Rafah
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Rafah is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. It is the capital of the Rafah Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 30 kilometers (19 mi) south-west of Gaza City. In 2017, Rafah had a population of 171,889. As a result of massive bombardment and ground assaults in Gaza City and Khan Yunis by Israel during the Israel–Hamas war, about 1.4 million people are believed to be sheltering in Rafah as of February 2024.
Aerial view of Rafah in 2012
Rafah 1931 1:20,000
View of Yasser Arafat International Airport near Rafah which was destroyed by Israel during the Second Intifada.
Palestinians after an Israeli airstrike on the Rafah refugee camp during the Gaza War (2008–2009)
Gaza Strip
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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