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The Ottoman Empire Loses the Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip was fought over for thousands of years before the current disagreements arose. Many groups wanted control over the strip due to the fact that it was a great trading resource. The strip was the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Eventually the Ottoman Empire lost control of the strip in 1517 and groups continued to fight over the strip. -
Egypt Gains Control of the Gaza Strip
Egypt gained control of the Gaza Strip after a nineteen-year battle to control the area. The strip began recieving worldwide attention over Arab-Israeli conflict in 1948. Egypt gained control over this area in the Armistice Agreement. The Armistice Line seperated the territory from other areas. -
Israeli Control of the Gaza Strip
Israel gained control of the Gaza Strip during the Six-Day War. After this Israelis began to settle in the Gaza Strip and the other territories that Israel had captured during the war. Soon after the United Nations passed Resolution 242 to achieve peace between the Arabs and Israelis. This required Israel to remove troops from their newly-obtained territories, including the Gaza Strip. -
Israeli Security Measures
Israel began to take security precautions along the Gaza Strip. It was during this period that Israel built a fence to entrap the territory and control the growing threat of suicide bombings from the Palestinian terrorist and militant groups: the Hamas and Islamic Jihad. -
Jewish Areas of Gaza Under Attack
During the year 2000, Jewish areas of Gaza went under attack by Palestine. Groups associated with Palestine such as the Hamas began to fire deadly missles at Israeli groups in Gaza. These rocket attacks have occurred in the area ever since. -
Israeli Response to Palestine Attacks
During the year 2003, the Israelis began to respond to Palestinian rocket attacks. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) created and executed a plan to recapture parts of the strip. The plan was a success and Israel recaptured parts of the strip. -
End of Israeli Occupation in the Gaza Strip
Withdrawal from GazaIsrael ended their occupation of the Gaza Strip in 2005 when the government pulled all Israeli troops and Jewish settlers from the area. While they took many people out of the strip, Israel still held control over the land borders, waters, and airspace of the Gaza Strip. Israel gave Egypt control of the southern border of the Gaza Strip due to their need for help in dealing with arm-smuggling issues along this border by terrorist groups. -
Israel 's Intensified Blockade
When the Hamas began to take over much of the Palestinian fighting in the Gaza Strip in 2007 due to the fact that the Hamas political party had taken power in the Palestinian government less than a year before, Israel intensified their blockade of the strip. Israel isolated the Hamas in order to stop rocket fire on southern Israel. During this time Israel also blocked the transfer of humanitarian supplies into the strip. -
Palestine-Israel Prisoner Exchange
TimesCast In October of 2011, a major exchange of prisoners occurred between Palestine and Israel. 477 Palestinian prisoners were released during this exchange. One Israeli soldier was released as well. -
Hamas Control in the Strip
Due to the growing threat of the Palestinian military, Israel developed a plan to murder a military leader of one of the Palestinian military groups. The group was developing into a threat as they planned to attack civilians in Siniai. Along with this, fighting between people of the Gaza Strip and Israel continued as Israeli airstrikes killed three civilians. -
Rocket Fired
At least one rocket was fired from the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. This rocket hit an area in Eilat, Israel. Fortunately no injuries were reported. This attack struck on Passover, which is a significant holiday for the Jewish people. This symbolizes the growing threat that Sinai is becoming to the Gaza Strip, due to concerns surrounding this, a security fence is being built for protection.
