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Authority areas">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Arabic transcription(s)</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Arabic_script" title="Arabic script">Arabic</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">بيت لاهيا</span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Latin_script" title="Latin script">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bayt Lahiya (official<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BeitLahia_Logo.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Official logo of Beit Lahia"><img alt="Official logo of Beit Lahia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/e7/BeitLahia_Logo.jpg/100px-BeitLahia_Logo.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e7/BeitLahia_Logo.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="131"></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption-link">Municipal Seal of Beit Lahia</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Beit_Lahia&params=31_33_N_34_30_E_region:PS_type:city(89838)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">31°33′N</span> <span class="longitude">34°30′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">31.550°N 34.500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">31.550; 34.500</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Palestine_grid" title="Palestine grid">Palestine grid</a></th><td class="infobox-data">102/106</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data">State of Palestine</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_the_State_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="Governorates of the State of Palestine">Governorate</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_Gaza_Governorate" title="North Gaza Governorate">North Gaza</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Palestinian_Authority_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Palestinian Authority areas">City</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Head of Municipality</th><td class="infobox-data">Izz al-Din al-Dahnoun</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2017)<sup id="cite_ref-PrelimCensus2017_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PrelimCensus2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">89,838</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Name meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">"House of Lahi"<sup id="cite_ref-Palmer381_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Palmer381-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bietlahia.mun.ps/">www.bietlahia.mun.ps</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 300px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="300" data-zoom="11" data-overlays='["_8976b6bd2aef4a40f48a1652870558bd8ab056d1"]'><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,11,a,a,270x300.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Beit_Lahia&revid=1273850849&groups=_8976b6bd2aef4a40f48a1652870558bd8ab056d1" width="270" height="300" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,11,a,a,270x300@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Beit_Lahia&revid=1273850849&groups=_8976b6bd2aef4a40f48a1652870558bd8ab056d1 2x" alt="Map"></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Beit Lahia</b> or <b>Beit Lahiya</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">بيت لاهيا</span>) is a city in the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip" title="Gaza Strip">Gaza Strip</a>, north of <a href="/wiki/Jabalia" title="Jabalia">Jabalia</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/North_Gaza_Governorate" title="North Gaza Governorate">North Gaza Governorate</a> of the <a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Palestine">State of Palestine</a>. It sits next to <a href="/wiki/Beit_Hanoun" title="Beit Hanoun">Beit Hanoun</a> and close to the border with Israel. According to the <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Central_Bureau_of_Statistics" title="Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics">Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics</a>, the city had a population of 89,838 in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-PrelimCensus2017_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PrelimCensus2017-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Geography"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Geography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Roman_period"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Roman period</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Early_Islamic_period"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Early Islamic period</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Mamluk_period"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Mamluk period</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Ottoman_Empire"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Ottoman Empire</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Mandatory_Palestine"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Mandatory Palestine</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#2004-2009"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">2004-2009</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Israel-Hamas_War_(2023-Present)"><span class="tocnumber">2.7</span> <span class="toctext">Israel-Hamas War (2023-Present)</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="#Demography"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Demography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="#Bibliography"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Bibliography</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2></div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>Beit Lahia is surrounded by dunes, some of which rise to 55 m (180 ft) above sea level. The area is renowned for its many large <a href="/wiki/Ficus_sycomorus" title="Ficus sycomorus">sycamore fig trees</a>. The city is known for its fresh, sweet water,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title='Unclear what this means. Perhaps there are fresh water springs in the area of the city? If that is the meaning, then the word "springs" should be added to the text. Note that the problem is already present in the source. (November 2023)'>clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> berries and citrus trees.<sup id="cite_ref-MoG_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Edward_Henry_Palmer" title="Edward Henry Palmer">Edward Henry Palmer</a>, "Lahia" was from "Lahi", a personal name.<sup id="cite_ref-Palmer381_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Palmer381-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="History">History</h2></div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_period">Roman period</h3></div> <p>Beit Lahia has an ancient hill and nearby lay abandoned village ruins.