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Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip. Prior to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war , it was the most populous city in the State of Palestine , with 590,481 inhabitants in 2017.
The Gaza Strip ( / ˈɡɑːzə / ⓘ; [11] Arabic: قِطَاعُ غَزَّةَ Qiṭāʿ Ġazzah [qɪˈtˤɑːʕ ˈɣaz.za] ), or simply Gaza, is a small, densely populated territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the West Bank ).
4 days ago · Gaza, city and principal urban centre of the Gaza Strip, southwestern Palestine. Formerly the administrative headquarters for the Israeli military forces that occupied the Gaza Strip, the city came under Palestinian control in 2005.
Aug 7, 2022 · Gaza City is the largest and most populous city within the Gaza Strip, with more than 700,000 residents. Rimal, Shujaiya and Tel al-Hawa are among its most well-known neighbourhoods.
3 days ago · Gaza Strip, territory occupying 140 square miles (363 square km) along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula. The Gaza Strip is unusual in being a densely settled area not recognized as a de jure part of any extant country.
Mar 22, 2024 · Much of the small enclave of Gaza, only 41km (25 miles) long and 10km wide, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and fenced off from Israel and Egypt at its borders - has become...
Oct 15, 2023 · What is Gaza? Gaza is a narrow strip of land, only about 25 miles long and seven miles wide – just over twice the size of Washington DC. To its west lies the Mediterranean Sea, to its north and...
Oct 7, 2023 · The Israeli military has continued to pummel the Gaza Strip, and particularly northern Gaza, with strikes even as ground troops have moved toward Gaza City over the past week and a half.
Oct 9, 2023 · 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...
Dec 12, 2023 · Israeli forces are now concentrating their ground offensive on Khan Younis, southern Gaza’s largest city, raising the possibility that the destruction seen in northern Gaza could soon be ...
May 21, 2021 · Reuters. A tower building in Gaza City (left and centre) and after it was destroyed by Israeli air strikes (right) After 11 days of fighting, Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas have...
Oct 10, 2023 · The Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million people, has come under heavy bombardment from Israel in recent days, after Hamas militants launched an unprecedented ground invasion and thousands of rockets...
Jun 27, 2024 · Israeli tanks and troops move into Shujayea neighbourhood, eastern Gaza City, after Israeli warning to evacuate.
Feb 21, 2024 · News | Israel-Palestine conflict. In Gaza City, death and famine take hold amid Israel’s war. The Israeli blockade, allied to the incessant bombing, has created a world where hunger and...
Nov 6, 2023 · Israeli troops have encircled Gaza City in heavy fighting with Hamas militants, the miiltary says, as the Palestinian death toll rises above 9,000. U.S. and Arab leaders are raising pressure on Israel to ease its siege and at least briefly halt its attacks in order to aid civilians.
Nov 9, 2023 · New analysis of imagery from a European Space Agency satellite allows for what researchers say is the most comprehensive look yet at the scale of damage due to the Israeli bombardment.
Nov 1, 2023 · Israel's military says it has "completed the encirclement of Gaza City" and has been attacking outposts, headquarters and other Hamas infrastructures. The UN says four schools-turned-shelters...
Nov 3, 2023 · Israeli ground forces are advancing on Gaza City, the largest and most densely packed population center in the Palestinian enclave, satellite imagery and videos from open and official sources...
5 days ago · Tens of thousands displaced in new Gaza City escalation. Ongoing heavy fighting in northern Gaza has now forced an estimated 84,000 people to flee eastern Gaza City in a matter of days, while also cutting off access to a key aid distribution hub, UN humanitarians said on Monday. The exodus from Gaza City’s eastern Shujaiya district follows ...
Aug 9, 2019 · Families and friends enjoy their time on a Gaza City beach. Israel allows in international aid workers, journalists and diplomats, but tourists are prohibited.
Oct 9, 2023 · North Gaza is home to the Jabalia refugee camp, the largest in the Gaza Strip. Gaza City is the largest and most populous city with more than 750,000 residents. Remal, Shujayea and Tal...
Follow the latest news on the Israel Gaza war. Get live updates, maps, verified video reports and expert analysis from BBC journalists on the ground.
Jun 27, 2024 · Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters. Early in the war against Hamas, as Israeli forces made their way from the north of the Gaza Strip toward the south, a neighborhood in Gaza City called Shajaiye loomed ...
Jan 4, 2024 · Gaza City was the focus of fighting when Israel's ground invasion of the territory began in October. Now, much of the territory's largest city is in ruins and the...
2 days ago · The order also prompted a frantic flight from European General Hospital, Gaza’s second-largest hospital, located in the evacuation area.The facility shut down after staffers and more than 200 patients were evacuated overnight and on Tuesday, along with thousands of displaced who had sheltered on the hospital grounds, according to the staff and the International Committee of the Red Cross ...
Oct 16, 2023 · BBC. Mohamed Ibrahim is sharing a flat with his extended family in a suburb of Gaza City. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have left northern Gaza as Israel readies for an expected ground...
Jun 27, 2024 · Palestinians have fled Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood after Israeli forces carried out air raids and sent ground vehicles into the ravaged area, according to Gaza’s civil defence. Muhammad ...
3 days ago · An Israeli military order for people to leave the eastern half of Khan Younis — the Gaza Strip's second-largest city — has triggered the third mass flight of Palestinians in as many months ...
4 days ago · The Israeli military has ordered Palestinians to leave a wide sweep of land to the east of the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis after rockets were fired towards Israel. People in the area first ...
