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Gaza Strip

Coastal strip on the Mediterranean, held by Egypt from 1949, taken by Israel in 1967, and left by Israeli settlers and troops in 2005.

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  1. Humanitarian Situation Report, 15 October 2026, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, occupied Palestinian territory, 19 Oct 2026. Primary record
    between the ceasefire announcement on 10 October 2025 and the end of July 2026
    According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, which operates under the de-facto authorities
    between 29 September and 12 October, 937 trucks carrying humanitarian supplies were manifested and 807 offloaded across five corridors
  2. Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Advisory Opinion, 19 July 2024, International Court of Justice, 19 Jul 2024. Primary record
    reports that Israel maintains control “over, inter alia, the airspace and territorial waters of Gaza, as well as its land crossings at the borders
    obligations have remained commensurate with the degree of its effective control over the Gaza Strip.
    Israel remained capable of exercising, and continued to exercise, certain key elements of authority over the Gaza Strip
    has not entirely released it of its obligations under the law of occupation
    By 2005, Israel had completed the withdrawal of its army and the removal of the settlements in the Gaza Strip.
  3. Six-month update report on the human rights situation in Gaza, 1 November 2023 to 30 April 2024, UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), 6 Nov 2024. Primary record
    Hostilities in Gaza had killed 34,535 Palestinians and injured 77,704 between 7 October 2023 and 30 April 2024, according to the Ministry of Health of the State of Palestine
    standing at 8,119 Palestinians in Gaza, including 2,036 women and 3,588 children
    a strangulating 17-year blockade and closure of Gaza
  4. IDF official says 71,000 killed in Gaza war, matching Gaza Health Ministry estimate, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 29 Jan 2026. Scholarship & press
    Human rights NGOs and the United Nations have long said the ministry’s data is reliable.
    Though Israeli officials have not officially disputed the overall Gaza war figures for some time
  5. Potential turning point for Gaza as peace plan enters second phase: UN envoy, UN News, 29 Jan 2026. Scholarship & press
    with all hostages returned, “the process of healing for the families and all those affected may begin.”
  6. Detailed findings on attacks carried out on and after 7 October 2023 in Israel (A/HRC/56/CRP.3), United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, 10 Jun 2024. Primary record
    As of 21 May 2024, 128 hostages had been released or rescued, including bodies retrieved of killed hostages, and 128 remained in captivity, alive or dead.
    At least 252 people were abducted to Gaza as hostages, including 90 women, 36 children, older people and members of Israeli Security Forces.
    As of 21 May 2024, 128 hostages had been released or rescued, including bodies retrieved of killed hostages
  7. The 1967 Arab-Israeli War (Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations), U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Primary record
    Between June 5 and June 10, Israel defeated Egypt, Jordan, and Syria and occupied the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.
  8. The Time Axis 1987-1993: The First Intifada, Israel Ministry of Defense, IDF and Defense Establishment Archives. Primary record
    On December 9, 1987, a popular uprising of the Palestinians broke out in the Gaza Strip and spread to the West Bank.
  9. Rice Begins Peace Mission as Israel Declares Gaza an "Enemy Entity", Voice of America, via GlobalSecurity.org, 19 Sep 2007. Scholarship & press
    the violent takeover of the Gaza Strip, three months ago, by the Islamic militant group, which routed the forces of the rival and more moderate Fatah faction
    Israel's Cabinet declared Gaza an "enemy entity."
    Even though we hoped that while taking our forces out of [the] Gaza Strip that this can be the beginning of the creation of a Palestinian state which I hope will live in peace with Israel, what we got in return are terror attacks, daily terror attacks, on Israeli citizens
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