Al-Mawasi is a Palestinian Bedouin town on the southern coast of the Gaza Strip, approximately one kilometer wide and fourteen kilometers long, that prior to Israel's unilateral disengagement plan in 2005 existed as a Palestinian enclave within the Katif bloc of Israeli settlements. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Mawasi had a population of 1,409 in mid-year 2006.
Tragedy in Gaza: 79 Aid Workers Killed In Fresh Israeli Offensive, Deadliest Attack Claims 90 Lives
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The Gaza Civil Defense has reported the loss of 79 aid workers since the onset of the Israeli offensive in early October, with the..