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The siege of Gaza City began on 2 November 2023, when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) surrounded Gaza City, amid the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, which was a counterattack to the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.
Oct 10, 2023 · Israel’s defense minister’s order to place a “complete siege” on the Gaza Strip came on top of a 16-year blockade that Israel, often along with Egypt, has imposed on the coastal territory.
Oct 11, 2023 · The Gaza strip – the coastal enclave that Hamas controls – has been pummeled by airstrikes since Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant ordered a “complete siege” on the area, including ...
Oct 9, 2023 · JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting entry of food, fuel and supplies to its 2.3 million people as it pounded the Hamas-ruled...
Oct 9, 2023 · In its war with Hamas, Israel has ordered a siege on the Gaza Strip, one of the world’s most densely populated and impoverished territories.
- Timothy Bella
- The Gaza Strip is a small area home to more than 2 million Palestinians that borders Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of two Pa...
- Hamas, one of the two major political parties in the Palestinian territories, clashed with Palestinian leaders as the Oslo accords were being broke...
- Gallant, Israel’s defense minister, told the Southern Command days into the war that there would be a “full siege” of the Gaza Strip in the early s...
- More than 2 million people live in Gaza, making it “one of the world’s most densely populated territories,” according to Gisha, an Israeli nongover...
- Since Gaza City is more densely populated than Tel Aviv and other major cities around the world such as London and Shanghai, targeted counterstrike...
Oct 21, 2023 · Following the Hamas attack on October 7, Israel terminated all supplies going into Gaza, and cut off water and electricity. Closure of the crossing points prevented aid from reaching the enclave.
Oct 16, 2023 · After 56 years of occupation and a 16-year blockade, the Gaza Strip (Gaza) is now subjected to what Israel’s defence minister described as a “complete siege”. Water, food, energy and fuel...
