Kerem Shalom border crossing

Border crossing at the Egypt–Gaza–Israel junction point

Kerem Shalom crossing

מעבר כרם שלום
معبر كرم أبو سالم

Coordinates| 31°13′15″N 34°16′14″E﻿ / ﻿31.22083°N 34.27056°E﻿ / 31.22083; 34.27056
Carries| Goods, supplies
Crosses| Gaza–Israel barrier
Locale| Israel
Gaza Strip
Statistics
Daily traffic| 250 trucks/day (2012)[1]
Location
Cargo entering Gaza at Kerem Shalom crossing

Kerem Shalom border crossing (Hebrew: מעבר כרם שלום, "Vineyard of Peace";[2] Arabic: معبر كرم أبو سالم, Karem Abu Salem) is a border crossing at the junction of two border sections: one between the Gaza Strip and Israel, and one between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. It is used by trucks carrying goods from Israel or Egypt to the Gaza Strip.

## Operation

[edit]

Until 2007, European monitors from the European Union Border Assistance Mission Rafah (EUBAM Rafah) used the Kerem Shalom crossing to get to the Rafah Border Crossing.[3] The EUBAM heads a Liaison Office at Kerem Shalom which receives real-time video and data feeds of the activities at the Rafah crossing. The Liaison Office meets regularly to review implementation of the Agreed Principles for Rafah Crossing, to resolve any dispute pertaining to the agreement, and to perform other tasks specified therein. The Liaison Office is staffed by liaison officers from EUBAM, the Palestinian Authority, and the Government of Israel.

In the early 2010s, NIS 75 million was invested in upgrading and expanding the crossing, which is capable of handling 450 trucks a day.[1]

The Palestinian side of the crossing is operated by two families who were granted a franchise by the Palestinian Authority and authorized by Hamas. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Ramallah coordinates activity with Israel. The two sides are 400 meters apart, separated by a drop-off zone for unloading goods.[1]

The Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels have been used to evade import taxes imposed by Hamas (which seized control of Gaza in 2007), as well as to smuggle in goods that Israel has banned from entering Gaza.[4] After deposing Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in 2013, the Egyptian military shut down many tunnels in 2014 and 2015.[4][5] Israel bans the import into Gaza of weapons and dual-use goods (products that have civilian applications but may be diverted for military use),[6] although many of these banned items are smuggled through tunnels.[7]

The Israeli side of the crossing was at one point managed by the Israel Airports Authority,[8] but is now managed by the Crossings Administration within the Ministry of Defense.[9]

## History and incidents

[edit]

### 2006 Gilad Shalit incident

[edit]

On 25 June 2006, Corporal Gilad Shalit was captured by Palestinian nationalist Al Qassam militants near Kerem Shalom after the attackers infiltrated the border from the Gaza Strip into Israel via a tunnel. Two Israeli Defense Force (IDF) soldiers were killed and three others wounded, in addition to Shalit. In response and with the mission of rescuing Shalit, the IDF entered the Gaza Strip as part of Operation Summer Rains on 28 June.[10] Shalit was freed in a prisoner exchange on 18 October 2011.[11]

### 2008 Al Qassam attack

[edit]

On 19 April 2008, Palestinian suicide[ambiguous] bombers detonated their explosives-laden vehicles at the crossing. According to the IDF, two jeeps and an APC (armored personnel carrier) were used and two vehicles were detonated, killing three bombers and wounding 13 Israeli soldiers. The soldiers were protected from serious injury by fortifications at the crossing. A second APC close to the border north of Kerem Shalom was blown up by Israeli fire soon after the bombing. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. According to Abu Obeidah, spokesman for Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's military wing, four booby-trapped[ambiguous] vehicles were used, three of which exploded and one withdrew. He described it as "a gift for the people under siege" and "a purely military operation".[12]

### 2012 attack; easing of restrictions

[edit]

Danny Danon and Nikki Haley at the Kerem Shalom border crossing in June 2017

On 5 August 2012, the crossing was attacked by a group of masked gunmen who had killed 16 police officers and hijacked armored jeeps from an Egyptian border checkpoint. One jeep, apparently booby-trapped, rammed the checkpoint and exploded; the other was destroyed by the Israeli Air Force.[13]

In December 2012, Israel eased its restrictions on the import of building materials, allowing the transfer of 20 truckloads of aggregates and 34 truckloads of gravel from Egypt. The volume is expected to increase to 100 trucks a day.[14]

