Al-Mawasi is a fertile area for agriculture in the Gaza Strip, approximately one kilometer wide and fourteen kilometers long. Prior to Israel's unilateral disengagement plan in 2005, it 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.
At least 40 displaced Palestinians killed by Israeli strike on designated safe zone
euronews (in English)
The strike was among the deadliest yet in a designated humanitarian zone known as Mawasi, a sprawling line of squalid tent camps..
