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Djerba, or Jerba, is a resort island off the coast of Tunisia.

The island was temporarily the naval base of the privateer Khair ad Din Barbarossa in the 16th century.

In 2002 a Jewish synagogue on the island was bombed, killing some German tourists. The bombing was blamed on Al Qaeda.

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