### 2018: Hamas tunnel into Israel

[edit]

On 14 January 2018, Israeli Air Force planes demolished a "terror tunnel" that passed under the Kerem Shalom Crossing from Gaza into Israel. The Israeli Defense Force said the tunnel belonged to Hamas. The tunnel started in the Rafiah area 900 meters (2,953 feet) into Gaza and extended 180 meters (591 feet) into Israel. It passed under the gas pipeline between Egypt and Gaza."[15]

### 2018 arson attacks

[edit]

In May 2018, Palestinian rioters set parts of the Kerem Shalom crossing ablaze three times, causing significant damage to infrastructure, including fuel pipelines and conveyor belts.[16] Israeli authorities shut the crossing for a few days to assess damage before reopening it.[16] On 9 July 2018, Israel closed the Kerem Shalom crossing for all deliveries (except humanitarian deliveries), in retaliation for attacks against Israel using incendiary kites and balloons. The border crossing was reopened in mid-August 2018, after a few weeks of calm.[17]

### 2019 rocket attacks, closure

[edit]

In March 2019, Israeli authorities closed the Kerem Shalom and Erez crossings for a week in response to renewed Palestinian rocket attacks, launched from Gaza, against Israel.[18] Both border crossings were reopened a week later, following Egyptian mediation.[18]

### 2023 Islamic Jihad attack

[edit]

In May 2023, during Gaza-Israel clashes, Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched dozens of rockets at the Kerem Shalom and Erez crossings.[19] The crossings were shuttered after Israel launched Operation Shield and Arrow in response, but the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced, a few days later, a gradual reopening of both crossings.[19] In early September 2023, Israeli officials halted commercial exports from Gaza after inspectors discovered several kilograms of "high-quality explosives" concealed in an apparel shipment.[20][21] Later that month, the Kerem Shalom crossing was reopened, allowing shipments of goods and fuel to resume. The Erez crossing remained closed at the time.[22]

* v
* t
* e

October 7 attacks

Groups involved

* Palestinian Joint Operations Room
* al-Qassam Brigades
* al-Quds Brigades
* National Resistance Brigades
* Mujahideen Brigades
* Maglan

Leaders and spokespersons

* Mohammed Deif
* Abu Obaida
* Yahya Sinwar
* Yoav Gallant

Israeli fighters

* Inbal Rabin-Lieberman
* Sagi Golan †
* Tank Girls

Locations

* Negev
* Gaza envelope
* Military Bases
* Gaza–Israel barrier
* Gaza Strip

Military and security targets

* Erez
* Kerem Shalom
* Sderot police station
* Paga [he]
* Nahal Oz
* Observers' Warnings [he]
* Bahad 4
* Sufa
* tank girls
* Re'im

Attacks on Towns

* Battle of Sderot
* Battle of Ofakim
* Rahat incursion

Attacks on Kibbutzim

* Be'eri
* Ein HaShlosha
* Kfar Aza
* Kissufim
* Alumim
* Holit
* Mefalsim
* Nahal Oz
* Nir Am
* Nir Oz
* Nir Yitzhak
* Nirim
* Sufa
* Zikim

Attacks on Moshavim

* Netiv HaAsara
* Yakhini

Outdoor events

* Nova music festival massacre
* Death Shelters
* Psyduck massacre
* Zikim Beach massacre

Hostages and killed

* Casualties
* Hostage crisis
* Alex Dancyg
* Noa Argamani
* Bibas family
* Oded Lifshitz
* Shani Louk
* Aner Shapira
* Hersh Goldberg-Polin
* Inbal Rabin-Lieberman

Prisoners of War

* Alleged confessions
* Sde Teiman

On the same day

* Bombing of the Gaza Strip
* targeting

Background

* History of the Gaza Strip
* History of Hamas
* Far-right politics
* Palestinian nationalism
* Political violence
* Right of armed resistance

Prior attacks

* Deif family killings
* 2014 Zikim attack
* 2014 Nahal Oz attack
* Israeli settler violence
* Israeli attacks on Gaza
* 1979 Nahariya attack

