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The death toll in the Gaza Strip since Israel began airstrikes increases to at least 20,000 people.
2023-12-20

Greek offshore gas extraction firm Energean, which is already developing gas fields off Israel, is revealed to be contemplating an initial public offering to raise US$1.5 billion in order to develop Gaza Marine, a gas deposit off Gaza. Shell, who own a 55% stake in Gaza Marine, have been attempting to sell their share as ongoing conflict prevents production.
2018-06-25

Israel reopens a trade route in the Gaza Strip after closing it for several days earlier in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave.
2013-04-12

Israeli soldiers have shot three Palestinians, two while they collected gravel from destroyed homes in Gaza, and another while he worked in the northern Gaza Strip.
2011-02-6

French foreign minister Michèle Alliot-Marie is met by hostile Palestinian protesters throwing stones, eggs and shoes, including mothers of prisoners held in Israeli jails, on her arrival in Gaza.
2011-01-21

Israel allows the delivery of twenty new cars to Gaza after a three-year wait.
2010-09-20

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle criticises a reported Israeli plan that would lead to Gaza's separation from the rest of the Palestinian territories becoming final.
2010-07-17

Israel's naval forces are put on alert as a shipful of females prepares to set sail for Gaza aboard the "Mariam".
2010-06-21

Another Irish ship, the 1,200-ton MV "Rachel Corrie", is headed to Gaza, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel will not allow it to dock in Gaza.
2010-06-4

United States President Barack Obama is to ask the US Congress for an extra $200m in military aid to help Israel get a short-range rocket defence system called Iron Dome in place against mortar and rocket attacks from Gaza or Southern Lebanon.
2010-05-16