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Palestine Square
View on WikipediaPalestine Square (Arabic: ميدان فلسطين, romanized: Mīdān Falastīn), also known as Al-Saha or As-Saha (Arabic: الساحة, "the (community) space" or "the square"),[1] is a city square in east-central Gaza City, Palestine, in between Jamal Abdel Nasser Street and Omar Mukhtar Street. It is the location of a bus station, a taxi station, a fruit market, the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, and dozens of small shops and vendors. Gaza's municipal headquarters is also located in the square. Palestine Square once was walled when it laid along the southern edge of the Old City, overlooking barley and vegetable farms, olive and almond groves.[2]
Key Information
History
[edit]During the construction of a shopping centre in 2016 the remnants of a Byzantine church were discovered.[3]
Gaza war
[edit]On December 7, 2023, during the fighting in the Gaza war, the Israeli Defense Forces conquered Palestine Square. On November 30, 2023, a week prior to the occupation, Hamas used Palestine Square as the venue for the release of some of the hostages it was holding.[4][dubious – discuss]
On January 25, 2025, Hamas used the square to stage the release of four Israeli female soldiers held as hostage since October 7, 2023. It was the second round of hostage release as spelled out in the 2025 ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Activists hold 'day of rage' protests against Prawer Plan". +972 Magazine. 30 November 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
Palestine Square (al-Saha)
- ^ Doughty and El Aydi, 1995, pp.15-16
- ^ Al-Mughrabi, Nidal (4 April 2025). "Builders find remnants from Byzantine period in Gaza". Reuters. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- ^ Michaelis, Tamar; Pokharel, Sugam; Brown, Benjamin (December 8, 2023). "Israeli flag raised in symbolic Palestine Square in Gaza City, video shows". CNN.
- ^ Maarouf, Husam. "The theatre of defiance: Hamas' staged message to the world". TRT World. Retrieved 2025-01-27.
Bibliography
[edit]- Jacobs, Daniel (1998), Israel and the Palestinian territories, Rough Guides, ISBN 978-1-85828-248-0
- Doughty, Dick; El Aydi, Mohammed (1995), Gaza: legacy of occupation-a photographer's journey, Kumarian Press, Inc., ISBN 9781565490444
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