Gaza

[gah-zuh, gaz-uh]

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noun

Also called Gaza City.��a seaport and ancient trade route center on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Gaza Strip, adjacent to southwest Israel: occupied by Israel since 1967 and under limited Palestinian self-administration since 1994.
Gaza Strip.

Gaza

/ ˈɡɑː��ə /

noun

Arabic name: Ghazzah.��a city in the Gaza Strip: a Philistine city in biblical times. It was under Egyptian administration from 1949 until occupied by Israel (1967). Pop: 787 000 (2005 est)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gaza¹

First recorded in 1570–80; compare Arabic ghazzah, Biblical Hebrew 'á��

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But, he says, "this is much bigger than fighting Hamas in Gaza, even Hezbollah in Lebanon, or a very limited direct confrontation with Iran."

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But the facts about brutal expansionism in the West Bank and mass death in Gaza speak for themselves.

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These munitions, known as "bunker busters", have been used by Israel in the past to target underground facilities in both Gaza and Lebanon.

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We're driving here because in this rural heartland lie clues to what's behind a highly contested development thousands of miles away on the ground in Gaza.

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Palestinians are reported to have been killed and wounded in another shooting as they gathered near an aid distribution site in central Gaza.

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