The Gaza Strip (/ ˈɡɑːzə / ⓘ; [ 11 ] Arabic: قِطَاعُ غَزَّةَQiṭāʿ Ġazzah [qɪˈtˤɑːʕ ˈɣaz.za]), known simply Gaza, is small territory located the eastern coast the Mediterranean Sea; is smaller the Palestinian territories, other the West Bank, make the State .
Gaza Strip, territory the Mediterranean Sea northeast the Sinai Peninsula. is densely populated impoverished, part due the ongoing political situation the region. became center tension the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Hamas seized control the area 2007.
After creation Israel 1948, Egypt controlled Gaza nearly decades. Israel's victory the 1967 Six-Day War its Arab neighbors, gained control the Gaza Strip .
The territory much bigger Gaza a complex Palestinian-majority area, a growing number Israeli settlements also root. . the entire Gaza Strip .
The Gaza Strip been an Israeli-imposed land, sea air blockade the 16 years. . 2008, Israel waged wars the Palestinian territory, killing thousands .
With 42,059 people square mile, Gaza City the 63rd-most densely inhabited urban region the world. least Palestinian refugee camps lie the Gaza Strip have of .
In 1967, Israel Gains Control the Six-Day War. Egypt controlled Gaza the Six-Day War 1967, Israel seized strip, with other important areas land. .
The Gaza Strip been the de facto governing authority the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) 2007 has faced years conflict, poverty, humanitarian crises. . Palestinian militants the Gaza Strip the Israel Defense Forces periodically exchange projectiles air strikes, respectively, threatening broader .
Gaza is small self-governing Palestinian territory came Israeli occupation, with West Bank East Jerusalem, the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. Bordered Israel Egypt .
The Gaza Strip is 25-mile-long 6-mile-wide enclave, bounded the Mediterranean Sea the west, Israel the north east Egypt the south. Gaza is of Palestinian .
Find how has changed the Gaza Strip Israel began military response Hamas's attacks 7 October. . Palestinian refugees defined the as people "place .
