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Yasser Arafat International Airport (Arabic: مطار ياسر عرفات الدولي Maṭār Yāsir 'Arafāt ad-Dawli) (IATA: GZA, ICAO: LVGZ) [1] [2] was an airport in the Gaza Strip. It was located between Rafah and Dahaniya , close to the Egyptian border.
Airport name Fate Gaza Strip: Rafah: LVGZ GZA Yasser Arafat International Airport: Defunct, 2000 [1] Gaza Strip: Khan Yunis: LLAZ GHK Gush Katif Airport: Defunct, 2004 [2] West Bank: Ramallah: OJJR / LLJR JRS Jerusalem Atarot Airport: Disused 2000 onwards [3] West Bank: Jenin-- -- Muqeible Airfield: Defunct, post-WW2 [4]
Rafah is the site of the Rafah Border Crossing, the sole crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Gaza's only airport, Yasser Arafat International Airport, was located just south of the city. The airport operated from 1998 to 2001, until it was bombed and bulldozed by the Israeli military (IDF). [15] [16]
The first extension of Gaza beyond its city center was the district of Shuja'iyya, built on a hill just east and southeast of the Old City during the Ayyubid period. [101] In the northeast is the Mamluk-era district of Tuffah, [102] which is roughly divided into eastern and western halves and was originally located within the Old City's walls. [97]
In the Israel-Hamas war, the IDF has started its ground assault into the Gaza Strip, pressing its tanks and deeper into the Palestinian enclave.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel knocked out internet and communications in the Gaza Strip in stepped-up bombardment Friday night, largely cutting off its 2.3 million people from contact ...
Garden City Regional Airport: Garden City, ... Yasser Arafat International Airport: Gaza, Palestine: UTC+02:00: Mar-Sep ... ^2 Airport is located in the neighboring ...
Israel is preparing to launch a ground invasion of Gaza as thousands of troops amass on its border with the conclave.. Over the past few days, the country’s air force has launched near continual ...