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Self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel
Countries, international organizations and legal bodies commonly call the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem the “Occupied Palestinian Territory” because they are parts of the former British Man...
The Gaza Strip’s governance since 1948 reflects two distinct transfers of control: Egypt administered Gaza after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and Israel seized the strip in the 1967 Six‑Day War, establi...
Donald Trump publicly proposed transforming the Gaza Strip into a tourist-oriented destination during early February 2025, repeatedly framing the idea as a U.S.-led redevelopment he called a “Riviera”...
A two‑state solution as commonly discussed would place the core of a Palestinian state on territory Israel occupied in the 1967 war — the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip — with...
The i–Palestinian conflict traces back to competing national movements — Zionism and Arab nationalism — that collided in late 19th and early 20th century as Jewish immigration increased under and then...
The term “Palestinian territories” commonly refers to the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem — areas widely described in UN, UK and humanitarian maps as the Occupied Palestinian Territories ...
The Gaza Strip is in a fragmented, transitional political state: a November 2025 UN Security Council resolution endorses an international stabilisation framework and a U.S.-backed “peace plan” that en...
The 1967 Six-Day War ended Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip when Israeli forces captured and began occupying Gaza, a shift confirmed across the provided analyses and reference summaries; and ...
The 1948 Arab–Israeli War fundamentally redrew Palestine’s land borders: fighting that followed Israel’s declaration of independence produced 1949 armistice lines (commonly called the ) that left Isra...
The term "Occupied Palestinian Territory" (OPT) most commonly refers to the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip—lands captured by Israel in the 1967 Six‑Day War and treated by the ...
The October 7, 2023 assaults originated in the Gaza Strip and were carried out by Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups in a coordinated incursion into southern Israel that killed roughly 1,200 peo...
Available reporting shows large, but varying tallies of Palestinian fatalities across the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank (including East Jerusalem) for the period 7 October 2023–Nov 2025. Healt...
Country of chargeability for the U.S. Diversity Visa program is ordinarily the applicant’s country of birth, but federal rules allow established exceptions—principally charging to a spouse’s or, in na...
The Israeli military responded to the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led incursions with an immediate, multi-domain campaign: massive aerial strikes, a large-scale ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, and sustai...
Palestinian authorities do not exercise effective control of the Gaza Strip or most of the West Bank as of late 2025: UN and independent bodies report Israel controls military, security and large swat...
Available sources show pre‑war demographic projections for the Gaza Strip clustered around an annual growth rate of roughly 2.0–3.0% (for example, a commonly cited projected rate is 2.02% and several ...
A luxury resort in the Gaza Strip faces driven by active armed conflict, the presence of militant groups, and severely degraded infrastructure, making safe operation and guest protection highly uncert...
Charlie Kirk is documented as having engaged with Israeli leaders and accepted an invitation to visit Israel, and there is — notably photographed or described holding an Israeli flag outside the Cave ...