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self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel

The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the West Bank) that make up the State of Palestine in the Southern โ€ฆ Wikipedia
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Status Claimed by Palestine
Under the Palestinian National Authority according to the Oslo Accords
Previously regarded as an Israeli-occupied territory due to the Gaza blockade
De facto fully administered by Hamas from 14 June 2007 until 27 October 2023, when the Israel Defense Forces began its Invasion.
Israel currently controls 53% of the Gaza Strip.
Capital and largest city Gaza City
Coordinates: 31.51472; 34.45417
Official languages Arabic
Factsheet
Status Claimed by Palestine
Under the Palestinian National Authority according to the Oslo Accords
Previously regarded as an Israeli-occupied territory due to the Gaza blockade
De facto fully administered by Hamas from 14 June 2007 until 27 October 2023, when the Israel Defense Forces began its Invasion.
Israel currently controls 53% of the Gaza Strip.
Capital and largest city Gaza City
Coordinates: 31.51472; 34.45417
Official languages Arabic
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Wikipedia
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Gaza Strip - Wikipedia
2 weeks ago - Later, during the Six-Day War, Israel captured and occupied the Gaza Strip, initiating its decades-long military occupation of the Palestinian territories. The mid-1990s Oslo Accords established the Palestinian Authority (PA) as a limited governing authority, initially led by the secular party ...
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BBC
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Israel and the Palestinians: History of the conflict explained
14 October 2025 - About a million Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem came under Israel's control. ... Israel's occupation of these areas has lasted until this day. Israel signed a peace treaty with Egypt in 1979 and returned the Sinai.
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United Nations
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History of the Question of Palestine - Question of Palestine
15 October 2025 - Jordan and Egypt controlled the rest of the territory assigned by resolution 181 to the Arab State. In the 1967 war, Israel occupied these territories (Gaza Strip and the West Bank) including East Jerusalem, which was subsequently annexed by Israel.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Gaza Strip | Definition, History, Facts, & Map | Britannica
20 July 1998 - Gaza Strip, territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula. It is densely populated and impoverished, in part due to the ongoing political situation of the region. It became a center of tension in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict when Hamas seized control of the area in 2007.
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UNICEF Australia
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Child-friendly guide to the Gaza crisis | UNICEF Youth
The Gaza Strip is a small area of land in the Middle East, between Israel, the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt. The Gaza Strip is part of the State of Palestine.
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Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
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Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory - Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect
1 month ago - Hamasโ€™ security forces have also committed grave abuses against Palestinians in Gaza, including arbitrary arrests, summary executions and torture. Under the Fourth Geneva Convention, an occupying power is prohibited from transferring parts of its civilian population into occupied territory, also known as โ€œsettler implantation.โ€ Seizures and demolitions of Palestinian and Bedouin land and property leave communities at risk of forced evictions, arbitrary displacement and forcible transfer. Israelโ€™s permanent occupation endangers the cultural existence of the Palestinian people and violates their right to self-determination.
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NBC News
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Gaza Strip explained: Who controls it and what to know
The Gaza Strip refers to a narrow ... in turn by the Ottoman Empire and then the British Empire, it forms the smaller of the two Palestinian territories โ€” the other being the West Bank....
Published ย  24 March 2024
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Wikipedia
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Gaza City - Wikipedia
2 days ago - Gaza is the only coastal part of the State of Palestine. In 2000, exploration license were granted by the government to British Gas Group. However, the project was interrupted during the 2000โ€“2005 uprisings, where supportive infrastructure, ...
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Council on Foreign Relations
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Who Governs the Palestinians? | Council on Foreign Relations
28 May 2024 - Power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the so-called Palestinian territories, has been divided among three entities: a governing body called the Palestinian Authority, the militant group Hamas, and the state of Israel.
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Quora
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Is Gaza considered part of Israel? If so, why is there talk of an independent Palestinian state? - Quora
Answer (1 of 12): The Gaze strip is in Israel but was for the Palestinian people but there has been years of problems due to the Zionist regime being unfair towards the occupation causing economic hardship due to a police presence in Gaza.
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House of Commons Library
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Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories in 2025: UK and international response - House of Commons Library
20 hours ago - Israel said it backed the framework, saying it allows for the retention of the IDF in Gaza, that neither Hamas nor the Palestinian Authority will govern Gaza, and it does not include a plan to recognise a Palestinian state. However, several coalition parties in the ruling Israeli coalition voted against the October agreement and have called for continuation of military action against Hamas.
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Quora
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Is Gaza considered a separate entity from Palestine and Israel by the international community? - Quora
Answer (1 of 3): Gaza and west bank are the last 2 areas of occupied palestine. Israel has control over them both, they both had the colonizer settlements, both was localy run by the PLO ( Palestinian Liberation Organization), and hamas then ...
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AJC
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Tough Questions About Gaza Answered | AJC
26 February 2024 - The Gaza Strip is a 141-square-mile Palestinian enclave located near Israelโ€™s southwestern tip. After the Israeli withdrawal in 2005, the coastal territory has been under the control of the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group.
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UK Parliament
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict: what hope of a solution? - UK Parliament
The West Bank and Gaza were invaded by Israel in 1967, and are collectively known as the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Prior to the Israeli invasion, the West Bank was part of Jordan, whilst Gaza was part of Egypt.
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Reddit
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r/Israel_Palestine on Reddit: Are the west bank and gaza part of israel?
7 April 2024 -

Ive been wondering what people definitively think here. There are people in the west bank who are israelis who are israeli citizens. There are also people who are not israeli citizens in the west bank and who are subject to military rule by israel. Palestine isn't a state according to israel and a lot of countries. What is it then. It's israel, is it not? Then isn't it like apartheid? Is gaza not part of israel? Then it's a different state. Im confused. If gaza isn't a state, then what state is it part of and why don't gazans have rights in that state?

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Wikipedia
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Palestine - Wikipedia
1 week ago - Israel withdrew from Gaza in its unilateral disengagement in 2005, but the territory is still considered to be under military occupation and has been blockaded by Israel. In 2007, internal divisions between political factions led to a takeover ...
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Atlantic Council
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Israel claims it is no longer occupying the Gaza Strip. What does international law say? - Atlantic Council
18 July 2025 - In that vein, experts note that ... Based on the actual exercise of effective control, they, therefore, find that Israel has occupied Gaza since the broader occupation of Palestine began in 1967....
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Quora
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Does Gaza belong to Israel or Palestine? - Quora
Answer (1 of 62): Egypt or Palestine . It would be great if Egypt annexed it. They once owned the area they ought to again. If the West Bank went to Jordan that would be a good thing as well. Jordan twice owned the West Bank .
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Quora
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Is Gaza a part of Israel? - Quora
Answer (1 of 19): Is Gaza part of Israel? 1. No territory you can see on a map โ€œbelongsโ€ to any nation, no more than a leaf on a tree. In spring the leaf belongs, in autumn it falls away. Same with territory. 2. Artistically one could draw borders on a pretty map and include Gaza in Israel!