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Al-Mawasi ( ar, المواصي) is a Palestinian Bedouin town on the southern coast of the
Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip (;The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p.761 "Gaza Strip /'gɑːzə/ a strip of territory under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and Hamas, on the SE Mediterranean coast including the town of Gaza.. ...
, approximately one kilometer wide and fourteen kilometers long, that prior to
Israel's unilateral disengagement plan The Israeli disengagement from Gaza ( he, תוכנית ההתנתקות, ') was the unilateral dismantling in 2005 of the 21 Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and the evacuation of Israeli settlers and army from inside the Gaza Strip. Th ...
in 2005 existed as a Palestinian enclave within the Katif bloc of Israeli settlements. According to the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; ar, الجهاز المركزي للإحصاء الفلسطيني) is the official statistical institution of the State of Palestine. Its main task is to provide credible statistical figures ...
, al-Mawasi had a population of 1,409 in mid-year 2006.


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UNICEF Brings Critical Supplies to the Isolated Children of Al-Mawasi

Al-Mawasi, Gaza Strip: Impossible Life in an Isolated Enclave
B'Tselem publication Villages in the Gaza Strip Rafah Governorate Bedouins in the State of Palestine Populated coastal places in Palestinian territories Municipalities of the State of Palestine {{Palestine-geo-stub