self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
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.
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
Coordinates: 31.51472; 34.45417
Official languages Arabic
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.
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
Coordinates: 31.51472; 34.45417
Official languages Arabic
Wikipedia
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Gaza Strip - Wikipedia
15 hours ago - 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 Levant region of West Asia. Gaza is bordered by Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the east and north.
The Guardian
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Gaza | The Guardian
4 hours ago - Heavy rain swept across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and Friday, washing away family tents and swamping low-lying shelters.
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Wikipedia
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Gaza City - Wikipedia
2 days ago - Gaza City (in arabic مَدِينَةُ ﻏَﺰَّة, Madīnat Ghazzah), often simply called Gaza, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the capital of the Gaza Governorate. Located on the Mediterranean coast, 76.6 kilometres (47.6 mi) southwest of Jerusalem, it was home to Palestine's ...
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OHCHR
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Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds | OHCHR
In establishing the genocidal acts, the Commission examined the Israeli military operations in Gaza, including killing and seriously harming unprecedented numbers of Palestinians; imposing a total siege, including blocking humanitarian aid leading to starvation; systematically destroying the healthcare and education systems in Gaza; committing systematic acts of sexual and gender based violence; directly targeting children; carrying out systematic and widespread attacks on religious and cultural sites; and disregarding the orders of the International Court of Justice.
Al Jazeera
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Updates: Israeli attack on school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills six people | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
Gaza aid crisis deepens as food centres shut down · By Urooba Jamal and Maziar Motamedi · Published On 19 Dec 202519 Dec 2025 · Click here to share on social media · Share · Save ·
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Gaza Strip | Definition, History, Facts, & Map | Britannica
1 day ago - 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.
Al Jazeera
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Updates: Israeli attacks wounds 11 Palestinians in Gaza City | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
Israel has continued to launch attacks across Gaza in violation of the ceasefire with Hamas, injuring at least 11 people
Published 1 week ago
OCHA
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Home Page | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupied Palestinian Territory
- #Gaza: Severe storm conditions have affected nearly 55,000 households; 370 families were evacuated from shoreline site
CNN
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Armed gangs are vying to fill the vacuum left by Hamas in Israeli-occupied Gaza | CNN
3 days ago - Gaza has been split in two. Hamas is reconsolidating its control in the western half of the enclave that Israel withdrew from. East of the yellow line, in Israel-controlled territory, armed groups are trying to assert dominance.
Reuters
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Reuters Israel and Hamas at War | Top Headlines on Israel and Hamas at war | Reuters
October 7, 2025 - Gaza no longer in famine after aid access improves, hunger monitor says · December 19, 2025 · Rubio says new governance bodies for Gaza will be in place soon, followed by international force · December 19, 2025 · Israeli attack on school shelter in Gaza City kills 5 Palestinians, hospital chief says ·
Al Jazeera
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Updates: At least 14 people die in Gaza in past 24 hours amid storm | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
Storm Byron has caused a number of houses, walls and tents to collapse across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
Published 2 weeks ago
Al Jazeera
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Updates: Hamas slams Israeli ‘escalation’ in Gaza city attack that killed 5 | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
Israel says senior Hamas leader killed in north Gaza as army threatens to bomb southern Lebanon.
Published 1 week ago
Al Jazeera
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Israeli truce violations making Gaza peace efforts ‘incredibly difficult’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
Under the truce terms, Israel is supposed to withdraw from its positions in Gaza, an interim authority is to govern the Palestinian territory instead of Hamas, and an international stabilisation force is to be deployed.
Published 2 days ago
The Guardian
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‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on | Gaza | The Guardian
2 weeks ago - Like many of those killed under the ceasefire, the young brothers were targeted for approaching the “yellow line” to which the army has withdrawn under the truce. It now bifurcates Gaza, giving Israel the lion’s share.
Al Jazeera
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2025 in Gaza: 12 months, 12 pictures | Gaza News | Al Jazeera
1 day ago - Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 70,669 Palestinians and wounded 171,165 since October 2023.
Al Jazeera
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Updates: Israeli aid restrictions leave Gaza dangerously low on medicine | Gaza News | Al Jazeera
One more Palestinian killed by Israeli army in Gaza, while two Palestinians, including a child, are shot dead in occupied West Bank.
Published 1 day ago
Al Jazeera
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Hamas and Israel move towards phase two of US-backed Gaza plan | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
As Israel and Hamas prepare to move towards phase two of a United States-led blueprint to end Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, disagreements loom over the as-yet undefined role of an international stabilisation force in the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Published 2 weeks ago
BBC
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Israel Gaza war | Latest News & Updates | BBC News
11 hours ago - Israel says the report "doesn't reflect the reality" and ignores the volume of aid entering the Gaza Strip.
Al Jazeera
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Updates: ‘Nightmare’ as storm lashes displacement camp in Gaza | Gaza News | Al Jazeera
A fierce storm threatens hundreds of thousands of displaced people as Israel continues genocidal assaults in northern Gaza.
Published 2 weeks ago
Al Jazeera
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Al-Majd Europe: The shell company involved in forced evacuations from Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
4 days ago - A shell company with ties to Israel exploited desperate Palestinians and facilitated their forced evacuation from Gaza, charging them large sums of money to covertly exit the country in what may be an official plan to ethnically cleanse the territory.