Allegations and propaganda

* Bearing Witness
* Videos of confessions
* Sexual violence
* Screams Without Words
* Screams Before Silence
* UNRWA and Israel
* October 7 genocide
* Gaza genocide
* Iron Sword War Memorial Day
* October 7 denial
* Nakba denial
* Temple denial
* Kan 7.10.360
* "Hurricane"
* Nova Festival Victims Memorial
* Hamas most wanted playing cards
* Red triangle

Gaza war

### 2023 Hamas attack, war

[edit]

See also: 7 October attacks and Gaza war

In October 2023, Karem Shalom was one of several targets attacked by Hamas as part of a coordinated multi-front assault on Israel, a surprise attack that caught Israel off-guard.[23] The crossing had been scheduled to be closed during that day's Simchat Torah holiday, other than for humanitarian and medical supplies.[24] The crossing was at first kept closed during the ensuing IDF operations.[25] On 22 October, the Israel Defense Forces apologised for accidentally firing and hitting an Egyptian post adjacent to the border area.[26][27]

Israeli demonstrating against the entrance of humanitarian aid trucks to the Gaza Strip at the Kerem Shalom border crossing, february 2024

The crossing was reopened for UN aid trucks on 17 December 2023, to abide by an agreement made during the hostages-for-prisoners exchanges, with 100 trucks of humanitarian aid being allowed through daily to add to the 100 permitted through the Rafah Border Crossing.[28][29][30] X-ray scanners were donated by the Netherlands in December 2023, although aid trucks still undergo manual inspections.[31] Israeli protesters accusing Israel of helping its enemy and harming own troops, repeatedly blocked the Kerem Shalom crossing to prevent humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip.[32][33] The crossing was again closed on 5 May 2024 following a rocket attack on an Israeli military base,[34] but was reopened for humanitarian aid on 8 May 2024.[35]

On 16 November 2024, armed gangs raided a convoy of 109 UN aid trucks and looted 98 of them, near Israeli military installations at the Kerem Shalom border crossing. The perpetrators, who according to a UN memo may have had "protection" from the IDF, threw grenades and held truck drivers at gunpoint, forcing them to unload their aid. The UN also reported that a gang leader had established a "military-like compound" in an area that was "restricted, controlled, and patrolled by the IDF".[36] The incident has been described by the UNRWA as "one of the worst" incidents of its kind.[37][38][39]

## See also

[edit]

