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Gaza was an administrative district, situated in the southern Mediterranean coastline of the British Mandate of Palestine .1 After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , the district disintegrated, with Israel controlling the northern and eastern portions while Egypt held control of the southern and central parts - which became the Gaza Strip under the Palestinian National Authority after the Oslo Accords in 1993-1994. All of the localities captured by Israel were depopulated prior, during or after the 1948 War. Majdal was not destroyed, however the Arab populations were exiled to the Gaza Strip or refugee camps .2
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Today part of Southern District Gaza Strip The Gaza Subdistrict ( ) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine . It was situated in the southern Mediterranean coastline of the British Mandate of Palestine . After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , the district disintegrated, with Israel controlling the northern and eastern portions while Egypt held control of the southern and central parts – which became the Gaza Strip under the Palestinian National Authority after the Oslo Accords in 1993–1994.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Today part of Southern District Gaza Strip The Gaza Subdistrict ( , ) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine . It was situated in the southern Mediterranean coastline of the British Mandate of Palestine . After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , the district disintegrated, with Israel controlling the northern and eastern portions while Egypt held control of the southern and central parts – which became the Gaza Strip , under Egyptian military between 1948 and 1967, Israeli military rule between 1967 and 2005, part of the Palestinian National Authority (with some aspects of retained Israeli rule until the 2005 withdrawal) after the Oslo Accords until 2007, and is currently ruled by the Hamas as a de facto separate entity from the Palestinian National Authority.The parts which Israel held since 1948 were merged into Israeli administrative districts, their connection with Gaza severed.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Administrative division of British Palestine (1920–1948) Today part of Southern District Gaza Strip The Gaza Subdistrict ( , ) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine . It was situated in the southern Mediterranean coastline of the British Mandate of Palestine . After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , the district disintegrated, with Israel controlling the northern and eastern portions while Egypt held control of the southern and central parts – which became the Gaza Strip , under Egyptian military between 1948 and 1967, Israeli military rule between 1967 and 2005, part of the Palestinian National Authority (with some aspects of retained Israeli rule until the 2005 withdrawal) after the Oslo Accords until 2007, and is currently ruled by the Hamas as a de facto separate entity from the Palestinian National Authority. The parts which Israel held since 1948 were merged into Israeli administrative districts, their connection with Gaza severed.
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Administrative division of British Palestine (1920–1948) Today part of Southern District Gaza Strip The Gaza Subdistrict ( Arabic : قضاء غزة ; Hebrew : נפת עזה ) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine . It was situated in the southern Mediterranean coastline of the British Mandate of Palestine . After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , the district disintegrated, with Israel controlling the northern and eastern portions while Egypt held control of the southern and central parts – which became the Gaza Strip , under Egyptian military between 1948 and 1967, Israeli military rule between 1967 and 2005, part of the Palestinian National Authority (with some aspects of retained Israeli rule until the 2005 withdrawal) after the Oslo Accords until 2007, and is currently ruled by the Hamas as a de facto separate entity from the Palestinian National Authority. The parts which Israel held since 1948 were merged into Israeli administrative districts, their connection with Gaza severed.
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administrative district
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one of the subdistricts of mandatory palestine
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