Mukataa
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Mukataa is an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center, particularly in Palestine. Mukataas were mostly built during the British Mandate as Tegart forts and were used both as British gove
The Mukataa in Ramallah, 2013
The Mukataa with the headquarters of the President of the PLO, 2007
The tomb of Yasser Arafat, covered by a poster while the mausoleum for him was being built
The Mausoleum of Arafat, today
Operation Defensive Shield
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Operation Defensive Shield was a 2002 Israeli military operation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during the Second Intifada. Lasting for just over a month, it was the largest combat operation in the
Mukataa
…as headquarters to the high Palestinian Authority leadership, including as office for Yasser Arafat, long-time Palestinian Authority president. During Operation Defensive Shield in April 2002, the Israeli Defence Forces raided the Mukataas in the West Bank. Some Mukataas, including the Mukataa in Hebron, were entirely demolished…
Israeli soldiers taking cover behind an M113 APC in Qalqilya, April 2002
Israeli soldiers in Jenin
Israeli soldiers in Nablus
Israeli paratroopers serving in Nablus as part of Operation Defensive Shield