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority. ... North Gaza Gaza City GAZA CITY Deir El Balah Khan Yunis Rafah The North Gaza Governorate (Arabic: ) is one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority in the Gaza Strip which is administered by the Palestinian National Authority aside from its border with Israel, airspace and maritime territory. ... This is a list of cities in on the territory of the Palestinian National Authority (yet not necessarily under its jurisdiction). ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... The Israel Standard Time (IST) is the standard timezone in Israel and is 2 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+2). ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... Though DST is common in Europe and North America, most of the worlds people do not use it. ... -12 | -11 | -10 | -9:30 | -9 | -8 | -7 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -3:30 | -3 | -2:30 | -2 | -1 | -0:25 | UTC (0) | +0:20 | +0:30 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +3:30 | +4 | +4:30 | +4:51 | +5 | +5:30 | +5:40 | +5:45 | +6 | +6:30 | +7 | +7:20 | +7... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ... Jabalia (Arabic: جباليا) the largest Palestinian refugee camp in existence. ... Beit Hanoun (Arabic: ‎) is a town of 35,000 which is administered by the Palestinian Authority like the rest of the Gaza Strip. ... Hamas (Arabic: ; acronym: Arabic: , or Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or Islamic Resistance Movement,[1]) is a Palestinian Sunni Islamist organization. ... The January-May 2005 Palestinian local (municipal) election were organized by President of the Palestinian Authority Yasser Arafat before his death on November 11, 2004. ...

The word “Lahia” is Syriac and means “desolate” or “tiresome”. It is surrounded by sand dunes, some rise to 55m above sea level. The area is renowned for its many large Sycamore trees. The Israeli settlements of Nisanit, Elei Sinai, and Dugit that were in close proximity to Beit Lahia were evacuated during August 2005. Syriac is an Eastern Aramaic language that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. ... For considerations of sea level change, in particular rise associated with possible global warming, see sea level rise. ... Sycamore is a name applied at various times and places to three very different types of trees, but with somewhat similar leaf forms. ... Nisanit was an Israeli settlement in Gaza Strip north of Gush Katif. ... Elei Sinai (Hebrew: ) was a community settlement in the north of Gaza Strip. ... Dugit (Hebrew:דוגית) was an Israeli settlement located in the northern tip of the Gaza Strip closet to the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in a mini-settlement bloc including Elei Sinai and Nisanit. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in August August 31: Michael Sheard August 26: Lord Fitt August 24: Jack Slipper August 24: Maurice Cowling August 24: Dr. Tom Pashby August 23: Brock Peters August 22: Lord Lane August 21: Robert Moog August...

2005 killings

On January 4 2005 seven civilian residents of Beit Lahia, including six members of the same family, were killed when an IDF tank shell hit the agricultural area where they were working. The killed civilians were:^[1][2] is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... In times of armed conflict a civilian is any person who is not a combatant. ... Emblem of the IDF The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ...

• Hani Mohammed Kamel Ghaben, 17
• Mohammed Hassan Mousa Ghaben, 17
• Rajeh Ghassan Kamel Ghaben, 10
• Jaber 'Abdullah Ghaben, 16
• Bassam Kamel Mohammed Ghaben, 17
• Mahmoud Kamel Mouhammed Ghaben, 12
• Jibril 'Abdul Fattah al-Kaseeh, 16

2006 killings

Main article: Gaza beach blast

On June 9, 2006, eight civilians were killed while picnicking on the northern Gazan beach in Beit Lahia. The dead included seven members of the Ali Ghaliya family.^[3] The Gaza beach blast[1] was an event on June 9, 2006 in which eight Palestinians were killed — including the entire family of seven year old Huda Ghaliya — and at least thirty others injured in an explosion at a beach near the municipality of Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ...

External links

• Palestinian National Information Centre

References

1. ^ UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: OCHA Weekly Briefing Notes Update for oPt, January 4, 2005
2. ^ American Educational Trust (Washington, DC): Remember These Children — January 2005, November 1, 2006
3. ^ The Guardian: Death on the beach: seven Palestinians killed as Israeli shells hit family picnic, June 10, 2006

Coordinates: 31°32′N, 34°30′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...