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Sheikh Khalifa City

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Sheikh Khalifa City ( Arabic : مدينة الشيخ خليفة ) in the southwestern Gaza Strip , is the site named after United Arab Emirates President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan who finances the construction of a major housing programme of 3,000 apartments. This area of land was once an Israeli settlement known as Morag , in the Gush Katif settlement bloc. The settlement was leveled in 2005 following the residents' eviction as part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan .

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arabic name for the site of morag

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site named after united arab emirates president khalifa bin zayed al nahyan who finances the construction of a

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