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A blockade has been imposed on the movement of goods and people in and out of the Gaza Strip since Hamas 's takeover in 2007, led by Israel and supported by Egypt. The blockade's current stated aim is to prevent the smuggling of weapons into Gaza; previously stated motivations have included exerting economic pressure on Hamas. [1]
Oct 7, 2023 · The Palestinian territory of Gaza has been under a suffocating Israeli blockade, backed by Egypt, since Hamas seized control of the coastal strip in 2007. ... since Hamas seized control of the ...
Oct 9, 2023 · After the creation of Israel in 1948, Egypt controlled Gaza for nearly two decades. After Israel's victory in the 1967 Six-Day War against its Arab neighbors, it gained control of the Gaza Strip ...
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The Israeli blockade of the occupied Gaza Strip, in its current form, has been in place since June 2007, when Israel imposed an airtight land, sea and air blockade on the area. Israel controls Gaza’s airspace and territorial waters, as well as two of the three border crossing points; the third is controlled by Egypt. Movement of people in and out o...
Israel’s siege on Gaza has devastated its economy and led to what the UN has calledthe “de-development” of the territory, a process by which development is not merely hindered but reversed. About 56 percent of Palestinians in Gaza suffer from poverty, and youth unemploymentstands at 63 percent, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statist...
Founded in 1987, Hamas emerged during the First Intifada that saw a popular mobilisation of Palestinians against the Israeli occupation. On January 25, 2006, Hamas defeated Mahmoud Abbas’ long-dominant Fatah party in parliamentary elections. Hamas then kicked Fatah out of the Strip after the latter refused to recognise the vote’s results. Since 200...
Since laying siege on Gaza in 2007, Israel has launched four major, sustained assaults on the area between 2008 and 2021. In 2008, after Hamas pushed out Fatah, the first major Israeli assaulton Gaza continued for 23 days. Referred to by Israel as “Operation Cast Lead”, 47,000 homes were destroyed and more than 1,440 Palestinians were killed, inclu...
Gaza Strip - Blockade, Occupation, Conflict: In autumn 2007 Israel declared the Gaza Strip under Hamas a hostile entity and approved a series of sanctions that included power cuts, heavily restricted imports, and border closures. In January 2008, facing sustained rocket assaults into its southern settlements, Israel broadened its sanctions, completely sealing its border with the Gaza Strip and ...
Oct 16, 2023 · After 56 years of occupation and a 16-year blockade, the Gaza Strip ... doing long-term damage to Gaza’s ... It then pipes and sells water into the Gaza Strip. This supply has now been cut off. ...
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Oct 13, 2023 · The U.S. government has been able to help U.S. citizens to leave parts of Israel, but Gaza departures remain difficult. Why is Gaza under blockade? The 16-year-old blockade began after Hamas ...
