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Nazlet Zeid (Arabic: خربة نزلة زيد; also known as Nazlat ash-Sheikh Zeid) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, administratively part of the Jenin Governorate. The village is in Area C, putting it under full Israeli military and civilian control. The West Bank barrier runs through the village. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 704 in the 2007 census.
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Ottoman era
In the late Ottoman era, it was noted as a place named Sheik Zeid, which was presumed to come from a personal name.
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kh. al-Sheikh Zaid had a population 10, all Muslims.
The inhabitants are mostly belong to the Al-Kilani family. The village was named after Sheikh Zeid Kilani, the late leader of the Kilani family. The village was the site of a 1935 shootout between the anti-colonial leader Izz al-Din al-Qassam and British Mandatory forces, which ended with al-Qassam killed.
In 1945 the population of Nazlet Zeid was counted with that of Ya'bad, in an official land and population survey.
1948-1967
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Nazlet Zeid came under Jordanian rule.
post-1967
After the Six-Day War in 1967, Nazlet Zeid has been under Israeli occupation.