The Erez Crossing, also known as the Beit Hanoun Crossing, is a border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel. It is located at the northern end of the Gaza Strip, between the Israeli kibbutz of Erez and the Palestinian town of Beit Hanoun.
Erez Crossing
Palestinian workers wait at the Erez Crossing to enter the Gaza Strip, July 2005
Erez crossing viewed from kibbutz Erez
The Gaza Strip, or simply Gaza, is a polity and the smaller of the two Palestinian territories. On the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Gaza is bordered by Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the east and north.
Palestinians in an outdoor market in the Gaza Strip in 1956
Che Guevara visiting Gaza in 1959
Gaza City in 1967
Israeli soldiers in Gaza in 1969