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  1. Gaza Strip - Wikipedia

    This article is about the Palestinian territory. For the city, see Gaza City. For the governorate in Palestine, see Gaza Governorate. For the 2002 film, see Gaza Strip (film).

  2. List of cities in the Gaza Strip - Wikipedia

    The following is the list of cities in the Gaza Strip, included within five governorates, administered by Hamas Government in Gaza.

  3. As Palestinians Return to Gaza City, Elation and Despair Mix

    18 hours ago · For the first time in over a year, tens of thousands of Palestinians have reached their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, giving way to a mix of elation and despair. On Tuesday, throughout Gaza ...

  4. Gaza Strip | Definition, History, Facts, & Map | Britannica

    2 days ago · Gaza Strip, territory occupying 140 square miles (363 square km) along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula. The Gaza Strip is unusual in being a densely settled area not recognized as a de jure part of any extant country.

  5. Tens of thousands return to shattered northern Gaza for the first …

    1 day ago · GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into Gaza’s most heavily destroyed area on Monday under a fragile ceasefire after Israel opened the north for the first ...

  6. Gaza Strip's Size Compared to US Cities in Series of Maps

    Oct 11, 2023 · A series of maps shows how the Gaza Strip compares in size to some of the major U.S. cities, often being dwarfed by American metropolises.

  7. Gaza | Map, History, & Facts | Britannica

    Jan 22, 2025 · Gaza, city and principal urban centre of the Gaza Strip, southwestern Palestine. Formerly the administrative headquarters for the Israeli military forces that occupied the Gaza Strip, the city came under Palestinian control in 2005.

  8. Gaza City - Wikipedia

    Gaza, [b] also called Gaza City, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. As of 2022, it was the largest city in the State of Palestine, with 590,481 inhabitants in 2017. The city is spread across an area of 45 square kilometres (17 sq mi). Gaza is one of the principal coastal cities in the country, home to Palestine's only port.

  9. Gaza Strip - The World Factbook

    Jan 16, 2025 · Inhabited since at least the 15th century B.C., the Gaza Strip area has been dominated by many different peoples and empires throughout its history; it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in the early 16th century. The Gaza Strip fell to British forces during World War I, becoming a part of the British Mandate of Palestine.

  10. Gaza Strip - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Gaza (also called the Gaza Strip) is a polity along the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of two territories that make up the State of Palestine. (The other is the West Bank). Gaza City is its main city.