Deir al-Balah or Deir al Balah (Arabic: دير البلح, lit. 'Monastery of the Date Palm') is a Palestinian city in the central Gaza Strip and the administrative capital of the Deir al-Balah Governorate of the State of Palestine .

The Deir al-Balah Governorate (Arabic: محافظة دير البلح Muḥāfaẓat Dayr al Balaḥ), also referred to as Central Gaza Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الوسطى) is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine in the central Gaza Strip which is administered by Palestine aside from its …

Oct 1, 2023 · Deir El-Balah refugee camp is the smallest refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. It is located on the Mediterranean coast, west of a town of the same name, in central Gaza. Deir al-Balah means ‘Monastery of the Dates’, a reference to the abundant date palm groves in the area.

Aug 22, 2024 · The scene was repeating itself, but this time it was the final stop: Deir el-Balah! This was the same humanitarian area they once spoke of, now marked for evacuation. It’s a cruel game of...

Deir al-Balah or Deir al Balah (Arabic: دير البلح, lit. 'Monastery of the Date Palm') is a Palestinian city located in the center of the Gaza Strip, and it is the administrative capital of the Deir al-Balah Governorate. The city is located 14 kilometers south of Gaza City and 92 kilometers from Jerusalem to the southwest. Its population ...

Jul 27, 2024 · At least 30 people have been killed and over 100 injured in an Israeli airstrike on a school in Deir-al Balah, central Gaza, where thousands were sheltering, Palestinian officials said.

4 days ago · Samira Deifallah, 52, displaced from Gaza City, sits outside her tent after a night of heavy rainfall at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on January 23, 2025 ...

According to cited doctors at the European Gaza and Al Aqsa hospitals in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah, respectively, they have performed “numerous operations on children wounded by tiny fragments of shrapnel, which often leave barely visible entry points but cause extensive internal damage, and appear to be intentionally designed to increase ...

2 days ago · DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into the most heavily destroyed part of the Gaza Strip on Monday as Israel lifted its closure of the north for the first ...

2 days ago · Satellite imagery shows northern Gaza has suffered the worst damage in the Gaza Strip In Israel, ... Further south, around Nuseirat refugee camp and Deir-al-Balah, you can watch people pass hills ...