Narrow, 25-mile-long strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea that Israel captured from Egypt in the 1967 War. The region is home to over one million Palestinian Arabs, in addition to about 4,000 Jews. The Cairo Agreement has led to autonomy for the Gaza Strip's Palestinian residents within the framework of an Israeli military withdrawal from the region.
Narrow, 25-mile long strip of land along the Mediterranean Sea that Israel captured from Egypt in the 1967 War. One of the most densely populated areas in the world, the 140 square-mile area is home to more than one million Palestinian Arabs and approximately 8,000 Jews.
strip of desert in south-west Palestine until recently occupied by Israeli troops since 1967; of strategic importance; now Yasser Arafat's home
a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt; "he is a Palestinian from Gaza"
A strip of land in southwestern Israel that borders Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. This piece of land is 25 miles long and about 5 miles wide. It is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with 60% of the population living below the poverty level. Approximately 1.3 million Palestinians and 8,000 Israeli "settlers" live here. Although Israel captured it during the Six Day War, the majority of the Gaza Strip is currently under jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority per the Oslo Accords.
Rectangular region on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea between Israel and Egypt. It has a population of more than a million Palestinians and about seven thousand Israeli settlers in its 140 square-mile borders.
The densely populated sliver of Mediterranean coast which Israel seized from Egypt in the Six Day War of 1967. Now home to around 1m people, including some 6,500 Jewish settlers who control 30% of the land.
The Gaza Strip ( , Retzu'at 'Azza) is a narrow coastal strip of land along the Mediterranean, in the Middle East. It takes its name from Gaza, its main city, and has about 1.4 million residents, all Palestinians, in an area of 360 km².
Gaza Strip is a 2002 documentary by filmmaker James Longley which records events taking place in 2001 during the Al-Aqsa Intifada.
