Jan 27, 2025 · Ne’man Abu Jarad, in red jacket, and his family take a break as thousands of displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, following Israel’s …

Inhabited by mostly Palestinian refugees and their descendants, Gaza is one of the most densely populated territories in the world. An end of 2024 estimate puts the population of the Strip at …

4 days ago · Gaza Strip, territory occupying 140 square miles (363 square km) along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula. The Gaza Strip is unusual in being a …

6 days ago · When it didn’t, Israel delayed the opening of the Netzarim corridor that bisects the strip, refusing to let people into northern Gaza. Hamas then agreed to release more hostages, …

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 …

5 days ago · The envoy, Steven Witkoff, who is the most senior U.S. official to visit Gaza in many years, also met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Wednesday, the eve of …

The Gaza Strip refers to a narrow strip of land wedged between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea that is roughly the size of Washington, D.C. Occupied in turn by the …

Jan 16, 2025 · DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Israel-Hamas war has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory, which has …

Oct 10, 2023 · LONDON — Human rights groups call it "the world's largest open-air prison." The Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million people, has come under heavy bombardment from Israel in …

Oct 7, 2023 · The Gaza Strip fell to British forces during World War I, becoming a part of the British Mandate of Palestine. Following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Egypt administered the …