* Kerem Shalom

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Egypt's holy war against Sinai jihadists leaves many questions unanswered". Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
2. ^ Douglas Hamilton, Israel boosts Gaza freight flow as blockade eases, Reuters (21 June 2010).
3. ^ Amayreh, Khalid (23 June 2006). "Hamas threatens to end Rafah deal". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
4. ^ a b "Amid crackdown, tunnel smuggling is risky business in Gaza". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
5. ^ Hadid, Diaa; Nassar, Wissam (7 October 2015). "As Egypt Floods Gaza Tunnels, Smugglers Fear an End to Their Trade". Archived from the original on 28 October 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
6. ^ Laub, Karin (5 July 2010). "Israel to allow most goods into Gaza". NBC News. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
7. ^ "Gaza recovers three dead bodies from smuggling tunnels". AP News. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
8. ^ "Israel approves 250 tons of aid to enter Gaza". The Jerusalem Post. 10 November 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
9. ^ Kerem Shalom, Ministry of Regional Cooperation, 5 October 2021.
10. ^ "Airstrikes and artillery pound Gaza". CNN. 30 June 2006. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
11. ^ "Gilad Shalit walks free after five years as a Hamas captive in exchange for 1.027 Palestinians". The Daily Mirror. 18 October 2011. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
12. ^ Kershner, Isabel (20 April 2008). "Palestinian Suicide Bombers Attack Gaza Crossing". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
13. ^ Yaakov Katz (6 August 2012). "IDF thwarts complex terror infiltration from Sinai". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
14. ^ Israel, in Shift, Lets Building Materials Cross Into Gaza Archived 3 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine, New York Times
15. ^ "IDF demolishes terror tunnel under Egypt-Gaza border crossing".
16. ^ a b Judah Ari Gross/Associated Press, Israel to reopen Gaza crossing after rioters burn it for 3rd time (15 May 2018).
17. ^ Israel reopens Gaza cargo crossing after calm, BBC News (15 August 2018).
18. ^ a b Gaza violence: Crossings reopen after negotiated 'calm', BBC News (31 March 2019).
19. ^ a b Israel reopens Gaza crossings, shut since launch of Operation Shield and Arrow, Times of Israel (14 May 2023).
20. ^ Israel to end ban on exports from Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian officials say, Reuters (8 September 2023).
21. ^ Tzvi Joffre, Gaza border crossing restricted after explosives smuggling attempt, Jerusalem Post (4 September 2023).
22. ^ Staff, Kerem Shalom Gaza border crossing to reopen despite violent clashes, Jerusalem Post (23 September 2023).
23. ^ Sean Seddon and Daniele Palumbo, How Hamas staged lightning assault no one thought possible, (8 October 2023).
24. ^ "General closure in Judea and Samaria, Gaza crossings to close during Simchat Torah". www.israelnationalnews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
25. ^ "Escalation in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update No. 2 – occupied Palestinian territory". ReliefWeb.int. 8 October 2023. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
26. ^ "Israeli Tank 'Accidentally' Fires and Hits Egyptian Post in South Rafah: IDF". Egyptian Streets. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
27. ^ "Israel accidentally hits Egyptian post at Gaza border: IDF". Global News. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
28. ^ "Israel to use Kerem Shalom crossing to help ease aid congestion into Gaza". i24NEWS. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
29. ^ "על רקע לחץ אמריקני: ישראל שוקלת לפתוח את מעבר כרם שלום להכנסת סיוע לעזה – וואלה! חדשות". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 12 December 2023. Archived from the original on 30 April 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
30. ^ "Kerem Shalom crossing also opens to aid & Israel approved the entry of aid". JPost staff, Reuters for The Jerusalem Post. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
31. ^ "Just how bad is it in Gaza?". The Economist. 10 January 2024. Archived from the original on 11 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
32. ^ "Protest barred from bid to block aid trucks at Gaza crossing". The Times of Israel. 21 December 2023. Archived from the original on 12 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
33. ^ "Over 100 aid trucks 'blocked' from entering Gaza by protesters". Al Jazeera. 6 February 2024. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
34. ^ "Israel closes Karem Abu Salem crossing after Hamas rocket attack". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
35. ^ "Israel says reopening key Gaza border point as it steps up Rafah attacks". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
36. ^ Al Jazeera Staff. "How was a UN aid convoy robbed near Israeli military positions?". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
37. ^ Humayun, Pauline Lockwood, Hira (19 November 2024). "Nearly a hundred aid trucks looted in Gaza, as UN warns of 'collapse of law and order'". CNN. Archived from the original on 4 May 2025. Retrieved 24 November 2024.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
38. ^ Parker, Claire (18 November 2024). "Gangs looting Gaza aid operate in areas under Israeli control, aid groups say". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 20 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
39. ^ "Almost 100 Gaza aid lorries violently looted, UN agency Unrwa says". BBC News. 18 November 2024. Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2024.

## External links

[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kerem Shalom crossing.

* Exit of goods from Gaza via Kerem Shalom Crossing Archived 2 May 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Statistics from Gisha

* v
* t
* e

Eshkol Regional Council

Kibbutzim|

* Be'eri
* Ein HaShlosha
* Gvulot
* Magen
* Nir Oz
* Nir Yitzhak
* Nirim
* Holit
* Kerem Shalom
* Kissufim
* Re'im
* Sufa
* Tze'elim
* Urim

Moshavim|

* Ami'oz
* Bnei Netzarim
* Ein HaBesor
* Dekel
* Mivtahim
* Naveh
* Ohad
* Pri Gan
* Sde Nitzan
* Sdei Avraham
* Talmei Eliyahu
* Talmei Yosef
* Yated
* Yesha
* Yevul

Community settlements|

* Avshalom
* Shlomit
* Tzohar

* v
* t
* e

Israel Airports Authority

Airports|

* Ben Gurion
* Ramon
* Haifa
* Herzliya
* Rosh Pina

Border terminals|

| with Egypt|

* Nitzana
* Taba

|

with Gaza Strip|

* Karni
* Kerem Shalom

with Jordan|

* Allenby Bridge
* Arava
* Jordan River

Defunct or former properties|

* Jerusalem Airport
* Kiryat Shmona Airport
* Eilat
* Ovda
* Sde Dov
* Ophira Int'l Airport
* Rafah Crossing

