Al-Musaddar
al-Musaddar | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | المُصَدّر |
Location of al-Musaddar within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°24′52″N 34°22′31″E / 31.41444°N 34.37528°E | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Deir al-Balah |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 2,587 |
Al-Musaddar (Arabic: المُصَدّر) is a Palestinian village in the central Gaza Strip, part of the Deir al-Balah Governorate east of Deir al-Balah, south of the Maghazi refugee camp and west of the border with Israel. In the 1997 census its population was 1,277. Al-Musaddar had a population of 2,587 in 2017 according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). The area is the site of a local fish farm and a sports center funded by USAID, which was targeted by the Israeli Air Force in 2014.
The village was a frequent target of Israeli bombing during the Gaza war.