{"id":15736,"date":"2023-10-11T12:21:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T06:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=15736"},"modified":"2025-04-03T19:28:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T13:58:30","slug":"key-facts-about-gaza-strip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-gaza-strip\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Gaza Strip"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Gaza Strip<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Gaza Strip is a <strong>self-governing Palestinian territory<\/strong> located on the <strong>eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The territory <strong>takes its name from Gaza, its main city.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It forms the <strong>smaller of the two Palestinian territories<\/strong> \u2014 the <strong>other being the West Bank.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bordering Countries<\/strong>: It is bordered by <strong>Israel<\/strong> to the north and east and <strong>Egypt<\/strong> to the south.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Size<\/strong>: It is a <strong>41km (25-mile) long<\/strong> and <strong>10km-wide<\/strong> territory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate<\/strong>: It has a <strong>temperate climate<\/strong>, with mild winters, and dry, hot summer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Population<\/strong>:<\/li>\n<li>It is one of the most <strong>densely populated<\/strong> areas in the world. More than <strong>2 million people<\/strong> live in the territory.<\/li>\n<li>The population is <strong>predominantly Palestinian<\/strong>, with the <strong>majority being Sunni Muslims.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>History:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>After Israel declared its statehood<\/strong> in 1948, <strong>Egypt controlled<\/strong> the Gaza Strip <strong>for nearly two decades<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Israel then gained control<\/strong> of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank <strong>after its victory in the 1967 Six-Day War<\/strong> against its Arab neighbours.<\/li>\n<li>For the <strong>next 38 years, Israel controlled thestrip<\/strong> and enabled the construction of 21 Jewish settlements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In 2005<\/strong>, under international and domestic pressure, <strong>Israel withdrew<\/strong> around 9,000 Israeli settlers and its military forces <strong>from the Gaza Strip<\/strong>, <strong>leaving the enclave to be governed by the internationally recognised Palestinian Authority<\/strong>, which also controlled parts of the occupied West Bank.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Who controls it now?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist organisation<\/strong>, currently <strong>governs the Gaza Strip.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>took control in 2007after it won elections<\/strong> there the year before. <strong>Since then, no elections have been held.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hamas<\/strong>, unlike the Palestinian Authority, <strong>doesn&#8217;t recognize Israel&#8217;s right to exist.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Israel has maintained a land, air and sea blockade<\/strong> on Gaza since 2007.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is the Six-Day War?<\/h3>\n<p>The Six-Day War was a brief but highly significant conflict that took place in the Middle East from June 5 to June 10, 1967. It was primarily fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states, including Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.The war lasted only six days, during which Israel achieved a remarkable victory. Its military strategy and rapid advances led to the capture of substantial territories.Israel&#8217;s military gained control of the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank (including East Jerusalem), and the Golan Heights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/explained-how-hamas-gets-weapons-in-gaza-and-the-taliban-connection-israel-gaza-war-gaza-airstrikes-gaza-4468096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Explained: How Hamas Gets Weapons In Gaza Despite Strict Border Control<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gaza Strip is a self-governing Palestinian territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}