* v
* t
* e

Israeli borders, crossings and checkpoints

Israel's
Mutually recognised
international borders
and demarcation lines|

|  Egypt|

* Taba Border Crossing
* Nitzana Border Crossing
* Netafim Border Crossing (closed)

|

Jordan|

* Yitzhak Rabin Crossing
* Jordan River Crossing
* Allenby Bridge1
* King Abdullah Bridge (destroyed)

Lebanon|

* Blue Line (demarcation line)
* Rosh HaNikra Crossing
* Fatima Gate (closed)

Crossings at or within Israeli-occupied territories

Gaza Strip1 and  Egypt|

* Rafah Border Crossing2

Gaza envelope and  Gaza Strip1|

* Erez Crossing
* Kerem Shalom crossing
* Karni crossing (closed)

Within the  Occupied West Bank1|

* Checkpoint 300
* in Bethlehem
* Huwara checkpoint
* Qalandia checkpoint

Golan Heights1 and the rest of  Syria|

* Purple Line (demarcation line)
* Quneitra Crossing (ceasefire line crossing)

1 Israeli-occupied territories, 2 Controlled by Israeli forces since May 2024.

* v
* t
* e

Gaza Strip

| History|

* Gaza Strip
* History of Gaza
* History of Hamas
* Khan Yunis massacre
* Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip
* see also: Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula
* All-Palestine Government
* All-Palestine Protectorate
* Gaza Subdistrict in Mandatory Palestine
* Gaza District
* Beersheba Subdistrict
* Jerusalem Sanjak
* Destruction of cultural heritage during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
* Archaeological sites destroyed during the Gaza genocide  [ar]

|

Places in
Mandatory
Palestine|

* Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine
* Territory acquired during Israel's war of independence
* Al-Majdal Asqalan (Ashkelon § State of Israel)
* Arab Suqrir
* Barbara
* Barqa
* al-Batani al-Gharbi
* al-Batani al-Sharqi
* Bayt 'Affa
* Bayt Daras
* Bayt Jirja
* Bayt Tima
* Bil'in
* Burayr
* Dayr Sunayd
* Dimra
* al-Faluja
* Hamama
* Hatta
* Hiribya
* Huj
* Hulayqat
* Ibdis
* Iraq al-Manshiyya
* Iraq Suwaydan
* Isdud
* al-Jaladiyya
* al-Jiyya
* Julis
* al-Jura
* Jusayr
* Karatiyya
* Kawfakha
* Kawkaba
* al-Khisas
* al-Masmiyya al-Kabira
* al-Masmiyya al-Saghira
* al-Muharraqa
* Najd
* Ni'ilya
* Qastina
* al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya
* al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
* al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya
* Simsim
* Summil
* Tall al-Turmus
* Yasur

| Refugee camps|

* Al-Shati (Beach camp)
* Bureij
* Deir al-Balah
* Jabalia
* Khan Yunis
* Maghazi
* Nuseirat
* Rafah
* Canada

|

| Cities|

* Gaza City
* Streets in Gaza City
* Ahmad Orabi Street
* Izz Ad Din Al Qassam Street
* Al-Jalla Street
* Jamal Abdel Nasser Street
* Omar Mukhtar Street
* Palestine Square
* Salah al-Din Road
* Suq Street
* Unknown Soldier's Square
* Wehda Street
* Gaza City
* Gaza City neighborhoods
* Judeide
* Nasser
* Old City
* Zaytun Quarter
* Daraj Quarter
* Rimal
* Sabra
* Al-Saha (As-Saha)
* Al-Saha
* al-Shati Camp
* Al-Shati refugee camp
* Sheikh Ijlin
* Sheikh Radwan
* Shuja'iyya
* Tuffah
* Tel al-Hawa
* Turukman
* Zeitoun
* Cities elsewhere in the Gaza Strip
* Bani Suheila
* Beit Hanoun
* Beit Lahiya
* Deir al-Balah
* Jabalia
* Khan Yunis
* Rafah

|

| Governorates of the Gaza Strip|

* Gaza
* Khan Yunis
* North Gaza
* North Gaza
* Deir al-Balah
* North Gaza
* Khan Yunis
* Rafah

|

Historic|

* Hamam al-Sammara
* Qasr al-Basha
* Qissariya Market
* Byzantine Gaza synagogue
* Archaeological sites destroyed during the Gaza genocide  [ar]

