{"slug": "gaza-strip", "label": "Gaza Strip", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39760", "qid": "Q39760", "description": "self-governing Palestinian territory next to Egypt and Israel", "entries": 32, "years": 24, "span": [520, 2025], "span_label": ["520 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 15}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 4}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": [], "related": [{"slug": "hamas", "label": "Hamas", "shared": 9}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "palestinians", "label": "Palestinians", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "israel-defense-forces", "label": "Israel Defense Forces", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "west-bank", "label": "West Bank", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "damascus", "label": "Damascus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "aleppo", "label": "Aleppo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "euphrates", "label": "Euphrates", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "raqqa", "label": "Raqqa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ghazan", "label": "Ghazan", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 520, "year_label": "520 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The monastery of Seridus, where Barsanuphius and John the Prophet lived as hermits, is founded in the region of Gaza.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364908909#Religion", "title": "520", "revid": 1364908909, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1300, "year_label": "1300 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 30", "text": "December 30 (17 Rabi II 700 AH) – Mahmud Ghazan, ruler of the Mongol Empire's Ikhanate area in the Middle East, crosses the Euphrates River at Qala'at Jabar (modern-day Raqqa in Syria) to invade Syria. Residents of Damascus, Aleppo and other areas of Syria, fearing a repeat of the massacre a few months earlier, flee toward Gaza. Ghazan turns back less than five weeks later because of unusually cold weather (including heavy snow and rain) that kills almost all of his cavalry's 12,000 horses.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363832742#October_–_December", "title": "1300", "revid": 1363832742, "section": "October – December"}}, {"year": 1926, "year_label": "1926 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "January", "text": "Imperial Airways open an ordinary passenger service between Cairo and Baghdad via Gaza.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239918#January", "title": "1926 in Mandatory Palestine", "revid": 1373239918, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1926, "year_label": "1926 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 27", "text": "27 April – A memorial to the British 54th Division is unveiled in Gaza.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239918#April", "title": "1926 in Mandatory Palestine", "revid": 1373239918, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 28", "text": "28 February – Near Bayt Jibrin: IDF execute five smugglers from the Gaza Strip.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342906922#Israeli–Palestinian_conflict", "title": "1953 in Israel", "revid": 1342906922, "section": "Events › Israeli–Palestinian conflict"}}, {"year": 1957, "year_label": "1957 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 22", "text": "22 January – Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (captured from Egypt on 29 October 1956 during the Suez Crisis), keeping forces in the Gaza Strip and along the eastern shore of the peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363300445#Events", "title": "1957 in Israel", "revid": 1363300445, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 8", "text": "8 October: During a shootout that took place between Israeli security forces and four armed Islamic Jihad guerrillas in the Gaza Strip, all four guerrillas were killed, as well as one Shin Bet officer. The incident sparks unrest among Palestinians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366990995#October", "title": "1987 in Palestine", "revid": 1366990995, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 8", "text": "December 8 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#December", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 8", "text": "8 December – Israeli truck driver collides with two taxis carrying workers returning from work in Israel. Four Palestinian from the refugee camp Jabalia in the Gaza Strip are killed in the incident. A rumor which spread among Palestinians that the crash was deliberate and made in retaliation for the murder of an Israeli businessman in Gaza City two days earlier, sparks the First Intifada the next day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366990826#Israeli–Palestinian_conflict", "title": "1987 in Israel", "revid": 1366990826, "section": "Events › Israeli–Palestinian conflict"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 8", "text": "8 December: Israeli truck driver collides with two taxis carrying workers returning from work in Israel. Four Palestinians from the refugee camp Jabalia in the Gaza Strip are killed in the incident. A rumor which spread among Palestinians that the crash was deliberate and made in retaliation for the murder of an Israeli businessman in Gaza City two days earlier, sparked the First Intifada the next day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366990995#December", "title": "1987 in Palestine", "revid": 1366990995, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 20", "text": "20 May – Ami Popper, a former dishonorably-discharged Israeli soldier, kills seven Palestinian workers from the Gaza Strip in the Israeli town of Rishon Lezion. Popper committed the murder with a rifle that he stole from his soldier brother.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367184052#Events", "title": "1990 in Palestine", "revid": 1367184052, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 1", "text": "1 July – Palestinian President Yasser Arafat returns to Palestine after 27 years of exile by crossing the border from Egypt to the Gaza Strip, arriving first in Rafah and then Gaza City.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360408381#Events", "title": "1994 in Palestine", "revid": 1360408381, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "September 24", "text": "24 September – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorize the opening of an exit in the Arab Quarter of Jerusalem for the Western Wall Tunnel, which prior Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres had instructed to be put on hold for the sake of peace. This sparked violent riots throughout the West Bank and northern Gaza Strip. Over the subsequent three days, 16 Israeli soldiers and about 60 Palestinians were killed in the riots.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356984848#Events", "title": "1996 in Palestine", "revid": 1356984848, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2004, "year_label": "2004 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "April 17", "text": "April 17 – Israeli helicopters fire missiles at a convoy of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, killing Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373088592#April", "title": "2004", "revid": 1373088592, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2005, "year_label": "2005 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 12", "text": "September 12 – Israel demolishes multiple settlements and withdraws its army from the Gaza Strip.