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Faces of Deir al-Balah

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A town in the middle of the Gaza Strip, named for its date palms.

The beach at Deir al-Balah
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The beach at Deir al-BalahPhoto: Manar al Zraiy · CC BY-SA 3.0
Deir al-Balah

Born in Deir al-Balah

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Deir al-Balah, in Gaza

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Subdistrict borders (1945) by Carlos HaGadol, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

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