‘Awartā in West Bank
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Samaria

Samaria, or the Shomron is a mountainous region in northern Palestine, roughly corresponding to the northern West Bank. The name derives from the ancient city Samaria, the capital of the Kingdom of Israel. During the 1967 Six-Day War, the entire West Bank was captured by Israel from Jordan, which had captured it in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Jordan ceded its claim to the area to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in November 1988.

Located at 32.1431, 35.2606 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Geography of Palestine, Geography of the West Bank, Geography of Israel, Hebrew Bible places, New Testament places, Samaritan culture and history

Balata

Balata Camp is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern West Bank in 1950, adjacent to the city of Nablus. It is the largest refugee camp in the West Bank. Balata Camp is densely populated with 30,000 residents in an area of 0.25 square kilometers.

Located at 32.2, 35.2833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Populated places established in 1950, Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank, Nablus Governorate, Manilkara

Mount Gerizim

Mount Gerizim is one of the two mountains in the immediate vicinity of the West Bank city of Nablus, and forms the southern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated, the northern side being formed by Mount Ebal. The mountain is one of the highest peaks in the West Bank and rises to 2849 feet (881 m) above sea level, 228 feet (69.5 m) shorter than Mount Ebal.

Located at 32.1994, 35.2728 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Samaritan culture and history, Hebrew Bible mountains, Mountains of the West Bank, Sacred mountains

Huwwara Checkpoint

Huwwara checkpoint was a major Israel Defense Forces checkpoint at one of the four main exits from Nablus. It was established on October 2000 to prevent smuggling of explosive belts and weapons from Nablus to be used in terror attacks in Israel. The facility was named for the nearby village of Huwwara. The checkpoint has prevented the smuggling of significant amounts of explosives and other weapons. In 2004, soldiers apprehended a 12-year-old boy wearing an explosive belt.

Located at 32.1778, 35.2731 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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West Bank, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Checkpoints

Itamar attack

The Itamar attack, also called the Itamar massacre, was an attack on a Jewish family in the Israeli settlement of Itamar in the West Bank that took place on 11 March 2011, in which five members of the same family were murdered in their beds. The victims were the father Ehud (Udi) Fogel, the mother Ruth Fogel, and three of their six children—Yoav, 11, Elad, 4, and Hadas, the youngest, a three-month-old infant.

Located at 32.1724, 35.3082 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Mass murder in 2011, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Terrorist incidents in the West Bank in 2011, Terrorist attacks attributed to Palestinian militant groups, Palestinian terrorism, Murdered Israeli children

Itamar attack (2002)

The Itamar attack, was an attack that took place on Thursday night of June 20, 2002 around 21:00 in which two Palestinian militants broke into a civilian house in the Israeli settlement of Itamar in the West Bank, killing the Shabo family, murdering a mother and her three sons, while injuring two children. Later on the militants also killed the commander of the rescue squad during his attempt to free civilians trapped in the house.

Located at 32.1724, 35.3082 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Mass murder in 2002, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Terrorist attacks attributed to Palestinian militant groups, Murdered Israeli children, Terrorist incidents in 2002, Palestinian terrorism, Terrorist incidents in the Palestinian territories