At-Tuffah is a district of Gaza City, located northeast of the Old City and is divided into eastern and western halves.

At-Tuffah has existed since Mamluk

Mamluk

A Mamluk was a soldier of slave origin, who were predominantly Cumans/Kipchaks The "mamluk phenomenon", as David Ayalon dubbed the creation of the specific warrior...

 rule over Gaza in the 15th-century. According to Ottoman tax records, it was a small district containing 57 households. The southern part of at-Tuffah was called "ad-Dabbaghah." This neighborhood contained Gaza's slaughterhouse and tanners' facilities during Ottoman times. The northern subdivision was named "Bani Amir." It was one of Gaza's five districts by at least the late 19th century.

Home to the British War Cemetery, al-Tuffah also contains Gaza's public library and a number of Palestinian Red Crescent schools. In the 2008-2009 Israel-Gaza conflict, at least ten Palestinian

Palestinian people

The Palestinian people, also referred to as Palestinians or Palestinian Arabs , are an Arabic-speaking people with origins in Palestine. Despite various wars and exoduses, roughly one third of the world's Palestinian population continues to reside in the area encompassing the West Bank, the Gaza...

s were killed in the district, including four children. Hamas organized a mass wedding in the district in early August 2009.