Beit Einun | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بيت عينون |
| • Latin | Beit 'Einun (official) Bayt 'Anun Khirbet Abu Rish Bayt Aynun (unofficial) |
  Beit Einun Location of Beit Einun within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°33′54″N 35°07′44″E / 31.56500°N 35.12889°E | |
| Palestine grid | 162/107 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,928 |
| Name meaning | Kh. Beit ’Ainûn, the ruin of the house of ’Ainûn[2] |
Beit Einun or Bayt 'Anun (Arabic: بيت عينون) is a Palestinian village in the Hebron Governorate, located five kilometers northeast of Hebron in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,928 inhabitants in 2017.[1]
The Israeli army has a major road block at Beit Einun Junction. Following the upsurge in violence from October 2015 it has been a focus of attacks against soldiers by young Palestinians. The attackers are usually shot dead. In the first two weeks of 2016 there were three separate incidents in which four young Palestinian attackers were killed, no soldiers were injured.[3][4]
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 397
- ^ [1] Maan 14 January 2016 Palestinian shot dead after alleged attack attempt near Hebron
- ^ [2] Ha'aretz 23 January 2016