Omar Mukhtar Street is Gaza City's main street, running from Palestine Square

Palestine Square

Palestine Square or Midan Falasteen is a city square in central Gaza in between Jamal Abdel Nasser Street and Omar Mukhtar Street. It is the location of a bus station, a taxi station, a fruit market, a hospital, and dozens of small shops and vendors. Gaza's municipal headquarters is also located in...

 to the Port of Gaza in the Rimal

Rimal

Rimal or Remal is a district in Gaza located from the city center. Situated along the coastline, it has been considered the most prosperous neighborhood in Gaza. The main street that runs through Gaza, Omar Mukhtar Street runs northwest-southeast in the district and the main coastal road, Ahmad...

 district, separating the Old City's al-Daraj

Al-Daraj

Al-Daraj or Haraat al-Daraj is the densely populated northern quarter of Gaza's old city. Its name translates as "Quarter of the Steps." Situated on an oblong hill about above sea level and higher than any other area in the city, al-Daraj likely received its name either from stairs that once led...

 and Zaytoun quarters. Gaza's hotel strip is a part of Omar Mukhtar Street and most of Gaza's most important buildings are located along the street. Built during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 by Ottoman governor Jamal Pasha, the street was originally named after him. However, following the ouster of Ottoman forces from Palestine

Palestine

Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....

 in 1917, Gaza's city council headed by Fahmi al-Husseini

Fahmi al-Husseini

Fahmi Bey al-Husseini was the mayor of Gaza, his hometown, from 1928 to 1939 while Palestine was under the British Mandate.-Career in law:Al-Husseini studied law in Istanbul and upon graduation returned to Gaza where he became a prominent lawyer. He was then assigned as a member of the Land Court...

 named the street after Omar Mukhtar

Omar Mukhtar

Omar Mukhtar , of the Mnifa, was born in the small village of Janzour, near Tobruk in eastern Barqa in Libya. Beginning in 1912, he organized and, for nearly twenty years, led native resistance to Italian colonization of Libya. The Italians captured and hanged him in 1931...

, a Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

n revolutionary leader.

Important buildings

• Great Mosque of Gaza
  Great Mosque of Gaza
  The Great Mosque of Gaza also known as the Great Omari Mosque is the largest and oldest mosque in the Gaza Strip, located in Gaza's old city....
  
  
• Welayat Mosque
  Welayat Mosque
  Welayat Mosque or Kateb al-Welaya Mosque is a small historic mosque located along Omar Mukhtar Street in Gaza City in the Zaytoun Quarter of the old city. The mosque was built by the Mamluks in 1432, however, the structure could date as far back as 1344...
  
  
• Public Library of Gaza
• Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
  Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
  The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights is an independent Palestinian human rights organization based in Gaza City, founded and directed by Raji Sourani...
  
  
• Gaza Municipal Hall
• Saint Porphryrius Church
• Gold Market
  Gold Market
  The Gold Market is a narrow covered passageway located in the old quarter of Gaza; it is both a center for trading and buying gold, and location for foreign exchange. The Market lies along the southern edge of the Great Mosque of Gaza, beside the main Omar Mukhtar Street...
  
  (Souk ad-Dahab)
• Souk al-Fras
• PLO Flag Shop
• Yazji Supermarket
• Rashad Shawwa Cultural Centre

Restaurants

• Palestine Restaurant
• Al-Samak Restaurant
• Loveboat Restaurant
• Pizza Inn
• Arafat Sweets
• Delice
• Al-Moloky Restaurant

Hotels and beach clubs

• Adam Hotel
• Al-Amal
• Al-Quds International
• Abu Kamal
• Marna's House
• Al-Sammak