Cemeteries|

* Deir El Belah War Cemetery
* Gaza War Cemetery
* Israeli razing of cemeteries and necroviolence against Palestinians

Mosques|

* Gaza City:
* Aybaki Mosque
* Great Mosque of Gaza (Great Omari Mosque)
* Ibn Marwan Mosque
* Ibn Uthman Mosque
* Katib al-Wilaya Mosque
* Mahkamah Mosque†
* Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque attack
* Sayed al-Hashim Mosque
* Sham'ah Mosque
* Shaykh Zakariyya Mosque
* elsewhere:
* Abu Khadra Mosque
* Al-Shamah Mosque†
* Umm al-Nasr Mosque
* Zofor Domri Mosque

Churches|

* Gaza City:
* Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church
* Church of Saint Porphyrius airstrike
* Holy Family Catholic Church
* Gaza Baptist Church†
* elsewhere in the Gaza Strip:

Institutions|

* Palestinian Legislative Council (destroyed in 2023)
* Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
* Al Mezan Center for Human Rights

Police
and courts|

* Capital punishment in the Gaza Strip
* Capital punishment in Palestine
* Faiq al-Mabhouh
* Police in the Israel–Hamas war
* Societal breakdown in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war

Environment|

* Wadi Gaza
* Environmental impact of the Gaza war

Economy|

* Economy of the Gaza Strip
* Taxation in Palestine

Transport
and trade|

* Yasser Arafat International Airport
* Port of Gaza
* Gaza-Israel barrier
* Erez crossing
* Kerem Shalom crossing
* Egypt-Palestine relations
* Rafah crossing
* Blockade of the Gaza Strip
* Gaza smuggling tunnels

Culture and
recreation|

* Gaza City Gaza Museum of Archaeology
* Al-Bustan resort
* Bisan City tourist village
* Al Deira Hotel
* Faisal Equestrian Club
* Gaza Mall
* Al-Andalusia mall
* Palestine Stadium
* Rashad Shawa Cultural Center
* Roots Club
* As-Sadaka
* Gaza YMCA
* Gaza Strip

Education|

* Education in Gaza
* UNWRA schools
* Christian schools
* Gaza City:
* Al-Azhar University
* Islamic University
* Al-Aqsa University

Libraries|

* Deir al-Balah Municipality Public Library [ar]
* Gaza Municipality Public Library [ar]
* Khan Yunis Municipality Public Library [ar]
* Rafah Municipality Public Library [ar]
* Samir Mansour Library

Health care|

* Gaza Ministry of Health
* Gaza City:
* Al-Ahli Arab Hospital
* Al-Aqsa Hospital
* Al-Rantisi Hospital
* Al-Shifa Hospital
* Kamal Adwan Hospital
* Al-Awda Hospital
* Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital
* 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic

Occupation|

* Gush Katif
* Israeli unilateral disengagement
* Israeli occupation
* 2023 Israeli invasion
* Morag Corridor
* Netzarim Corridor
* Philadelphi Corridor

Visitors|

* Rachel Corrie
* Gaza Freedom Flotilla
* Gaza flotilla raid
* Antony Loewenstein
* Walkley Book Award #The Palestine Laboratory
* World Central Kitchen

| Demographics|

* Palestinian Christians
* Palestinian clans
* Doghmush clan
* History of the Jews in Gaza City
* Israeli settlers
* Israeli disengagement from the Gaza Strip
* Proposed Israeli resettlement of the Gaza Strip
* LGBT rights in the Gaza Strip
* Al Haq
* Al Qaws

|

| Births|

* 1985
* Ahmed Moor
* 1997
* Rouzan al-Najjar

|

Deaths|

* 2003
* March
* 16
* Rachel Corrie § Death
* MV Rachel Corrie
* 2009
* January
* 4
* Zeitoun killings
* 16
* Shurrab family
* 2012
* Al-Dalu family (12)
* 2014
* Deif and Al Dalu families (3 + 3)
* 2018
* June
* 1
* Killing of Rouzan al-Najjar
* 2023
* October
* 7
* Abu Qouta family
* November
* Bibas family (unconfirmed)
* December
* 15
* Samer Abu Daqqa
* 16
* Nahida and Samar Anton
* 2024
* January
* 29
* Hind Rajab and the Hamadeh family (9)
* July
* 3
* Mohammad Bhar

Category:Gaza Strip
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template