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Encyclopedia > Beit Lahiya

Beit Lahia (Arabic: بيت لاهية) is a Palestinian village of about 40,000 people in the northern Gaza Strip. It is located north of Jabalia, near Beit Hanoun and the border with Israel.


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FirstCoast News.com - Print Article (856 words)
BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli tanks and bulldozers pulled back from this Palestinian town Thursday, after tearing up roads, flattening strawberry greenhouses and knocking down walls of dozens of houses in what residents said was the most devastating raid in four years of fighting.
Dozens of houses in Beit Lahiya were badly damaged and no longer safe to live in.
Beit Lahiya has been raided by the army in the past, but residents said the destruction they found Thursday was far worse than in previous incursions.
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