Middle East latest: Hostage releases begin in Gaza Strip
5 hours ago · Hamas handed captive Israeli soldier Agam Berger over to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip, the first of eight hostages set to be released today as part of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip January 30 ...
Gaza Strip's Size Compared to US Cities in Series of Maps
Oct 11, 2023 · An overlay of the boundaries of the Gaza Strip over Washington, D.C. From its northern to southern borders, a distance of roughly 25 miles, its footprint would stretch from Hermosa Beach to...
This is what one family in Gaza returned home to ... - The Washington …
1 day ago · Ne’man Abu Jarad, center, and his wife Majida, center right, walk with their children as thousands of displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, following Israel ...
Palestinians return to northern Gaza after months of displacement
2 days ago · Displaced Palestinians arrive in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, following the terms of a ceasefire that allows thousands of them to go back for the first time since the early weeks of Israel's ...
How big is the Gaza Strip? Here's how the tiny enclave compares …
Oct 24, 2023 · The Gaza Strip is about twice the size of Washington, DC (177 square kilometres), one-quarter the size of London (1,579 square kilometres) and one-10th the size of Cape Town (2,461 square kilometres).
Gaza Strip explained: Who controls it and what to know - NBC News
The Gaza Strip refers to a narrow strip of land wedged between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea that is roughly the size of Washington, D.C. Occupied in turn by the Ottoman Empire...
Photos show the Gaza Strip before and after the ... - Washington …
Jan 16, 2025 · The Israel-Hamas war, now nearing a potential ceasefire, has devastated the Gaza Strip. Satellite photos offer some sense of the destruction in the territory, which has been largely sealed off to ...
Tens of thousands return to devastated northern Gaza ... - Washington …
3 days ago · DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Tens of thousands of Palestinians streamed into the most heavily destroyed part of the Gaza Strip on Monday as Israel lifted its closure of the north for...
Fact check: $50 million for ‘condoms in Gaza’? Five big ... - CNN
19 hours ago · A former senior Biden official who worked on Gaza aid issues told CNN that Leavitt’s story about a $50 million condom expenditure for Gaza was “imaginary.” The former official said: “It ...
Northern Gaza is shattered. The spirit of returning Palestinians is …
2 days ago · An aerial photograph taken by a drone shows displaced Palestinians return to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip, following Israel’s decision to allow thousands of them to go back for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/ Mohammad Abu Samra)