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Shocking before and after aerial pictures show the full scale of the destruction of the Gaza Strip by deadly Israeli airstrikes.. Residential buildings, markets and mosques have been destroyed in ...
The Gaza Strip (/ ˈ ɡ ɑː z ə / ⓘ; [10] Arabic: قِطَاعُ غَزَّةَ Qiṭāʿ Ġazzah [qɪˈtˤɑːʕ ˈɣaz.za]), also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine.
In December 2023, an Israeli bombing destroyed the Great Mosque of Gaza. [7] At least seven people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Rafah mosque full of displaced people on 23 February 2024. [8] Five people were killed in a mosque in northern Gaza that was bombed without warning. [9]
A screenshot from Bomb Gaza. Bomb Gaza was an app released on 29 July 2014 and was downloaded between 500 and 1,000 times before being removed for Google Play on 4 August. [11] Its logo was an F16 fighter jet, as used by the Israeli Defense Forces, and its description was to "drop bombs and avoid killing civilians". [12]
Many who fled to the city in southern Gaza, escaping intense bombardment in the north, had hoped they would be safe there. AP PHOTOS: As northern Gaza becomes encircled, immense human suffering ...
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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 ...
Dozens of people in Israel have been killed, according to a spokesperson for the country's emergency services, and nearly 200 people were killed in Gaza after retaliatory Israeli airstrikes there ...