Aqabat Jaber

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Aqabat Jaber (Arabic: مخيّم عقبة جبر) is a Palestinian refugee camp in the Jericho Governorate of the eastern West Bank, situated in the Jordan Valley, three kilometers southwest of Jericho.

Aqabat Jaber was established in 1948 on 1,688 dunams of arid land near the Dead Sea.

Prior to the 1967 Six-Day War, the number of registered Palestinian refugees totaled around 30,000.

During and after the hostilities, the majority of refugees fled the camp and crossed the Jordan River.

On 13 November 1985, following an agreement with UNRWA, the Israeli authorities began a program of demolishing unused houses.