<sup id="cite_ref-MoG_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town has been identified as the <i>Bethelia</i> and had originally a pagan temple.<sup id="cite_ref-BittonAKofsky_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BittonAKofsky-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SWP233_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWP233-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the 5th century historian <a href="/wiki/Sozomen" title="Sozomen">Sozomen</a>, whose family had lived in the town for several generations, the townspeople started converting to Christianity due to the hermit <a href="/wiki/Hilarion" title="Hilarion">Hilarion</a> who is attributed to have healed miraculously a citizen called Alaphion.<sup id="cite_ref-BittonKofsky_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BittonKofsky-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An eremitic center was founded around the year 360 in the village, housing around four <a href="/wiki/Anchorite" title="Anchorite">anchorites</a> who were disciples of Hilarion.<sup id="cite_ref-BittonAKofsky_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BittonAKofsky-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ceramics from the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> period have been found.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_Islamic_period">Early Islamic period</h3></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Mihrab" title="Mihrab">mihrab</a>, or mosque alcove indicating the direction of <a href="/wiki/Salah" title="Salah">salah</a> (Muslim daily prayers), is all that remains of an ancient mosque to the west of Beit Lahia dating to the end of the <a href="/wiki/Fatimid_Caliphate" title="Fatimid Caliphate">Fatimid Caliphate</a> and beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Ayyubid_dynasty" title="Ayyubid dynasty">Ayyubid dynasty</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saladin" title="Saladin">Saladin</a>, and two other mosques dating to the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Sanjak" title="Gaza Sanjak">Gaza Sanjak</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman era</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MoG_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoG-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Yaqut_al-Hamawi" title="Yaqut al-Hamawi">Yaqut al-Hamawi</a> (d. 1229) described "Bait Lihya" as being located "near <a href="/wiki/Gaza_City" title="Gaza City">Ghazzah</a>", and he further noted that "it is a village with many fruit-trees".<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mamluk_period">Mamluk period</h3></div> <p>A marble slab, deposited in the <a href="/wiki/Maqam_(shrine)" title="Maqam (shrine)">maqam</a> of <i>Salim Abu Musallam</i> in Beit Lahia is inscribed in late <a href="/wiki/Mamluk_Sultanate_(Cairo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)">Mamluk</a> <a href="/wiki/Naskh_(script)" title="Naskh (script)">naskhi</a> letters. It is an <a href="/wiki/Epitaph" title="Epitaph">epitaph</a> over four sons of the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Gaza#Mamluks" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Gaza">Governor of Gaza</a>, Aqbay al-Ashrafi, who all died in the month of <a href="/wiki/Rajab" title="Rajab">Rajab</a> 897 (=29 April-9 May 1492 CE). It is assumed that the children died of the <a href="/wiki/Plague_(disease)" title="Plague (disease)">plague</a>, described by <a href="/wiki/Mujir_al-Din" title="Mujir al-Din">Mujir al-Din</a>, which ravaged Palestine in 1491–2.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_Empire">Ottoman Empire</h3></div> <p>In 1517, the village was incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/Damascus_Eyalet" title="Damascus Eyalet">Damascus Eyalet</a> of the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in 1596, Beit Lahia appeared in <a href="/wiki/Defter" title="Defter">Ottoman tax registers</a> as being in the <a href="/wiki/Nahiyah" title="Nahiyah">nahiyah</a> (subdistrict) of the Gaza Sanjak. It had a population of 70 <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> households and paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, vineyards, fruit trees, goats and/or beehives.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 17th and 18th centuries, the area of Beit Lahia experienced a significant process of settlement decline due to <a href="/wiki/Bedouin" title="Bedouin">Bedouin</a> pressures on local communities. The residents of abandoned villages moved to surviving settlements, but the land continued to be cultivated by neighboring villages.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1838, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Robinson_(scholar)" title="Edward Robinson (scholar)">Edward Robinson</a> noted <i>Beit Lehia</i> as a Muslim village located in the Gaza district.<sup id="cite_ref-Robinsonp118_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robinsonp118-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 1863, <a href="/wiki/Victor_Gu%C3%A9rin" title="Victor Guérin">Victor Guérin</a> visited the village. He described it: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[P]eopled by 250 inhabitants, it occupies an oblong valley, well cultivated, and surrounded by high sand-dunes, which cause a great heat. It is a little oasis, incessantly menaced by moving sand-hills, which surround it on every side, and would engulf it were it not for the continued struggle of man to arrest their progress.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>An Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that Beit Lahia had a population of 394, with a total of 118 houses, though the population count included men only.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1883 the <a href="/wiki/PEF_Survey_of_Palestine" title="PEF Survey of Palestine">Palestine Exploration Fund's <i>Survey of Western Palestine</i></a> described it as a "small village with fine gardens and groves of large and ancient olives in the middle of the sand. It has a well to the south [..] There is a small mosque in the village."<sup id="cite_ref-SWP233_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SWP233-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mandatory_Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beit_Lahia_1931.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Beit_Lahia_1931.jpg/220px-Beit_Lahia_1931.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="226" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2666" data-file-height="2741"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 226px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Beit_Lahia_1931.jpg/220px-Beit_Lahia_1931.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="226" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Beit_Lahia_1931.jpg/330px-Beit_Lahia_1931.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Beit_Lahia_1931.jpg/440px-Beit_Lahia_1931.