Deir El Belah War Cemetery
The Deir El Balah War Cemetery was established in March 1917. After the Armistice of Mudros ended the Ottoman Empire's participation in the First World War, some graves were relocated from nearby to the Deir El Balah War Cemetery.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kfar Darom and Yellow Line.
Kfar Darom
Ruins
Photo: Daniel Ventura, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kfar Darom was a kibbutz and an Israeli settlement within the Gush Katif bloc in the Gaza Strip. Kfar Darom is situated 3 km southwest of Deir El Belah War Cemetery.
Yellow Line
Military installation
The Yellow Line is a demarcation line that has divided the Gaza Strip in two since the October 2025 implementation of the Gaza peace plan intended to end the Gaza war. Yellow Line is situated 2½ km southeast of Deir El Belah War Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Az-Zawayda and Al-Musaddar.
Az-Zawayda
Town
Az-Zawayda, also spelled Zawaida, is a Palestinian town in the Gaza Strip, in the Deir al-Balah Governorate of the State of Palestine. It is located about three kilometers northeast of the city of Deir al-Balah and just west of Maghazi refugee camp.
Al-Musaddar
Village
Al-Musaddar is a Palestinian village in the central Gaza Strip, part of the Deir al-Balah Governorate east of Deir al-Balah, south of the Maghazi refugee camp and west of the border with Israel.
Al Maghazi Refugee Camp
Suburb
Maghazi is a Palestinian refugee camp located in the Deir al-Balah Governorate in the central Gaza Strip. It was established in 1949. The camp is built on 559 dunums.
Deir El Belah War Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: military cemetery in Gaza City, Palestine
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Deir al-Balah Governorate, Gaza Strip, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.42542° or 31° 25′ 32″ northLongitude
34.37408° or 34° 22′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8G3PC9GF+5JOpenStreetMap ID
way 686134744OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q63344888
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Deir El Belah War Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقبرة دير البلح الحربية”
- Persian: “گورستان جنگی دیر البلح”
- Turkish: “Deyr El-Balah Savaş Mezarlığı”
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