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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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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Gaza¹

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

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They found them in their house in eastern Gaza City after Israeli shelling hit the family home.

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Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing about 1,200 people - mostly civilians - and taking 251 back to Gaza as hostages.

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Only a few hundred Christians remain in Gaza among the territory's almost entirely Muslim population of more than 2 million.

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For the same reason, the Israel Defense Forces now refer to just about anyone they kill in Gaza or on the West Bank as a “terrorist.”

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The documentary, Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, was pulled from the streaming service in February after it emerged its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official.

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