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Beit Lahia 1931 1:20,000</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beit_Hanoun_1945.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Beit_Hanoun_1945.jpg/220px-Beit_Hanoun_1945.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="92" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="741" data-file-height="311"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 92px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Beit_Hanoun_1945.jpg/220px-Beit_Hanoun_1945.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="92" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Beit_Hanoun_1945.jpg/330px-Beit_Hanoun_1945.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Beit_Hanoun_1945.jpg/440px-Beit_Hanoun_1945.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Beit Lahia 1945 1:250,000</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/1922_census_of_Palestine" title="1922 census of Palestine">1922 census of Palestine</a> conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">British Mandate</a> authorities, Bait Lahia had a population of 871 inhabitants, all <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslims</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Census1922_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1922-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> increasing by the <a href="/wiki/1931_census_of_Palestine" title="1931 census of Palestine">1931 census</a> to 1,133, still all Muslim, in 223 houses.<sup id="cite_ref-Census1931_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census1931-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Village_Statistics,_1945" title="Village Statistics, 1945">1945 statistics</a> the population of Beit Lahiya consisted of 1,700 Muslims<sup id="cite_ref-1945p31_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1945p31-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the land area was 38,376 <a href="/wiki/Dunam" title="Dunam">dunams</a>, according to an official land and population survey.<sup id="cite_ref-Hadawi45_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hadawi45-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of this, 134 dunams were designated for citrus and bananas, 1,765 for plantations and irrigable land, 15,185 for cereals,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while 18 dunams were built-up areas.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004-2009">2004-2009</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2004_Israeli_operation_in_the_northern_Gaza_Strip" title="2004 Israeli operation in the northern Gaza Strip">2004 Israeli operation in the northern Gaza Strip</a></div> <p>On 4 January 2005, seven civilian residents of Beit Lahia, including six members of the same family, were killed, with the incident blamed on shelling by <a href="/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces" title="Israel Defense Forces">Israel Defense Forces</a> (IDF) of the agricultural area where they were working.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On 9 June 2006, eight civilians were killed by IDF shells <a href="/wiki/2006_Gaza_beach_explosion" title="2006 Gaza beach explosion">while picnicking on the northern Gaza beach</a> in Beit Lahia. The dead included seven members of the Ali Ghaliya family.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The IDF disputed they were responsible.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town was a frequent target of airstrikes by Israel during the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_War_(2008%E2%80%932009)" title="Gaza War (2008–2009)">Gaza War (2008–2009)</a> and has been a battlefield between Israel and <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (August 2014)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_al-Maqadma_Mosque_missile_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque missile strike">Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque missile strike</a> occurred on 3 January as part of the Gaza War when an Israeli missile hit the Ibrahim al-Maqadna Mosque during <a href="/wiki/Maghrib_prayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Maghrib prayer">evening prayer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-UNGazareport_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UNGazareport-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Witnesses said over 200 <a href="/wiki/Palestinians" title="Palestinians">Palestinians</a> were praying inside at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_almaqadna_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian_almaqadna-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc_almaqadna_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_almaqadna-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At least 14 people, including six children, were killed, and many more than 60 wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc_almaqadna_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc_almaqadna-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Israel-Hamas_War_(2023-Present)"><span id="Israel-Hamas_War_.282023-Present.29"></span>Israel-Hamas War (2023-Present)</h3></div> <p>In December 2023, the Israel Defence Forces began their offensive in Beit Lahia. Israel launched airstrikes on targets Hamas militants.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though they launched several assaults on the city, Israel did not fully occupy Beit Lahia. Rather, they had encircled the town and occupied the surrounding villages and farmland. </p><p>In January 2024, Israel withdrew from the majority of North Gaza, and a ground connection between Palestinian-controlled Gaza City was re-established. Around this time, the <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Soup_Kitchen" title="Gaza Soup Kitchen">Gaza Soup Kitchen</a> was established in Beit Lahia to provide food to Palestinians at risk of <a href="/wiki/Gaza_Strip_famine" title="Gaza Strip famine">famine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NPR_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NPR-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-fox5_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fox5-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2024, Israel withdrew all territories in the Gaza Strip except for the Netzarim Corridor, returning the northern villages such as As-Siafa back to Palestinian control until the second Israeli invasion of northern Gaza in May 2024 as a result of Hamas regrouping in some areas there.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By June 2024, Gaza's Civil Defence stated the destruction in Beit Lahia "defies imagination".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 October 2024, nearly 100 civilians, including over 20 children, were killed in a bombing of a five-story building by Israeli Forces. The Gaza Health Ministry reported over 90 casualties, including 25 children, with numerous individuals trapped under the rubble.