Event
Israeli measures on Gaza from September 2007
Cabinet decision of 19 September 2007 declaring Gaza an "enemy entity" and tightening restrictions on goods; OHCHR later calls the closure a 17-year blockade.
- Dates
- 19 Sep 2007
According to Israel
- located in Gaza Strip
According to UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR)
- located in Gaza Strip
Connections 2
located in
-
Gaza Strip
According to Israel
Scholarship & press
1
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's reason, in her words. Hamas called the decision a declaration of war.
- Gaza Strip According to UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) Primary record 2
Timeline 1 date
- 19 Sep 2007 Israeli measures on Gaza from September 2007
Proof 2 sources
-
Rice Begins Peace Mission as Israel Declares Gaza an "Enemy Entity", Voice of America, via GlobalSecurity.org, 19 Sep 2007.
Scholarship & press
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
-
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
a strangulating 17-year blockade and closure of Gaza
Page history 1 change
- Add 55 stories, each checked against its sources96e92fe6
Something wrong or missing? Tell us, with a source, or edit this page.