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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 ...
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 .
Watch a live view of the Gaza skyline on Thursday 12 October, as Israel continues to bombard the territory. Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to “crush and destroy” Hamas and said every member of ...
Israel occupied the Gaza Strip during the Six Day War, capturing it from Egypt along with the Sinai peninsula.In 1970, the first Israeli settlement was built. In 1993, as part of the Oslo Accords, the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel agreed to an outline for Palestinians to self-govern in the Palestinian territories.
Watch a live view of the Israel-Gaza border as fighting with Hamas continues on Sunday 22 October. Israel has vowed to step up its airstrikes on Gaza which have already killed nearly 4,500 ...
Watch a live view of the Gaza skyline as the Israel-Hamas war enters a fifth day. Palestinian civilians were scrambling to find safe havens on Wednesday morning (11 October) as Israel stepped up a ...
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] In Sami Hadawi's land and population survey, Gaza had a population of 34,250, including 80 Jews in 1945. [119]
In the wake of the Gaza War (2008–2009), the 2012 Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip, and the 2014 Gaza War, displaced people temporarily lived on the east of the archaeological site. [4] Demographic and economic pressures have presented challenges to preserving Tell es-Sakan with new developments in the area.