Beit Hanoun
Beit Hanoun or Beit Hanun is a destroyed and depopulated Palestinian city on the northeast edge of the Gaza Strip.
Beit Hanoun or Beit Hanun is a destroyed and depopulated Palestinian city on the northeast edge of the Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 52,237 in 2017. As a result of the ongoing Gaza war, the area of Beit Hanoun has been militarily contested between the Hamas administration and Israel. The remains of Beit Hanoun are located by the Nahal-Hanun stream, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) away from the Israeli city of Sderot.
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Worth seeing in and around Beit Hanoun
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Islamic University of Gaza
The Islamic University of Gaza, also known as IUG and IU Gaza, is an independent Palestinian university established in 1978 in Gaza City. It is the first higher education institution to be established in the Gaza Strip.
9.6 km · University based in Gaza, State of Palestine · Wikipedia - 02Great Mosque of Gaza
The Great Mosque of Gaza, also known as the Great Omari Mosque, is a mosque in a ruinous state, located in Gaza City, in the State of Palestine. Prior to its 2023 partial destruction, it was the largest and oldest mosque in the Gaza Strip.
7.9 km · mosque in Gaza City, Palestine · Wikipedia - 03Church of Saint Porphyrius
The Church of Saint Porphyrius is a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City, Palestine. It belongs to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and is the oldest active church in the city.
8.1 km · church building in Gaza City, State of Palestine · Wikipedia - 04al-Aqsa University
Al-Aqsa University is a public university with campuses in Gaza City and Khan Younis, Palestine. Established in 1955 as a teachers' institute before later expanding its curriculum, it is the first and oldest public higher education institution in the Gaza Strip.
9.6 km · university in Gaza Strip within the State of Palestine · Wikipedia - 05Al-Azhar University – Gaza
Al-Azhar University – Gaza is a Palestinian public, non-profit, and independent higher education institution. During the first intifada, Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat issued a decree in September 1991 to establish a Palestinian national university.
9.9 km · university · Wikipedia - 06Holy Family Church
The Holy Family Church of Gaza City is the only Catholic church in Gaza, Palestine. Construction of the church was completed in 1965.
8.2 km · church in Gaza · Wikipedia - 07Gaza Museum of Archaeology
Al Mat'haf is a small, private museum in Gaza City, Palestine, focused on archaeology of the Gaza Strip. The museum is part of a privately owned hotel, also named Al Mat'haf, that includes a restaurant and conference center; both the hotel and its small museum opened to the public in the fall of 2008.
7.7 km · gaza archeological museum · Wikipedia - 08Sayed al-Hashim Mosque
The Sayed al-Hashim Mosque is one of the largest and oldest mosques in Gaza, in the State of Palestine, located in the ad-Darrāj Quarter of the Old City, off al-Wehda Street. The tomb of Hashim ibn Abd al-Manaf, Muhammad's great grandfather who died in Gaza during a trading voyage, is located under the dome of the mosque according to Muslim tradition.
7.8 km · mosque in Gaza Strip, Palestine · Wikipedia - 09Qasr al-Basha
Qasr al-Basha, also known as Pasha's Palace Museum, Radwan Castle, and Napoleon's Fort, was a historic building in the Old City of Gaza, Palestine. At the time of its destruction, it housed a museum.
7.7 km · building in Gaza City within the State of Palestine · Wikipedia - 10Al-Shamah Mosque
The Al-Sham'ah Mosque, also known as the Bab ad-Darum Mosque, is a mosque located in Hayy al-Najjarin of the al-Zaytun Quarter in the Old City of Gaza, Palestine. The mosque was built on 8 March 1315 by the Mamluk Governor of Gaza, Sanjar al-Jawli.
8.2 km · mosque in Gaza, Palestine · Wikipedia
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Getting to Beit Hanoun
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 62 km · El Arish (AAC), 86 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 139 km
- Tel Aviv → Beit Hanoun66 km · quickest by road, 1h 29m · ₪24–32
- Eilat → Beit Hanoun224 km · quickest by road, 5h 11m · ₪95–125
- El Arish → Beit Hanoun82 km · quickest by road, 4h 3m · E£285–380
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No local-transport research exists yet for Beit Hanoun
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Beit Hanoun. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are no ferries or cruises to Ashkelon, but you can bring your own boat into the marina.
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Next door to Beit Hanoun
Beit Hanoun is 8 km from Gaza, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.