The Gaza Strip is a densely populated stretch of land. More than 2 million people live in the territory. It has been under the control of Hamas since 2007.

New details have emerged of the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal submitted by mediators to Hamas, while Israel has sent a ...

An Israeli proposal to force much of Gaza’s population into a small enclave is now overshadowing negotiations over a truce.

A proposal seen by Reuters and bearing the name of a controversial U.S.-backed aid group described a plan to build ...

The Gaza Strip refers to a narrow strip of land wedged between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea that is roughly the size of Washington, D.C. Occupied in turn by the Ottoman Empire and ...

As Israel and Hamas move closer to a ceasefire agreement, Israel says it wants to maintain troops in a southern corridor of ...

Israel has responded with a heavy aerial bombardment and has sealed off the Gaza Strip, stopping all entry of food, water, medicine and fuel. At least 2,800 people have died on both sides.

The al-Rimal neighborhood in the Gaza Strip has been heavily bombed since the attack on Israel by Hamas militants. Atia Darwish/Zuma Press. By Eric Sylvers. Updated Oct. 17, 2023 7:05 am ET.

The Gaza Strip is a 25-mile-long by 6-mile-wide enclave, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the north and east and Egypt to the south. Gaza is one of two Palestinian territories.

Three voices from Gaza: What survival looks like after 15 months of war. By Sarah-Grace Mankarious, Abeer Salman, Eleanor Stubbs, Marco Chacón, Rachel Wilson, Kara Fox and Matt Dempsey, CNN ...

With approximately 2.1 million people, Gaza is one of the most densely populated places in the world. That means that even targeted airstrikes have a high likelihood of hitting civilians.