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The Gaza envelope is defined as the territory in Israel that is within 7 km of the Gaza Strip A Merkava Mark IV tank patrols the Gaza border (February 2012). The Gaza envelope (Hebrew: עוטף עזה, otef aza) [1] encompasses the populated areas in the Southern District of Israel that are within 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) of the Gaza Strip border and are therefore within range of mortar shells ...
The ע in the root ע-ז-ז corresponds to a Proto-Semitic *ʻ sound (compare Hebrew עַז ʻaz with Arabic عَزَّ ʻazza, both meaning "to be strong, powerful, mighty"), while it is clear from city's name in Arabic (غَزَّة , Ḡazza), Greek (Γάζα, Gáza), and Egyptian (gꜣḏꜣtw) that the name of Gaza was ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Old Town of Gaza (1862–1863). Picture by Francis Frith The known history of Gaza City spans 4,000 years. Gaza was ruled, destroyed and repopulated by various dynasties, empires, and peoples ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Gaza Strip قطاع غزة Palestinian flag Location of the Gaza Strip within the claimed territory of the State of Palestine 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 ...
Mowing the grass (Hebrew: כיסוח דשא) is a metaphor used to describe a strategy used by Israel against Palestinian militants [1] in the Gaza Strip. [1] [2]The term was coined by Efraim Inbar and Eitan Shamir. [3]
Wadi Gaza (Arabic: وادي غزة, romanized: Wadi Ghazza) and Besor Stream (Hebrew: נחל הבשור, romanized: Nahal HaBesor) are parts of a river system in the Gaza Strip and Negev region of Palestine and Israel. Wadi Gaza is a wadi (river valley) that divides the northern and southern ends of the Gaza Strip, its major tributary is
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Map of proposed new settlements in the Gaza Strip, presented at the "Settlement Brings Security" conference in January 2024 Settlement area in the Gaza Strip (March 1999) Israel had dismantled its settlements in Gaza in its unilateral withdrawal from the area in 2005, after 38 years of settlers ...
The Erez Crossing (Hebrew: מעבר ארז), also known as the Beit Hanoun Crossing (Arabic: معبر بيت حانون), is a border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. It is located at the northern end of the Gaza Strip, between the Israeli kibbutz of Erez and the Palestinian town of Beit Hanoun.