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368527363#September", "title": "2005", "revid": 1368527363, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – The Israeli Navy intercepted a Palestinian boat carrying a large amount of explosives near the Gaza Strip in an attempted smuggling operation. The boat contained about 450 kg of TNT and parts of mines.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368992676#Events", "title": "2006 in Palestine", "revid": 1368992676, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 28", "text": "June 28 – Israel launches an offensive in the Gaza Strip in response to rocketfire by Hamas into Israeli territory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373069605#June", "title": "2006", "revid": 1373069605, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2007, "year_label": "2007 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 10", "text": "June 10–15 – Fatah-Hamas conflict: The Battle of Gaza is fought between Fatah and Hamas, and ends with Hamas gaining control of the Gaza Strip.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370930640#June", "title": "2007", "revid": 1370930640, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 27", "text": "December 27 – Israel invades the Gaza Strip, in response to rockets being fired into Israeli territory by Hamas, and due to weapons being smuggled into the area.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372634791#December", "title": "2008", "revid": 1372634791, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21 – Israel withdraws from the Gaza Strip, officially ending its three-week war with Hamas. However, intermittent air strikes by both sides continue in the following weeks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367728140#January", "title": "2009", "revid": 1367728140, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 27", "text": "27 May – Israel summons the ambassador of Cyprus and other European countries to protest the expedition as an unnecessary provocation after eight ships, including four cargo vessels and a Turkish passenger ferry carrying 600 people, including a Nobel peace laureate and former U.S. congresswoman, set sail for Gaza with 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to break a three-year Israeli blockade on the territory. The same day, the country bans flotilla vessels from gathering in its territorial waters, which is commended by Israel as \"an ethical deed and a voice of reason.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370353881#Events", "title": "2010 in Cyprus", "revid": 1370353881, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – The Israel Defense Forces use their Iron Dome missile system to successfully intercept a BM-21 Grad launched from Gaza, marking the first short-range missile intercept ever.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#April", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 14", "text": "November 14–21 – Israel launches Operation Pillar of Defense against the Palestinian-governed Gaza Strip, killing Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari. In the following week 140 Palestinians and five Israelis are killed in an ensuing cycle of violence. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is announced by Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after the week-long escalation in hostilities in Southern Israel and the Gaza Strip.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373434549#November", "title": "2012", "revid": 1373434549, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 2014, "year_label": "2014 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8–August 26 – Amid growing tensions between Israel and Hamas following the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in June and the revenge killing of a Palestinian teenager in July, Israel launches Operation Protective Edge against Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip starting with numerous missile strikes, followed by a ground offensive a week later. In seven weeks of fighting, 2,100 Palestinians and 71 Israelis are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373534475#July", "title": "2014", "revid": 1373534475, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 3", "text": "May 3–6 – May 2019 Gaza–Israel clashes: The Gaza–Israel conflict escalates after the Israeli military launches airstrikes into Gaza killing more than 20 Palestinians including a pregnant woman and a toddler following the injury of two soldiers from Gazan sniper fire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373255188#May", "title": "2019", "revid": 1373255188, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 – 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis: Israel hits the Gaza Strip with airstrikes as Hamas increases rocket fire. This follows tensions over the possible eviction of several Palestinians due to a long-standing property dispute in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372689859#May", "title": "2021", "revid": 1372689859, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2021, "year_label": "2021 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – Fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants continues to escalate, as the death toll exceeds 150. An Israeli airstrike destroys a high-rise office building in Gaza occupied by Associated Press, Al Jazeera, and other media outlets.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372689859#May", "title": "2021", "revid": 1372689859, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – August 7 – Israel launches airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing Islamic Jihad military leader Tayseer Jabari. Both parties agree to a ceasefire after three days of skirmish.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#August", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Gaza war: Hamas launches an incursion into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and taking about 240 hostages, prompting a military response from the Israel Defense Forces. Israel launches numerous air strikes on Lebanon after rockets are fired by Hezbollah and further attempts are made to penetrate Israel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#October", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 29", "text": "December 29 – A genocide case against Israel is brought towards the International Court of Justice by South Africa for Israel's invasion and subsequent bombardment of the Gaza Strip, and its role in the subsequent humanitarian crisis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#December", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 18", "text": "March 18 – Israel launches widespread aerial bombardments and attacks on the Gaza Strip, killing at least 591 people, including children, ending the ceasefire agreement reached in January.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#March", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – Israel intercepts the Global Sumud Flotilla, a fleet carrying humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, in international waters, arresting 443 activists from 47 countries.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#October", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › October"}}]}