The city of Beersheba
The Palestinian city of Beersheba is one of the oldest cities in this ancient country. Beersheba is the largest city in the Palestinian desert (Negev Desert)It is the commercial and administrative center of this important Palestinian region. The area of the Palestinian city of Beersheba is estimated at about 84 square kilometers, and the archaeological areas in this city are among the world heritage areas according to the UNESCO classification, and that was in the year 2005 AD.
Where is Beersheba located?
Beersheba is located in the south of Palestine, and its location is from the city of Jerusalem, the capital of the Palestinian state, it is located to the southwest of it and is approximately 71 kilometers away from it.
Residents of the city of Beersheba
The original inhabitants of the city of Beersheba are from the Bedouins of Palestine, and they were the ones who were displaced to the camps that were established here and there after the Zionist occupation, where most of them immigrated to the Palestinian city of Jericho, and then after that they moved to live and live in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and some of them moved to Gaza City Palestinian.
History of the city of Beersheba
The army of the Zionist entity occupied this pure land, and imposed compulsory military service on all those who stood firm in its lands, in addition to all those who stood firm in the surrounding areas. Beersheba was mentioned in the Book of Genesis, and it is the well that Ibrahim Al-Khalil, peace be upon him, dug in the region. Beersheba appeared on the map that was drawn up and found in the Jordanian city of Madaba, and that was during the rule of the Byzantine Empire on this land.
Read also:Where is Safaga located?Before the beginning of the twentieth century, this city had little value, as it was deserted until the Ottomans rebuilt it with the help of a number of German engineers. In the First World War, about 1000 people lived in this region, then the British forces that occupied the entire region occupied this city as well, and the population increased to nearly 3000, the vast majority of whom were Arabs. In the year 1947, the city was located on the border between the two regions of the Arab part, according to the plan established by the United Nations, then in the year 1948 AD, the Israeli occupation authorities occupied this part and expelled its residents from it.
Read also:Where is Haifa located?In the war that took place in the year 2008 AD, the forces of the al-Qassam Brigades were able to bomb this city, which caused the Zionist occupation army a very large number of large and heavy losses that it concealed.
