The occupied Palestinian territories, also referred to as the Occupied Palestinian Territory and the Palestinian territories, consist of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip —two regions of the former British Mandate for Palestine that have been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967.

Jan 20, 2024 · Power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the so-called Palestinian territories, has been divided among three entities: a governing body called the Palestinian Authority, the militant group...

The West Bank (Arabic: الضفة الغربية, romanized: aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; Hebrew: הַגָּדָה הַמַּעֲרָבִית, romanized: HaGadáh HaMaʽarávit), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River, is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up …

The Gaza Strip, [e] also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine.

Oct 9, 2023 · After Israel's victory in the 1967 Six-Day War against its Arab neighbors, it gained control of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. For the next 38 years, it controlled the strip and enabled...

Sep 16, 2024 · The West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, covers a land area of 5,655sq km (2,183sq miles), making it about 15 times larger than the Gaza Strip, spread over 365sq km (141sq miles).

Jan 23, 2025 · In the days since a fragile ceasefire took hold in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and suspected Jewish settlers have rampaged through two Palestinian towns.

Jan 20, 2025 · The U.S. government estimates the total Palestinian population at 3 million in the West Bank and 2.1 million in the Gaza Strip (midyear 2023). According to the U.S. government and other sources, Palestinian residents of these territories are predominantly Sunni Muslims, with small Shia and Ahmadi Muslim communities, and Christian communities.

6 days ago · According to OCHA, between 7 October 2023 and 14 March 2025, 902 Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.Of those, 96 Palestinians, including at least 17 children, who were killed only since the year began. The Israeli Forces large-scale operation that started in the northern West Bank on 21 January 2025 continues, with …

2 days ago · A number of senior Israeli ministers have hinted that the country could start to annex parts of both the Gaza Strip and West Bank if Hamas fails to release the remaining hostages.

Oct 8, 2023 · The Gaza Strip and the West Bank are two Palestinian territories that were part of Palestine and captured by Israel during the Six-Day War in 1967. There are over 5 million Palestinians living in the two territories.

Aug 29, 2024 · Israel began its occupation after the 1967 Six-Day War, where it captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, and the Golan...

This section of the report covers the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem territories that Israel occupied during the June 1967 war. In 2017 the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights in 2019.

Jun 21, 2024 · The West Bank is located within the country of Israel and is approximately twice the size of the Gaza Strip. The Gaza Strip, on the other hand, is located in the southwest corner of Israel and shares a border with Egypt to the south.

Israeli security forces conducted a massive sweep of the West Bank while exchanging air strikes with rocket fire from militants in the Gaza Strip. On July 8, 2014, Israel launched a large-scale air offensive in the Gaza Strip that targeted militants.

May 17, 2023 · Understanding the Gaza Strip and the West Bank is crucial to comprehending the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Gaza Strip, a narrow enclave subjected to a prolonged Israeli blockade, faces severe socio-economic challenges.

"Palestinian territories" and "occupied Palestinian territories" (OPT or oPt) refers to the territories of the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip, which are occupied or otherwise under the control of Israel.

Mar 11, 2025 · Israeli fire has killed eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and three more in the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours, Palestinian officials said Tuesday, even as a fragile ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza has largely held since late January. Israeli forces have killed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza during the ceasefire who the military says had approached its …

Feb 19, 2025 · Tensions ratcheted up in the West Bank after the Hamas terror group invaded southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251...

WASHINGTON, February 18, 2025 – Reconstruction and recovery needs in Gaza are estimated to require $53 billion, according to the Gaza & West Bank Interim Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (IRDNA) released today. The report analyzes damages and losses as well as recovery and reconstruction needs across almost all sectors of the Palestinian economy based …

2 days ago · The health ministry in Gaza said on Sunday that the war triggered by Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel had killed at least 50,021 people in the territory. Read next

6 days ago · Even as the war in Gaza continues, Israel's prime minister says a "larger and more intense front could be opened" in the West Bank, where more than 40,000 have been displaced in the current operation.

The West Bank and Gaza Strip lie on the western edge of Asia; both are territories of Israel. The West Bank is 130 kilometers long and ranges from 40 to 65 kilometers in width, and the Gaza Strip is 45 kilometers long and ranges from 5 to 12 kilometers in width.

On October 7, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other Palestinian terrorists launched a large-scale attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing an estimated 1,200 individuals, injuring more than 5,400, and abducting 253 hostages.

The U.S. government estimates the total Palestinian population at 2.9 million in the West Bank and 2 million in the Gaza Strip (midyear 2021). According to the U.S. government and other sources, Palestinian residents of these territories are predominantly Sunni Muslims, with small Shia and Ahmadi Muslim communities.

Palestinian higher education officials reported that Israel rarely granted permits for Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip to attend West Bank universities and routinely denied exit permits for individual travelers on security grounds.

Feb 23, 2025 · It launched the offensive in the northern West Bank on Jan. 21 — two days after the current ceasefire in Gaza took hold — and expanded it to nearby areas.

During the Gaza war, Israeli forces have carried out multiple ground incursions, occasionally accompanied by airstrikes, into several Palestinian cities and refugee camps in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including Jenin and Tulkarm. [57] The Israeli incursions have led to clashes with Palestinian militants. 806 West Bank Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the …

6 days ago · Illegal herding outposts have ballooned by nearly 50% since the war broke out, according to a joint report shared exclusively with CNN by Israeli advocacy groups Peace Now and Kerem Navot ...