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Gaza
KNOWLEDGE OF Gaza
The city of Gaza is the principal city in the Gaza Strip. It is sometimes called Gaza City to distinguish it from the Gaza Strip. It has a population of 479,400 (2005 census). It is currently under the control of the Palestinian Authority, who took over from Israel following the 1993 Oslo Accords.
In Arabic it is written غَزَّة Ġazzah, in the Hebrew alphabet it is עַזָּה.
Gaza has long been sought after by many groups due to its location between Asia and Africa, its fertile land, and its value as a sea port.
The earliest known reference to the city was by the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III in the 15th century BC. It is also mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna tablets. The exact site of ancient Gaza is not known.
Modern Gaza was built in the time of Herod the Great. In biblical times Gaza was one of the major cities of the Philistines. The Philistine city was built on a hill about 150 feet (45 meters) above sea level, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Mediterranean Sea. It was a walled city of about 200 acres (80 hectares). It came successively under the control of the Israelites, Assyrians, Egyptians, Babylonians, and Persians.
Gaza became a Muslim city in 635, when it was captured by the Arabs. The city was taken by Crusaders in the 1100s, although it was recaptured by Muslims in 1187. It continued to have a Jewish population from ancient times until British rule.
The Ottoman Empires took control of Gaza in the 1500s. During World War I, Gaza was the scene of three battles by British and Commonwealth forces in their campaign against the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured from the Ottomans' after the Third Battle of Gaza ended on November 7, 1917.
Gaza served as the administrative headquarters for the Israeli military forces that militarily administered the Gaza Strip from 1967 to 1994. Following the Oslo Accords, the city and other Palestinian-populated parts of the Gaza Strip were the first area of the Palestinian Territories to be handed over to Palestinian civil and security control, along with the West Bank city of Jericho. On 1 July 1994 Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat returned to Gaza to a tumultuous welcome to take up his new position as head of the Palestinian Authority.
Gaza has one airport, Yaser Arafat International Airport. It was opened in 1998, but is currently inoperational, having been largely destroyed by Israeli armed forces during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. Following the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in autumn 2005, discussions took place between the Palestinian and Israeli sides on its reopening. So far, Israeli negotiators have not agreed to allow the airport be reopened.
In Arabic it is written غَزَّة Ġazzah, in the Hebrew alphabet it is עַזָּה.
Gaza has long been sought after by many groups due to its location between Asia and Africa, its fertile land, and its value as a sea port.
The earliest known reference to the city was by the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III in the 15th century BC. It is also mentioned in the Tell el-Amarna tablets. The exact site of ancient Gaza is not known.
Modern Gaza was built in the time of Herod the Great. In biblical times Gaza was one of the major cities of the Philistines. The Philistine city was built on a hill about 150 feet (45 meters) above sea level, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Mediterranean Sea. It was a walled city of about 200 acres (80 hectares). It came successively under the control of the Israelites, Assyrians, Egyptians, Babylonians, and Persians.
Gaza became a Muslim city in 635, when it was captured by the Arabs. The city was taken by Crusaders in the 1100s, although it was recaptured by Muslims in 1187. It continued to have a Jewish population from ancient times until British rule.
The Ottoman Empires took control of Gaza in the 1500s. During World War I, Gaza was the scene of three battles by British and Commonwealth forces in their campaign against the Ottoman Empire. The city was captured from the Ottomans' after the Third Battle of Gaza ended on November 7, 1917.
Gaza served as the administrative headquarters for the Israeli military forces that militarily administered the Gaza Strip from 1967 to 1994. Following the Oslo Accords, the city and other Palestinian-populated parts of the Gaza Strip were the first area of the Palestinian Territories to be handed over to Palestinian civil and security control, along with the West Bank city of Jericho. On 1 July 1994 Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat returned to Gaza to a tumultuous welcome to take up his new position as head of the Palestinian Authority.
Gaza has one airport, Yaser Arafat International Airport. It was opened in 1998, but is currently inoperational, having been largely destroyed by Israeli armed forces during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. Following the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in autumn 2005, discussions took place between the Palestinian and Israeli sides on its reopening. So far, Israeli negotiators have not agreed to allow the airport be reopened.
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