Salah al-Din Road

Arabic: طريق صلاح الدين) is the main highway of the Gaza Strip, a territory of the State of Palestine.

[1][2] During at least the period of Ottoman Empire rule beginning in the early 16th century, the road extended from al-Arish in Sinai in the south to modern-day Turkey in the north.

After gaining control over Palestine following World War I, the British constructed a railroad running adjacently parallel to the Salah ad-Din Road for efficient supply and weapons transport.

Camels weave aimlessly between its lanes, workers dig for gravel at its edges, and teetering, horn-blaring lorries run up and down the road to ferry smuggled goods and aid assistance to Gaza's 1.5 million people ..."[1] During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Salah al-Din Road was designated by the Israel Defense Forces as a corridor for civilians to evacuate from Gaza City.

[4] A convoy of civilians fleeing the northern side of the Gaza Strip was bombed on Salah al-Din Road on 13 October, 2023.