Gaza

[ gah-zuh, gaz-uh ]

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noun

Also called Ga·za Cit·y [gah, -z, uh, , sit, -ee, gaz, -, uh]. 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 ( def ).

Gaza

/ ˈɡɑː��ə /

noun

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) Arabic nameGhazzah

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gaza¹

First recorded in 1570–80; compare Arabic ghazzah, Biblical Hebrew &#��27;á��

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Israel's war in Gaza grinds on, but opposition is growing.

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Six decades later, it took much less time for young Americans to turn decisively against their government’s key role of arming Israel’s war on Gaza.

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Another 176 journalists, almost all of them Palestinian, have been killed in Gaza, the West Bank, Israel and Lebanon during the war, the organisation says.

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In response to the most recent strikes, the Houthi authorities said the UK-US attacks were in "support Israel's war and genocide in Gaza".

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He said the Hamas attack on Israel of 7 October 2023, and the ensuing Israeli bombardment of Gaza unleashed "long-simmering tensions" on Harvard's campus.

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