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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 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 ...
The All-Palestine Protectorate (Arabic: محمية عموم فلسطين), also known as All-Palestine, the Gaza Protectorate or the Gaza Strip, was a short-lived client state with limited recognition, corresponding to the area of the modern Gaza Strip, that was established in the area captured by the Kingdom of Egypt during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and allowed to run as a protectorate ...
In 2007 there were 3,200 Christians living in the Gaza Strip. [5] Half the Christian community in Gaza fled to the West Bank and abroad after the Hamas take-over in 2007. [6] Christian communities in the Palestinian Authority and the Gaza Strip have greatly dwindled over the last two decades.
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 ...
Just one year later, Hamas led a surprising victory in the Palestinian election, and have controlled Gaza since 2007. Regarded as a terrorist organisation by the international community, Israel ...
In return, Israel will free as many as 1,000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails and its troops will withdraw from city centers in Gaza, a key coastal road and a strategic strip of land along the ...
However, Israel has been continuously imposing a blockade of the Gaza Strip since 2007. At the beginning of the Israel–Hamas war, Israel made it clear that controlling the Gaza Strip was one of the main goals. [10] In late January 2024, Benjamin Netanyahu said that he "will not compromise on full Israeli control" over Gaza. [11]
President Trump's controversial plan to have the Palestinians clear out of the Gaza Strip is intended to ensure they have a "better life," according to special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.