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[[Image:Gazastrip91.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gaza Strip]]

[[Image:Gazastrip91.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gaza Strip]]

The '''Gaza Strip''', often referred to simply as "Gaza", is a narrow [[coast]]al strip of land that runs along the [[Mediterranean Sea]].  With a population of 2.2 million, mostly Arabs (called "Palestinians"), in an area of only 141 square miles, it is one of the most densely populated areas in the world and has been littered with refugee camps.  The strip takes its name from [[Gaza City|Gaza, the main city]].

The '''Gaza Strip''', often referred to simply as "Gaza", is a narrow [[coast]]al strip of land that runs along the [[Mediterranean Sea]].  With a population of 2.2 million, of whom 90% are Palestinian Arabs, in an area of only 141 square miles, it is one of the most densely populated areas in the world and has been littered with refugee camps.  The strip takes its name from [[Gaza City|Gaza, the main city]].

"When its footprint is overlaid onto [[New York City]], it covers an area roughly the size of [[Manhattan]], the [[Bronx]] and [[Hoboken]], [[New Jersey]], combined."<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/gaza-strip-size-us-cities-maps-1833863</ref>

"When its footprint is overlaid onto [[New York City]], it covers an area roughly the size of [[Manhattan]], the [[Bronx]] and [[Hoboken]], [[New Jersey]], combined."<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/gaza-strip-size-us-cities-maps-1833863</ref>