Qizan an-Najjar
31°19′26″N 34°17′12″E / 31.32389°N 34.28667°E
Qizan an-Najjar | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | قيزان النَجّار |
Interactive map of Qizan an-Najjar | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Khan Yunis |
| Controlled by | Counter-Terrorism Strike Force administration in the Gaza Strip |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 3,889 |
Qizan an-Najjar (Arabic: قيزان النَجّار, also spelled Qizan al-Najar or Kizan al-Najjar) is a Palestinian village in the southern Gaza Strip, part of the Khan Yunis Governorate. It is located along the Salah al-Din Road between Khan Yunis and Rafah. In the 1997 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) Qizan an-Najjar had a population of 2,733. Its population rose to 3,889 in the 2006 estimate by the PCBS.
During the Gaza war, it came under the control of the Counter-Terrorism Strike Force (CSF), an anti-Hamas armed group.