Gaza Strip, Definition, History, Facts, & Map
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Gaza Strip, territory along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula. It is densely populated and impoverished, in part due to the ongoing political situation of the region. It became a center of tension in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict when Hamas seized control of the area in 2007.
Hamas Israel: Gaza explained in eight maps
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A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of
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What is the Gaza Strip? Here's why it's key in the Israel-Hamas
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Israel-Palestine conflict: A brief history in maps and charts
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Israel-Hamas War Explanation, Summary, Casualties, & Map
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Gaza Strip
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Fact or fiction? Israeli maps and AI do not save Palestinian lives
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Map Explainer: The Gaza Strip
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Where are Gaza's neighbourhoods destroyed by Israel?
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What Is Hamas? Council on Foreign Relations
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Gaza Strip in maps: How life has changed in three months - BBC News
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Israel-Hamas war: One map to visualize Gaza's hardest-hit areas
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Israel
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B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the