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Ktzi'ot Prison Ktzi'ot Prison is an Israeli detention facility located in the Negev desert 45 miles south-west of Beersheba . It is Israel's largest detention facility in terms of land area, encompassing 400,000 square metres (99 acres).1It is also the largest detention camp in the world.2 During the First Intifada , Ktzi'ot was the location of the largest detention camp run by the Israeli army . It held three quarters of all Palestinians held by the army, and over half of all Palestinians detained in Israel. According to Human Rights Watch , in 1990 it held approximately one out of every 50 West Bank and Gazan males older than 16. Amongst Palestinians it was known as Ansar III after a similar prison camp set up in South Lebanon by Israel during the South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000) . Ktzi'ot camp was opened in March 1988 and closed in 1995. Stolen youth : the politics of Israel's detention of Palestinian children .
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Ktzi'ot Prison Ktzi'ot Prison is an Israeli detention facility located in the Negev desert 45 miles south-west of Beersheba . It is Israel's largest detention facility in terms of land area, encompassing 400,000 m (40 hectares; 99 acres). It is also the largest detention camp in the world. During the First Intifada , Ktzi'ot was the location of the largest detention camp run by the Israeli army . It held three-quarters of all Palestinians held by the army, and over half of all Palestinians detained in Israel. According to Human Rights Watch , in 1990 it held approximately one out of every 50 West Bank and Gazan males older than 16. Amongst Palestinians it was known as Ansar III after a similar prison camp set up in South Lebanon by Israel during the South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000) . Ktzi'ot camp was opened in March 1988 and closed in 1995. Stolen youth : the politics of Israel's detention of Palestinian children .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Ktzi'ot Prison ( , ) is an Israeli detention facility located in the Negev desert 45 miles (72 km) south-west of Beersheba . It is Israel's largest detention facility in terms of land area, encompassing 400,000 m (40 hectares; 99 acres). It is also the largest detention camp in the world. During the First Intifada , Ktzi'ot was the location of the largest detention camp run by the Israeli army . It held three-quarters of all Palestinians held by the army, and over half of all Palestinians detained in Israel. According to Human Rights Watch , in 1990 it held approximately one out of every 50 West Bank and Gazan males older than 16. Amongst Palestinians it was known as Ansar III ( ) after a similar prison camp set up in South Lebanon by Israel during the South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000) . Ktzi'ot camp was opened in March 1988 and closed in 1995. It was re-opened in 2002 during the Second Intifada . Stolen youth : the politics of Israel's detention of Palestinian children .
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Detention facility in Israel The exterior of the prison facility in 2007 Ktzi'ot Prison ( Hebrew : בית הסוהר קציעות , romanized : Bet HaSohar Ketziot , Arabic : سجن كتسيعوت , romanized : Sijn Katsīʿōt ) is an Israeli detention facility located in the Negev desert 45 miles (72 km) south-west of Beersheba . It is Israel's largest detention facility in terms of land area, encompassing 400,000 m (40 hectares; 99 acres). During the First Intifada , Ktzi'ot was the location of the largest detention camp run by the Israeli army . It held three-quarters of all Palestinians held by the army, and over half of all Palestinians detained in Israel. According to Human Rights Watch , in 1990 it held approximately one out of every 50 West Bank and Gazan males older than 16. Amongst Palestinians it was known as Ansar III ( Arabic : أنصار3 ) after a similar prison camp set up in South Lebanon by Israel during the South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000) . Ktzi'ot camp was opened in March 1988 and closed in 1995. It was re-opened in 2002 during the Second Intifada . Stolen youth : the politics of Israel's detention of Palestinian children .
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israeli detention facility located in the negev desert 45 miles south-west of beersheba
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israeli detention facility located in the negev desert 45 miles
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