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Filippo Grandi, Commissioner General of the UNRWA, noted in 2014 that "Israel's blockade is illegal and [it] must be lifted ... the siege on the Gaza Strip which has been imposed on the Gaza Strip for more than half a decade is considered the longest in history; longer than that of Sarajevo, Berlin and Leningrad", adding that "the world should ...
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 punishment for smoking hashish in the Gaza Strip goes from one year in prison up to execution; where civilians are executed by hanging and members of armed forces executed by firing squad. [3] The prisons are run by Ministry of the Hamas government in Gaza. The Reform and Rehabilitation Centre for Women is the only female prison in Gaza. [4 ...
The Gaza Strip is 45 km (25 miles) long and at most 10 km (6 miles) wide. It is wedged between Israel to the north and east, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to the south and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.
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 ...
Human Rights Watch has said Israel turned Gaza into "open-air prison", with Egypt's help, for the enclave's fast growing population, which is currently put at 2.3 million people.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Timeline of the Gaza war Initial attacks (7 October – 27 October 2023) Invasion of the Gaza Strip (28 October – 23 November 2023) First ceasefire (24 November 2023 – 11 January 2024) Yemen airstrikes (12 January – 6 May 2024) Rafah offensive (7 May – 12 July 2024) Al-Mawasi attack (13 ...
Before the current war with Israel, Gaza's population was 2.2 million. Around 1.4 million of those – 70% of Gazans – are refugees who were displaced from other areas, according to the United ...