al-Musaddar | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | المُصَدّر |
Location of al-Musaddar within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°24′52″N 34°22′31″E / 31.41444°N 34.37528°E | |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Deir al-Balah |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 2,587 |
Al-Musaddar (Arabic: المُصَدّر) 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. In the 1997 census its population was 1,277.[2] Al-Musaddar had a population of 2,587 in 2017 according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).[1] The area is the site of a local fish farm and a sports center funded by USAID, which was targeted by the Israeli Air Force in 2014.[3][4]
The village was a frequent target of Israeli bombing during the Gaza genocide.[5][6][7]