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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Gaza Strip قطاع غزة Palestinian flag Gaza strip in 2023 Gaza strip in 2009 UN OCHA detailed map, September 2023 Status Under the Palestinian National Authority according to the Oslo Accords De facto administered by Hamas since 14 June 2007, with an ongoing military operation in the Gaza ...
The Old Town of Gaza (1862–1863). Picture by Francis Frith The known history of Gaza spans 4,000 years. Gaza was ruled, destroyed and repopulated by various dynasties, empires, and peoples. Originally a Canaanite settlement, it came under the control of the ancient Egyptians for roughly 350 years before being conquered and becoming one of the Philistines' principal cities. Gaza became part ...
Gaza Strip with Israeli-controlled borders and limited fishing zone, as of December 2012 Map of the West Bank, May 2021, showing Palestinian (green) and Israeli control. The international community regards the Palestinian territories, meaning the West Bank including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, as territories occupied by Israel.
Before the war surrounding Israel's establishment in 1948, present-day Gaza was part of the large swath of the Middle East under British colonial rule. After Israel defeated the coalition of Arab states, the Egyptian army was left in control of a small strip of land wedged between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean.
They are descendants of the Palestinians who fled or were forced from their homes on land which became Israel in the 1948-49 Middle East war. Most live in Jordan, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank ...
The Gaza Strip refers to a narrow strip of land wedged between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea that is roughly the size of Washington, D.C. Occupied in turn by the Ottoman Empire and ...
Separately, at the UN’s top court, South Africa is in the middle of a legal case against Israel over the war in Gaza, having accused Israel of possible genocide. Israel strongly denies the ...
The Old City of Gaza is the historical center of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. For much of recorded history it has been the southernmost coastal city in the region of Palestine , occupying a strategic position on ancient trade route of the Via Maris , between Egypt and the Levant .