Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small airfield in the gaza strip approximately two miles north of the town of khan yunis”. Today it says “small abandoned airfield in gaza strip”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Present day”.
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Gush Katif Airport, is a small airfield in the Gaza Strip approximately two miles north of the town of Khan Yunis , and adjacent to the UNRWA Khan Younis refugee camp.1 It is immediately west of the former Israeli settlement of Ganei Tal , and named after the former Israeli settlement area of Gush Katif . It may be on the site of the former RAF Gaza , which was first used as an airstrip in 1941.2Following the destruction of the Yasser Arafat International Airport it is currently the only usable runway in the Gaza Strip.3
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Gush Katif Airport ( ICAO : LLAZ ) was a small airfield in the Gaza Strip approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the town of Khan Yunis , and adjacent to the UNRWA Khan Younis refugee camp. It was immediately west of the former Israeli settlement of Ganei Tal , and named after the former Israeli settlement area of Gush Katif . Following the destruction of the Yasser Arafat International Airport it was briefly the only usable runway in the Gaza Strip, but in 2004 it was abandoned, and was overbuilt by 2015.
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Former airport in Gaza Strip, Palestine Gush Katif Airport ( ICAO : LLAZ ) is a small abandoned airfield in Gaza Strip , Palestine approximately three kilometres (2 mi) north of the town of Khan Yunis , and adjacent to the UNRWA Khan Yunis refugee camp . It was located immediately west of the former Israeli settlement of Ganei Tal , and named after the former Israeli settlement area of Gush Katif . Following the destruction of the Yasser Arafat International Airport , it was briefly the only usable runway in the Gaza Strip before it was abandoned in 2004 and overbuilt by 2015.A small sand strip covers the runway.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “small airfield in the gaza strip approximately two miles north of the town of khan yunis”. Today it says “small abandoned airfield in gaza strip”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Present day”. Read the current article and compare.
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small airfield in the gaza strip approximately two miles north of the town of khan yunis
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small abandoned airfield in gaza strip
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