This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Aida (Arabic: مخيم عايده), also spelled 'Ayda, is a Palestinian refugee camp situated 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the historic centre of Bethlehem and 1 km (0.62 mi) north of Beit Jala, in the central West Bank, State of Palestine.

[5] The camp came under special hardship during the Second Intifada, when the school sustained severe damage and 29 housing units were destroyed by Israeli military incursions.

[5] In one such maneuver, camp resident Huda Hawaja was mortally wounded when Israeli soldiers demolished her doors, and died after there were delays in calling an ambulance due to the military presence.

[6] The incident was documented by embedded journalists and broadcast on Channel 2, leading to a public outcry and backlash from the Israeli military against the press.

On the camp's entrance gate a huge "key of return" is pictured, and on the separation barrier a large graffiti has been painted with the words "Gernika 1936 – Palestina 1948".

[13] The situation for youth in Aida camp was publicised in Flying Home, an illustrated children's book produced by Lajee in 2009.