Beit Hanoun

E74530
human settlement town

Beit Hanoun is a town in the northern Gaza Strip near the Israeli border, known for its strategic location and frequent involvement in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement →
town →
affectedBy blockade of the Gaza Strip →
borderWith Israel →
country State of Palestine →
frequentlyAffectedBy airstrikes →
artillery shelling →
military operations →
governedBy Hamas →
surface form: Hamas de facto government in Gaza
hasAlternativeTransliteration Bayt Hanun →
Beit Hanun →
hasArabicName بيت حانون →
hasCivicInfrastructure health clinics →
mosques →
schools →
hasClimate Mediterranean climate →
hasConflictRelatedDamage public infrastructure →
residential buildings →
hasDemographics predominantly Palestinian Arab →
hasEconomyBasedOn agriculture →
small-scale trade →
hasHistoricalRegion historic Palestine →
hasMajorReligion Islam →
hasMunicipalStatus town →
hasNearbyCrossingPoint Erez Crossing →
hasPrimaryEthnicGroup Palestinian →
surface form: Palestinians
hasPrimaryLanguage Arabic →
hasRoadConnectionTo Gaza City →
hasStrategicImportance control of access routes in northern Gaza →
hasStrategicLocation near Israeli border →
hasTypeOfGovernment municipality →
involvedIn Arab–Israeli conflict →
surface form: Israeli–Palestinian conflict
locatedIn Gaza Strip →
Middle East →
North Gaza Governorate →
Palestinian territories →
Middle East →
surface form: Western Asia

North Gaza Governorate →
surface form: northern Gaza Strip
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea coast →
surface form: Mediterranean coastal plain
near Erez Crossing →
observesDaylightSavingTime UTC+03:00 →
partOf Gaza Governorates →
North Gaza Governorate →
population tens of thousands →
subjectOf United Nations reports →
international media coverage →
timeZone Eastern European Time →
UTC+02:00 →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gaza Strip → containsCity → Beit Hanoun →
Jabalia refugee camp → locatedNear → Beit Hanoun →
Erez Crossing → near → Beit Hanoun →