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Gaza Strip

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The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories that make up the State of Palestine in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Gaza is bordered by Egypt on the southwest and Israel on the east and north. Its capital and largest city is Gaza City.

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The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas, is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist political organisation w…

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Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Leban…

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On This Day

10 events
2004
Murder_of_Huang_Na
Eight-year-old Huang Na was abducted and murdered; her body was found three weeks later after a search across Singapore and Malaysia.
1992
Vidyasagar_Setu
After 20 years of construction, Vidyasagar Setu, the longest cable-stayed bridge in India, opened, joining Kolkata and Howrah.
1973
Spiro_Agnew
U.S. vice president Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion.
1963
Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty
The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibits all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those conducted underground, went into effect.
1943
World_War_II
World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial Japanese Army, arrested and tortured fifty-seven civilians and civilian internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Singapore Harbour.
1933
Sabotage
In the first proven act of sabotage in the history of commercial aviation, a Boeing 247 operated by United Airlines exploded in mid-air near Chesterton, Indiana, killing all seven people aboard.
1911
1911_Revolution
The Xinhai Revolution began with the Wuchang Uprising, marking the beginning of the collapse of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China.
1903
Emmeline_Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst (pictured) founded the Women's Social and Political Union, a militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.
1846
William_Lassell
English astronomer William Lassell discovered Triton, the largest moon of Neptune.
1760
Ndyuka_people
In a treaty with Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname gained territorial autonomy.

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