Wikipedia's first sentence called it “city square in central gaza in between jamal abdel nasser street and omar mukhtar street”. Today it says “city square in east-central gaza city”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Palestine Palestine Square ( Arabic : ميدان فلسطين , romanized : Mīdān Falastīn ), also known as Al-Saha or As-Saha ( Arabic : الساحة , "the (community) space" or "the square"), is a city square in east-central Gaza City , Palestine , in between Jamal Abdel Nasser Street and Omar Mukhtar Street . It is the location of a bus station, a taxi station, a fruit market, a hospital, and dozens of small shops and vendors. Gaza's municipal headquarters is also located in the square. Palestine Square once was walled when it laid along the southern edge of the Old City, overlooking barley and vegetable farms, olive and almond groves. "Activists hold 'day of rage' protests against Prawer Plan" . +972 Magazine . 30 November 2013 .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Palestine Square or Midan Falasteen is a city square in central Gaza in between Jamal Abdel Nasser Street and Omar Mukhtar Street . It is the location of a bus station, a taxi station, a fruit market, a hospital, and dozens of small shops and vendors. Gaza's municipal headquarters is also located in the square. Palestine Square once was walled when it laid along the southern edge of the Old City, overlooking barley and vegetable farms, olive and almond groves.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Palestine Square or Midan Falasteen ( ) is a city square in central Gaza in between Jamal Abdel Nasser Street and Omar Mukhtar Street . It is the location of a bus station, a taxi station, a fruit market, a hospital, and dozens of small shops and vendors. Gaza's municipal headquarters is also located in the square. Palestine Square once was walled when it laid along the southern edge of the Old City, overlooking barley and vegetable farms, olive and almond groves.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
City square in Gaza City, Palestine Palestine Square or Midan Falasteen ( ) is a city square in central Gaza City , State of Palestine , in between Jamal Abdel Nasser Street and Omar Mukhtar Street . It is the location of a bus station, a taxi station, a fruit market, a hospital, and dozens of small shops and vendors. Gaza's municipal headquarters is also located in the square. Palestine Square once was walled when it laid along the southern edge of the Old City, overlooking barley and vegetable farms, olive and almond groves.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “city square in central gaza in between jamal abdel nasser street and omar mukhtar street”. Today it says “city square in east-central gaza city”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
city square in central gaza in between jamal abdel nasser street and omar mukhtar street
Now
city square in east-central gaza city
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