The Netzarim Junction is a road intersection in the central part of the

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine. I ...

. It is formed by the intersection of Route 749 (running east-west, built by the IDF) within the

Netzarim Corridor The Netzarim Corridor is an area in the Gaza Strip that has served as an Israeli zone of military occupation during the Gaza war.

with

Salah al-Din Road Salah al-Din Road (), also known as Salaheddin Road and the Salah ad-Deen Highway, is the main highway of the Gaza Strip, a territory of the State of Palestine. The highway extends over 45 kilometers, spanning the entire length of the territory ...

(running north-south, and one of the Gaza Strip's two main such roads). It was named after the former

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Netzarim Netzarim () was an Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip about 5 kilometers southwest of Gaza City. It was established in 1972. In August 2005, the inhabitants of Netzarim were evicted by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) as part of Israel's uni ...

. On November 12, 1994, the Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing occurred. This killed three soldiers, six Israeli servicemen, and six Palestinians. In response, the Palestinian police cracked down and arrested over 100 Islamic militants. On September 30, 2000, the killing of Muhammad al-Durrah occurred at the junction. However, Richard Landes, writing for ''Tablet'', suggests that the incident was staged. In August 2024, amidst the ongoing

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, Israel proposed adding an inspection mechanism to the junction, which the

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rejected. The junction, as well as all of Salah al-Din Road, was closed by Israeli tanks in March 2025.

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Road junctions Buildings and structures in the Gaza Strip {{Palestine-geo-stub