Unknown_Soldier's_Square

Unknown Soldier's Square

Unknown Soldier's Square

Square in Gaza City, Palestine

Soldier's Square or Square of the Unknown Soldier (Arabic: ميدان الجندي المجهول Midan al-Jundi al-Majhool) is a city square in Gaza City, State of Palestine, situated along Omar Mukhtar Street in the Rimal district. It is currently a large public garden popular with unemployed Gazans during the day and promenading families in the evenings.[1]

History

Soldier's Square receives its name from an unknown native Palestinian Arab soldier (feda'i) who died during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and was buried at the site. Prior to Israel's occupation of Gaza in 1967, the center of the site bore a statue pointing north to the rest of Palestine commemorating the soldier. It was pulled down by Israeli authorities and until the 1990s, Soldier's Square was a patch of sand with a white plinth (remnant of the statue) in the center.[2] A public garden was later developed at the site with financial help from Norway,[1] along with a coffeehouse serving visitors to the square.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Winter, 2000, p.429.
  2. [2]
    Jacobs, 1998, p.455."

Bibliography

  • Winter, David (2000), Israel Handbook: With the Palestinian Authority Areas, Footprint Travel Guides, ISBN 978-1-900949-48-4
  • Jacobs, Daniel (1998), Israel and the Palestinian territories, Rough Guides, ISBN 978-0-8021-4350-1

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