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[[Image:Gaza jan 09.jpg|thumb|230px|Smoke billows from the east side of Gaza City, Jan. 09.]]
[[Image:Gaza jan 09.jpg|thumb|230px|Smoke billows from the east side of Gaza City, Jan. 09.]]
The '''[[Gaza Strip]]''' is a small strip of land 360 square kilometers, and has a population of 1.4 million people, making it one of the most densely populated places in the world. It was under [[Egyptian]] control from 1948 until 1967 when [[Israel]] conquered it in the [[Six Day War]]. Israel withdrew from the Gaza strip in August 2005, effectively returning sovereignty to the [[Palestine|Palestinian Authority]]. In June 2007, the radical militant terrorist group [[Hamas]] forcefully took control of the Gaza strip from the PA.
The '''[[Gaza Strip]]''' is a small strip of land 360 square kilometers, and has a population of 1.7 million people, making it one of the most densely populated places in the world. It was under [[Egyptian]] control from 1948 until 1967 when [[Israel]] conquered it in the [[Six Day War]]. Israel withdrew from the Gaza strip in August 2005, effectively returning sovereignty to the [[Palestine|Palestinian Authority]]. In June 2007, the radical militant terrorist group [[Hamas]] forcefully took control of the Gaza strip from the PA.
It is little-known that when Israel became a nation in 1948 it expelled about 750,000 Palestinians from their homes. Many Palestinians fled to the West Bank and surrounding Arab nations (and were never allowed to return home). Others fled south to Egypt and the oasis of Gaza. Today Gaza has about 1.7 million people and over half are descendants of these refugees. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-burge/gaza-some-secrets-few-wil_b_5718323.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592#]
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== Hostilities in late 2008-present ==
== Hostilities in late 2008-present ==