Gaza City
City
Largest city of the Gaza Strip.
Held by
- 1789 – December 31, 1896 Ottoman Empire
- February 10, 1799 – May 20, 1799 France Military occupation
- 1898 – August 9, 1920 Ottoman Empire
- October 31, 1917 – October 31, 1918 United Kingdom Military occupation
- August 10, 1920 – May 13, 1948 Mandatory Palestine
- May 15, 1948 – July 20, 1949 Egypt Military occupation
- February 24, 1949 – June 4, 1967 Egypt Mandate or administration
- June 10, 1967 – April 24, 1982 Israel
- April 25, 1982 – September 11, 2005 Israel Military occupation
- since September 12, 2005 Palestine
Events here 11
- March 26, 1917 First Battle of Gaza
- November 1–2, 1917 Third Battle of Gaza
- June 10–15, 2007 Battle of Gaza (2007)
- October 7, 2023 Gaza war
- October 9, 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)
- October 9–12, 2023 Al-Shati refugee camp airstrikes
- October 17, 2023 Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion
- October 19, 2023 Church of Saint Porphyrius airstrike
- November 2023 – April 1, 2024 Al-Shifa Hospital siege
- December 15, 2023 Killing of Alon Shamriz, Yotam Haim, and Samer Talalka
- February 29, 2024 Flour Massacre