Changes

==Today==

==Today==

A very poor and desolate area, the residents of the area live in poverty and squalor.  The Strip is not self sufficient and counts on outside aid.  There is continued friction with Israel with home made rockets being fired by the Gaza residents and occasional open fighting.  Hamas does not recognize Israel's right to exist. The Strip has been the source of many suicide missions against Israel as well Kasam rocket fire against the settlements and towns of southern Israel.  

A very poor and desolate area, the residents of the area live in poverty and squalor, mainly due to the control of their daily lives by Hamas.  The Strip is not self sufficient and counts on outside aid, but Hamas takes most foreign aid for itself to manufacture more bombs and rockets.  There is continued friction with Israel with home made rockets being fired by the Gaza residents and occasional open fighting.  Hamas does not recognize Israel's right to exist. The Strip has been the source of many suicide missions against Israel as well Kasam rocket fire against the settlements and towns of southern Israel.  

Israel controls the Gaza strip’s airspace and offshore maritime access.

Israel controls the Gaza strip’s airspace and offshore maritime access, in order to prevent more materials being given to Hamas terrorists.

==Christians in Gaza Strip==

==Christians in Gaza Strip==