Gaza

[ gah-zuh, gaz-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Also called Ga·za Cit·y [gah, -z, uh, , sit, -ee, gaz, -, uh]. a seaport and ancient trade route center on the Mediterranean Sea, in the Gaza Strip, adjacent to southwest Israel: occupied by Israel since 1967 and under limited Palestinian self-administration since 1994.
Gaza Strip ( def ).

Gaza

/ ˈɡɑːzə /

a city in the Gaza Strip: a Philistine city in biblical times. It was under Egyptian administration from 1949 until occupied by Israel (1967). Pop: 787 000 (2005 est) Arabic nameGhazzah

Origin of Gaza¹

First recorded in 1570–80; compare Arabic ghazzah, Biblical Hebrew 'ázāh

I saw it first hand during the conflict in Gaza this summer when friendships ended as the conflict and the rhetoric heated up.

Since June, Israel has conducted two large-scale military operations in the West Bank and Gaza.

The roots of the violence can be found in the nearly six decades since Israel conquered Gaza and the West Bank.

The area has long been peaceful, missing out on the turmoil common to the Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

That morning, Israeli Air Force launched Operation Pillar of Defense in response to hundreds of incoming rockets from Gaza.

Baldness is come upon Gaza: Ascalon hath held her peace with the remnant of their valley: how long shalt thou cut thyself?

Finding that this did not attract pupils, he changed to Gaza; which he evidently expected to be more popular.

From Harish itself no goods whatever are exported by land, excepting, occasionally, dates for Gaza.

Gaza was taken, Jaffa stormed, and ten thousand French soldiers advanced under their young general on Acre.

Gaza and the neighbouring cities became the strongholds of the Philistine pirates, and effectually barred the road to Asia.

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