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Population under the age of 18
900,745 (52.9%) mid 2013
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Al- Karama
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31% 1st quarter of 2013
Population density 4,661 people
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Sheikh Zayed
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Percentage of population
receiving aid at least 70% 2013
Population 1,707,437 June 2013
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Area 365 km² / 141 mi²
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The Gaza Strip, a part of Mandatory Palestine, was created by
the armistice agreements between Israel and Egypt in 1949.
From that time until 1967 the Strip was under Egyptian control
and its connection to the West Bank and Israel was cut off.
In 1967, the connection was renewed when the Gaza Strip and the
West Bank were occupied by Israel. The 1993 Oslo Accords defined
the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as a single territorial unit in whose
borders freedom of movement would be permitted. However, since
1991 the Gaza Strip has gradually been closed off; since 2007 its
residents have only been able to exit and enter it in exceptional cases.
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Kerem Shalom
The crossing serves individuals
traveling between Gaza and the
West Bank and Israel. Since 1991,
Palestinians have had to obtain a permit
in order to travel via Erez. Until the year
2000, thousands of Palestinian laborers
traveled through the crossing every
month to jobs in Israel. Israel gradually
reduced the number of permits it issued
until March 2006 when a new policy
was introduced, stating that travel
would be allowed only in "exceptional
humanitarian cases", a policy still in
effect today. During the first six months
of 2013, the average number of entries
into Israel via Erez reached 4,150. Most
of those traveling are medical patients
and their companions and merchants.
Closed Crossings
Karni Crossing was built in 1994 and
served as Gaza's main commercial
crossing point for goods entering
and exiting the Strip. In June 2007,
after Hamas took control of Gaza,
the crossing was closed with the
exception of a conveyer belt that was
used to transfer grain and animal
feed until it was also closed in March
2011. Sufa Crossing was built in 1994
and was used for the transfer of
construction materials to the Gaza
Strip. It was closed by Israel in 2008.
Nahal Oz Crossing, used to transfer
fuel purchased from Israel to Gaza,
was closed in early 2010.
Track
Track
Boundaries
Governorate
Governorate Boundary
Boundary
Municipal
Municipal Boundary
Boundary
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Philadelphi Corridor
Corridor
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Local
Local Road
Road
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Boundaries
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Context
Effective
Effective Fishing
Fishing Limit
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Town
Town
Main Road
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Regional Road
Road
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Double Wire
Wire Fence
Fence with
with Watch
Watch Towers
Towers
destroyed /non-operational
4 Kerem Shalom Crossing
Refugee
Refugee Camp
Camp
Reginal Context
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5 Gaza International Airport
Main
Main City
City
Concrete
Concrete Wall
Wall
Sufa Crossing 2
Shokat
As-Sufi
Built-up
Built-up Area
Area
Fences
Fences and
and Barriers
Barriers
(closed)
Al ’Awda
Elat
Roads
Roads Context
Reginal
Main Road
Sufa
Landfill
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Locations
Locations
Crossing
Crossing Points
Points
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1950
1950 Armistice
Armistice (Green
(Green Line)
Line)
In November 2012, Israel declared again that the area stretching 300 meters from the border fence into the Gaza Strip would be a no-go zone. Incidents of fire on Palestinians have been reported at
distances of up to 1,200 meters from the border.
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The “Buffer Zone”
After the 2005 disengagement from
Gaza, Israel retained control over
an area inside Gaza that it calls the
"buffer zone". This 300-meter wide
strip of land runs along the border
inside Gaza. In practice, at various
times and various points along the
border, Israel has prohibited access
into an area that stretches up to 1,500
meters from the fence. In November
2012, the military announced that it
would allow access up to 300 meters
from the border, however there
have still been incidents in which
individuals have been injured and
killed in the buffer zone at distances
of up to 1,200 meters from the border.
Kerem Shalom Crossing
The crossing was opened in 2005
for the transfer of humanitarian aid
into the Gaza Strip. In mid-2007, it
began to serve as the main crossing
point for goods sold to Gaza and for
small quantities of export which exit
the Strip. As of March 2011, when
the conveyor belt at Karni Crossing
ceased being used, it became the sole
operational commercial crossing for
goods entering and exiting Gaza.
• This map is based on OCHA (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, occupied Palestinian territory) basemap of the Gaza Strip, 2010 found at www.ochaopt.org
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Yasser Arafat
International Airport
The airport, which was officially
opened in 1998, operated until October
2000. In December 2001 and May
2002, Israel bombed the control tower
and runway. During Operation Cast
Lead in 2009, the airport was further
destroyed and presently serves as
a site for foraging gravel and other
construction materials.
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Rafah Crossing
Israel opened the crossing in 1982 and
in 2005, it was operated for the first
time by the Palestinian Authority and
Egypt under EU supervision and via
indirect Israeli control. After Hamas
took control of Gaza in June 2007, the
crossing was closed aside from limited
openings by Egypt. After the Gaza
flotilla incident in May 2010, Egypt
opened Rafah on a regular basis for
limited categories of travellers. During
the first six months of 2013, an average
of 40,800 crossings were recorded via
Rafah per month, slightly more than
during the implementation of the
Agreement on Movement and Access.
In July 2013, as a result of turmoil in
Egypt, Egypt limited the operation
of the crossing and the number of
individuals travelling dropped sharply.
• Access and closure data is as of July 2013 | Map produced: September 2013 Photography: Eman Mohammed and Khaled AL-Ashqar
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Tunnels
The tightening of Israel’s closure of the
Gaza Strip in 2007 led to a flourishing
of trade through tunnels that had been
dug under the Gaza-Egypt border.
The easing of the closure in mid-2010
brought a change in the types of goods
that are transferred via the tunnels. In
addition to contraband and weapons,
the tunnels are now used mainly for the
transfer of fuel and basic construction
materials such as gravel, cement and
steel, whose import via Kerem Shalom
is subject to restrictions. As a result
of turmoil in Egypt, in June and July
of 2013, activity in most of the tunnels
was obstructed.
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The Fishermen’s Port
The port is 4-5 meters deep and is
home to the small boats of Gaza’s
fishermen. Sailing is allowed up to
a distance of 6 nautical miles from
the coast, whereas the Oslo Accords
permitted sailing up to a distance of
20 nautical miles. There is no seaport
in the Gaza Strip. Construction began
on a seaport, as agreed in the Oslo
Accords, in July 2000 but was halted in
September after the Second Intifada
broke out. In September 2001, Israel
destroyed the site and has since not
given permission for it to be rebuilt.
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