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Gaza Strip with Israeli-controlled borders and limited fishing zone, as of December 2012 Map of the West Bank, May 2021, showing Palestinian (green) and Israeli control. The international community regards the Palestinian territories, meaning the West Bank including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, as territories occupied by Israel.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Gaza Strip قطاع غزة Palestinian flag Location of the Gaza Strip within the claimed territory of the State of Palestine Status Claimed by the State of Palestine [a] Under the Palestinian National Authority according to the Oslo Accords Regarded as an Israeli-occupied territory due to the Gaza ...
The West Bank (Arabic: الضفة الغربية, romanized: aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; Hebrew: הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית, romanized: HaGadáh HaMaʽarávit), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River, is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine.
The Hamas attack that has killed hundreds was launched from one of the most densely populated and impoverished strips of land in the world.What is the Gaza Strip?
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English: Detailed map of the occupied Gaza Strip with the former Israeli Settlements, October 1993. Image 24 of "The Gaza Strip & West Bank: a map folio". Map folio description: Shows map overviews of economic, historical, political, and ethnic information on the Gaza Strip and West Bank. "January 1994"--P. 2 of cover. Title from cover.
The West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and Gaza Strip are considered occupied Palestinian territories by the United Nations, the United States, [15] [16] the International Court of Justice, the European Union, [17] and by non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International, [18] Human Rights Watch, [19] and B'Tselem.
After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip were divided into 16 governorates under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority. [1] [2] They are divided in turn into various municipalities.