Al-Arroub (camp)

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al-Arroub Camp
Refugee Camp
Arabic transcription(s)
 •  Arabic مخيّم العروبة
 •  Latin al-'Arrub (official)
al-Aroub (unofficial)
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Palestinians demonstrating against the occupation in El-Arrub, 2011
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al-Arroub Camp
Location of al-Arroub Camp within Palestine
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al-Arroub Camp
al-Arroub Camp (the West Bank)
Coordinates: 31°37′23.18″N35°08′12.19″E / 31.6231056°N 35.1367194°E / 31.6231056; 35.1367194
State State of Palestine
Governorate Hebron
Government
 • Type Refugee Camp (from 1950)
Area
 • Total
0.24 km2 (0.093 sq mi)
Population
 (2017) [1]
 • Total
8,941
 • Density37,000/km2 (96,000/sq mi)

Al-Arroub (Arabic : مخيّم العروب, lit.  'Camp al-'Arrub') is a Palestinian refugee camp in the West Bank, located adjacent to the towns of Shuyukh al-Arrub and Halhul and along Highway 60 in the Hebron Governorate, Palestine. Al-Arroub is 15 kilometers south of Bethlehem, and has a total land area of 240 dunums.

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Since the Six-Day War in 1967, the camp has been under Israeli occupation. The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 3,647. [2] In 2005, the UNRWA reported that the camp had a population of 9,859 registered refugees. [3] The population was 8,941 in 2011, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). [1]

In 2002, two schools were built in the camp: the Arroup Secondary School for boys, and another school for girls. [3]

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Al-Arroub before 1948, supplying water to Jerusalem

Location

Since the Oslo Accords were signed in the 1990s, the West Bank has been divided into Areas A, B, and C, each with different responsibilities and powers given to Israeli and Palestinian authorities. Most of Al-Arroub is located within Area B, although the section of Highway 60 within the boundary of the camp is in Area C. [4]

Incidents

On 11 November 2019, 22-year-old Omar Badawi was shot dead by Israeli troops in a nearby alley as he stepped out of his house with a towel to dowse a small fire nearby set off by a Molotov cocktail thrown by youths in the direction of the soldiers who had entered the camp. The event was caught on video. An IDF investigation as of November 2021 has not yet come to a conclusion. [5]

Gaza war (2023–present)

On 3 March 2025, during the January 2025 Gaza war ceasefire, the Israeli military detained 4 Palestinians (3 minors and 1 adult) from Al-Arroub camp, according to Wafa. [6]

On 21 April 2025, the International Middle East Media Center reported that the Israeli military had taken 4 children from the camp. [7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute . Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  3. 1 2 Arroub Refugee Camp United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
  4. ↑ "Arroub Camp". UNRWA. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Levy, Gideon; Alex, Levac (18 November 2021). "What the Israeli army does to soldiers who shoot Palestinians". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 10 April 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Israeli forces detain 14 Palestinians in raids across the West Bank". WAFA Agency. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Israeli Army Abducts Nine Palestinians In Hebron". International Middle East Media Center. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
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