What Is the Gaza Strip and Who Lives ThereIsraeli army soldiers positioned with their Merkava tanks near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel.
(Jack Guez/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)The Gaza Strip is a sliver of land bordering Israel and Egypt that is around the size of Washington D.C. with a population about three times the size.
It is part of the area that, together with the West Bank, makes up the Palestinian territories.
Its population of over two million is largely made up of Palestinians living in one of the most densely packed pieces of land in the world.
Persons:
Jack Guez
Organizations:
Agence France, Washington D.C, West Bank
Locations:
Gaza, Israel, Egypt, Washington