Tall Rafaḩ
Tall Rafaḩ is a hill in Gaza Strip, Palestine. Tall Rafaḩ is situated nearby to the locality Al Qaryah as Suwaydīyah, as well as near the destroyed locality Pe’at Sade.- Type: Hill
- Description: hill in Gaza Strip, State of Palestine
- Also known as: “Tall Rafah”, “Tel Rafiaḥ”, and “Tell Rafaḥ”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pe’at Sade and Bnei Atzmon.
Pe’at Sade
Ruins
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Pe'at Sadeh was an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip that existed until 2005.
Bnei Atzmon
Ruins
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Bnei Atzmon was an Israeli settlement previously in the Sinai Peninsula, later moved to the Gaza Strip before being destroyed in 2005. Bnei Atzmon is situated 3 km east of Tall Rafaḩ.
Bedolah
Ruins
Photo: Israel Defense Forces, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bedolah was an Israeli settlement and army base in the Gush Katif settlement bloc, located in the southwest edge of the Gaza Strip. Home to 220 religious Jews, its inhabitants were evicted, its houses demolished, and its land surrendered to the Palestinian National Authority as part of Israel's disengagement of 2005. Bedolah is situated 3½ km east of Tall Rafaḩ.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canada Camp and Al-Mawasi.
Canada Camp
Locality
Canada Camp was a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern Sinai near Rafah, formed in 1972 and evacuated in 2000. The Camp was named after the Canadian contingent of the United Nations Emergency Force, which formerly had a camp at the location. Canada Camp is situated 4 km southeast of Tall Rafaḩ.
Al-Mawasi
Village
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Al-Mawasi is a fertile area for agriculture in the Gaza Strip. It is along the coast and has many sand dunes. Al-Mawasi is fourteen kilometers long and one kilometer wide, making up about 3% of the Gaza Strip. Al-Mawasi is situated 5 km northeast of Tall Rafaḩ.
Khan Yunis Camp
Suburb
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The Khan Yunis refugee camp, also called Khan Yunis Camp, is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Khan Yunis Governorate just west of the city of Khan Yunis and two kilometers east of the Mediterranean coast in the southern Gaza Strip. Khan Yunis Camp is situated 7 km northeast of Tall Rafaḩ.
Tall Rafaḩ
- Category: landform
- Location: Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Dutch—“Tall Rafaḩ” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تل رفح”
- Cebuano: “Tall Rafaḩ”
- Dutch: “Tall Rafaḩ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Al Qaryah as Suwaydīyah and Pe’at Sade.
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