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2></div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>Some of Beit Lahia's residents trace their origins to <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, while others are <a href="/wiki/Bedouin" title="Bedouin">Bedouins</a> who migrated from the <a href="/wiki/Hebron_Hills" title="Hebron Hills">Mount Hebron</a> area.<sup id="cite_ref-:02_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:02-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2></div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sharon, 1999, pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EPFDU8POrXIC&pg=PA149">149</a>-<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EPFDU8POrXIC&pg=PA151">151</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 144</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMaromTaxel2023" class="citation journal cs1">Marom, Roy; Taxel, Itamar (1 January 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/106637796">"Ḥamāma: The historical geography of settlement continuity and change in Majdal 'Asqalān's hinterland, 1270 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class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Robinsonp118-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Robinsonp118_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/118/mode/1up">118</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Guérin, 1869, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr03gugoog#page/n187/mode/1up">176</a>, as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/234/mode/1up">234</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Socin, 1879, p. <a rel="nofollow" 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Palestinians killed as Israeli shells hit family picnic</a>, 10 June 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Haaretz" title="Haaretz">Haaretz</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.haaretz.com/news/idf-probe-gaza-beach-blast-not-caused-by-wayward-army-shell-1.190119">IDF probe: Gaza beach blast not caused by wayward army shell</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-UNGazareport-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-UNGazareport_24-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReport_of_the_United_Nations_Fact_Finding_Mission_on_the_Gaza_Conflict2009" class="citation news cs1">Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (15 September 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahia" title="Beit Lahia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Beit Lahia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajt_Lahija" title="Bajt Lahija – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Bajt Lahija" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahia" title="Beit Lahia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Beit Lahia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="بیت‌لاهیا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="بیت‌لاهیا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahia" title="Beit Lahia – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Beit Lahia" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A0%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8%EB%9D%BC%ED%9E%88%EC%95%84" title="베이트라히아 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="베이트라히아" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahia" title="Beit Lahia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Beit Lahia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahia" title="Beit Lahia – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Beit Lahia" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%94%D7%99%D7%90" title="בית לאהיא – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="בית לאהיא" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_L%C4%81hija" title="Beit Lāhija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Beit Lāhija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A7" title="بيت لاهيا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بيت لاهيا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahiya" title="Beit Lahiya – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Beit Lahiya" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%92%E3%82%A2" title="ベイト・ラヒア – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ベイト・ラヒア" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahiya" title="Beit Lahiya – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Beit Lahiya" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahia" title="Beit Lahia – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Beit Lahia" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%81%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="بیت لاہیا – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بیت لاہیا" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajt_Lahija" title="Bajt Lahija – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bajt Lahija" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahia" title="Beit Lahia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Beit Lahia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahia" title="Beit Lahia – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Beit Lahia" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8E%D8%AA_%D9%84%D8%A7%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="بێت لاھیا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="بێت لاھیا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beit_Lahia" title="Beit Lahia – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Beit Lahia" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyt_Lahya" title="Beyt Lahya – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Beyt Lahya" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%81%DB%8C%D8%A7" title="بیت لاہیا – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="بیت لاہیا" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%9C%E7%89%B9%E6%8B%89%E5%B8%8C%E8%80%B6" title="拜特拉希耶 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="拜特拉希耶" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li></ul> </section> </div> <div class="minerva-footer-logo"><img src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" alt="Wikipedia" width="120" height="18" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"/> </div> <ul id="footer-info" class="footer-info hlist hlist-separated"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 4 February 2025, at 08:05<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Content is available under <a class="external" rel="nofollow" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">CC BY-SA 4.0</a> unless otherwise noted.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places" class="footer-places hlist hlist-separated"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy 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