Gaza suffers deadliest violence in years

Dozens of Palestinian protesters have been killed by Israeli troops in Gaza, where political unrest is compounded by a border blockade that has gutted the economy and deepened poverty

Gaza population*
(millions)
2011/  1.6
2012 
2016/ 2.0
2017
2020 est. 2.2

Unemployment 42%
Poverty rate 40%
Food insecurity 47%
Access to electricity 26-46% of demand met
Share of aquifer safe for drinking 3.8%

Population density: 5,479/square km
Health 1.42 doctors per 1,000 people

May 14: 58 Palestinians killed and thousands wounded during protests against opening of U.S. embassy in Jerusalem

Over 100 Palestinians killed in “Great March of Return” protests since 

No fishing area
No-go zone (100m)
Israeli-declared buffer zone
High risk zone (100-300m)
Risk zone (1,000m)

Concrete wall
Razor-wire fence
Main protest camps
Fishing limit: 6 nautical miles
Rafah Border Crossing
Kerem Shalom Border Crossing
Erez Crossing
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
ISRAEL
EGYPT
GAZA STRIP
Jabalia
Gaza City
Deir al Balah
Rafah
Khan Younis
Malaka
3 miles
5km

WEST BANK
JORDAN
LEB.
SYRIA
Tel Aviv
ISRAEL
EGYPT
Jerusalem
50 miles
80km

Sources: UN, Haaretz, AFP
*All figures from 2017 UN report
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