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The Gaza Strip is 41 kilometres (25 miles) long, from 6 to 12 km (3.7 to 7.5 mi) wide, and has a total area of 365 km 2 (141 sq mi). [28] [29] With around 2 million Palestinians [30] on approximately 365 km 2 (141 sq mi) of land, Gaza has one of the world's highest population densities.
1 day 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.
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...
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 · In its war with Hamas, Israel has ordered a siege on the Gaza Strip, one of the world’s most densely populated and impoverished territories.
Dec 12, 2023 · Nine weeks ago, the Gaza Strip was a bustling home to more than two million people. Today, neighborhoods have been flattened by Israeli airstrikes and farming communities have been bulldozed by...
May 30, 2018 · Learn how Gaza became a contested region between Israel and Palestine, from the 1948 Arab-Israeli War to the 2023 war with Hamas. Explore the key events, players and issues that shaped the Gaza Strip over the last 70 years.
