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With the Mamluk conquest, Jews returned to Gaza, and a thriving Jewish community emerged in the city. In 1384, a Christian Italian traveller named Goti reported on a Jewish settlement in Gaza, noting that the Jews were engaged in wine production, stating, "and their wine is good." Another Christian traveller, De Angeli, who visited the city in ...
Gaza's Jewish community was roughly 3,000 years old, [68] and in 1481 there were sixty Jewish households. [132] At the time of the 1929 Palestine riots , there were fifty families living in Gaza, most of whom fled after the riots. [ 68 ]
The Old Town of Gaza (1862–1863). Picture by Francis Frith The known history of Gaza spans 4,000 years. Gaza was ruled, destroyed and repopulated by various dynasties, empires, and peoples. Originally a Canaanite settlement, it came under the control of the ancient Egyptians for roughly 350 years before being conquered and becoming one of the Philistines' principal cities. Gaza became part ...
Most of the Gaza Strip's Christian population lived in Gaza City, in the north. [137] In 2023 the Israeli militarily attempted to force them out by the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip. [138] As of October 2024, most of Gaza's Christians had refused to leave, our not felt safe to traverse the war zone. [139]
Jewish and Palestinian community leaders share their feelings about Israel and Gaza. No group is a monolith: Perspectives varied within communities as much as between them.
The Old City of Gaza is the historical center of Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip. For much of recorded history it has been the southernmost coastal city in the region of Palestine , occupying a strategic position on ancient trade route of the Via Maris , between Egypt and the Levant .
For Gaza's Christian community, which numbers around 1,000 people, fear grows that this war could lead to their demise. Among all Palestinians, Christians make up less than 2% of the population, ...
In 2007 there were 3,200 Christians living in the Gaza Strip. [5] Half the Christian community in Gaza fled to the West Bank and abroad after the Hamas take-over in 2007. [6] Christian communities in the Palestinian Authority and the Gaza Strip have greatly dwindled over the last two decades.