Bani Suheila
| Bani Suheila |
| Other transcription(s) |
| • Arabic |
بني سهيلا |
Municipal Logo of Bani Suheila |
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Location of Bani Suheila within the Palestinian territories
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| Coordinates: |
| Governorate |
Khan Yunis |
| Government |
| • Type |
City |
| Area |
| • Jurisdiction |
5,170 dunams (5.2 km2 / 2 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) |
| • Jurisdiction |
32,800 |
| Website |
www.banisuhaila.org |
Bani Suheila (Arabic: بني سهيلا) is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip's Khan Yunis Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the population of Bani Suheila had grown from 8,220 in 1945 to 32,800 people in mid-year 2006.[1][2]
During the night of August 31, 1955, Israeli armed forces attacked Bani Suheila.[3] On April 5, 1956 Israeli artillery shelled the town.[4]
References
- ^ Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics Projected Mid -Year Population for Khan Yunis Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006
- ^ A Survey of Palestine: Prepared in December 1945 and January 1946 for the Information of the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry By Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on Jewish Problems in Palestine and Europe, United Nations General Assembly. Special Committee on Palestine Published by Institute for Palestine Studies, 1991 ISBN 0887282113 p 132
- ^ al-Sayyid Muḥammad ʻAlī Nawfal (1965) Israel's crime record Information Dept. p 28
- ^ Morris, Benny (1993) Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956: Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation, and the Countdown to the Suez War. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198292627 p 388