What life is like in the Gaza Strip – The ‘prison’ of 2.2 million people in the Mediterranean

Home to 2.2 million people, the Gaza Strip is 41 kilometers (25 miles) long and 10 kilometers wide. An enclave bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, Israel and Egypt. Originally occupied by Egypt, Gaza was captured by Israel during the 1967 war, a conflict that went down in history as the “Six-Day War.” Israel withdrew its troops and about 7,000 settlers in 2005. Administrative control of the area, which remains under a permanent blockade, is held by the Islamist Palestinian group Hamas, which deeply rifted in 2007 with the Palestinian Authority, the Palestinian Authority. which was established in 1994 and is recognized by the international community as the legal representative of the Palestinians. The Palestinian Authority, which is essentially controlled by Fatah, is in charge of the West Bank. After Hamas, which has been designated by the US, the EU and the UK as a “terrorist […]
Source: News Beast

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