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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 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.
William Tipping 1840s sketch of Gaza City Francis Frith's 1857 photograph of the Old City of Gaza. The city's origins trace back to around 3000 BCE, when it was first established by the Canaanites. Gaza rose to prominence due to its location on the Via Maris trade route that links Africa and Asia, serving as a hub for merchants and travelers ...
He occupied Gaza and moved north along Palestine's coastal plain, [371] capturing Jaffa, where his forces massacred some 3,000 Ottoman troops who had surrendered and many civilians. [372] His forces then captured Haifa and used it as a staging ground for their siege of Acre. [373] Napoleon called for Jewish support to capture Jerusalem.
Tensions raging since Middle Eastern state’s founding in May 1948 date back ... Israel was founded in May 1948 in the aftermath of the Holocaust and ... 1950 and Egypt would hold Gaza, an ...
The West Bank and Gaza Strip continued to be considered by the international community to be Occupied Palestinian Territory, notwithstanding the 1988 declaration of Palestinian independence, the limited self-government accorded to the Palestinian Authority as a result of the 1993 Oslo Accords, and Israel's withdrawal from Gaza as part of the ...
13 October: Israel tells over 1m people to evacuate Gaza City. After Israel’s war cabinet ordered a complete siege of Gaza in the wake of the Hamas attack and launched air stikes on nothern Gaza ...
The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has raged on for more than a year, with more than 46,000 people killed in the besieged enclave, according to the Palestinian Healthy Ministry.