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Gaza Strip
[ gah-zuh strip, gaz-uh ]
noun
- Also called Gaza. a coastal area on the eastern Mediterranean: formerly in the Palestine mandate, occupied by Israel since 1967 and under limited Palestinian self-administration since 1994.
Gaza Strip
noun
- a coastal region on the SE corner of the Mediterranean: administered by Egypt from 1949; occupied by Israel from 1967; granted autonomy in 1993 and administered by the Palestinian National Authority from 1994. Pop: 1 763 387 (2013 est). Area: 363 sq km (140 sq miles)
Gaza Strip
- A small strip of land between Egypt (see also Egypt ), Israel , and the Mediterranean Sea . Israel occupied it during the Six-Day War . Populated by Israelis and stateless Palestinians, it has been one of the scenes of the intifada . Arabs see it as part of a future Palestinian state.
Word History and Origins
Origin of Gaza Strip1
Example Sentences
In daily video updates, they offer emotional condemnations of the Palestinian deaths attributed to Israel’s continued airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, and a seven-week-old blockade that has depleted food stocks in the region.
American intellectual culture has never had a good track record when it comes to protecting critics of Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
Healthcare in the Gaza Strip is itself a casualty of 18 months of war between Israel and Hamas.
Israel won decisively, capturing a swath of territory including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and the Old City of Jerusalem.
Trump has also condemned South Africa for taking Israel to the International Court of Justice, accusing it of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, which Israel has denied.
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