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Hava Mendelle (November 2, 2023). "Wikipedia at war". Spectator Australia. Retrieved November 2, 2023. Reading the initial two paragraphs would lead the reader to think that Israel occupies Gaza since 1967, that Hamas are not a terrorist organisation, and that Israel blocks Gazan land, sea, and air space for no reason at all.

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Section size for Gaza Strip (59 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	35,713	35,713
History	1,532	87,667
1948–1959: All-Palestine government	2,624	2,624
1956–1957: Israeli occupation	3,166	3,166
1959–1967: Egyptian occupation	1,786	1,786
1967: Israeli occupation	8,855	8,855
1987: First Intifada	5,128	5,128
1994: Gaza under Palestinian Authority	1,456	1,456
2000: Second Intifada	10,273	10,273
2005: Israel's unilateral disengagement	1,834	1,834
Post-2006: Hamas takeover	8,030	8,030
2007: Fatah–Hamas conflict	4,369	6,744
Egyptian border barrier breach	2,375	2,375
2008–2009: Gaza War	8,362	8,362
2014: Gaza War	3,192	3,192
2018–2019: Great March of Return	11,722	11,722
2021: Israel–Palestine crisis	2,260	2,260
2023–present: Gaza war	10,703	10,703
Geography	4,445	5,908
Climate	507	507
Environment issues	956	956
Government	48	14,808
Hamas government	5,478	5,478
Security	700	700
Other groups and ideologies	4,214	4,214
Administrative divisions	220	220
Legality of Hamas rule	4,148	4,148
Status	302	83,816
Israeli occupation	31,670	43,465
Characterization as open-air prison	11,795	11,795
Statehood	4,877	4,877
Control over airspace	2,949	2,949
Buffer zone	6,989	6,989
Gaza blockade	12,594	25,234
Movement of people	12,640	12,640
Economy	5,448	22,275
Israeli policies following Israeli military occupation	8,894	8,894
Industries	538	538
Natural resources	2,909	2,909
Transport	3,344	4,486
Land border crossings	1,142	1,142
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Hikaye	1,031	1,031
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Inappropriate lede about Trump

On February 5, 2025, in a joint press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump used strong language stating the U.S. will 'take over the Gaza Strip, we’ll own it.' This remark has sparked discussions regarding U.S. policy in the region. The statement seems to signify a significant shift in strategy, although further details on what this 'take over' entails are awaited for clarity.[36][37][38]

This is the last part of the lede. Yet there is nothing in the article, particularly in the history section. This is not right. The lede should be a partial summary, not a place for new information that is not present in the article.

One possible solution is to move this paragraph to the history section. ErrorCorrection1 (talk) 06:54, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It should be removed. The administration is already backing off this nutty idea. Wait for the dust to settle. WP:NODEADLINE O3000, Ret. (talk) 20:39, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody did it already. ErrorCorrection1 (talk) 22:46, 6 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Split section History

into History of the Gaza Strip. It's the largest section of the article without a main page. A paragraph would be left, following summary style guidelines. fgnievinski (talk) 02:22, 7 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support. The summary could be a few paragraphs long. UpdateNerd (talk) 02:40, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please leave more than a paragraph (agree with UpdateNerd), but in general agree the section has exceeded WP:SUMMARYSTYLE. CMD (talk) 09:07, 4 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

but there is too many articles related to israel-palestine - as long of the main article is not above 15k words - i oppose the change. Astropulse (talk) 01:45, 13 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 February 2025

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Undeer the tilte: 2023–present: Gaza war, the number of death in Gaza needes to be updated "As of 29 October 2024, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 43,000 Palestinians, including over 16,000 children, have been killed." See the updated number in the link below. https://www.ochaopt.org/content/reported-impact-snapshot-gaza-strip-11-february-2025 Wekibeki (talk) 19:55, 17 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Already done - The User who is requesting this content to be added to the article has already been granted before making the edit request. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 18:50, 21 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification needed

The article says there is a genocide going on, but it also says the population is getting bigger. Both of these things can't be true. The article needs to be corrected one way or the other. Nicole Wallace from Australia (talk) 07:55, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Size of territory

The map shown does not have a scale shown. The 141 sq. miles is fine, but as "the strip" is (mostly) rectangular, the approximate dimensions ought to be given. After a few minutes of searching, Newsweek was found to say that is it about 25 miles in length. Given the area, that comes to 5.64 miles average width. A more accurate statement should be given, that the upper portion is X1 wide and that the lower portion is averages X2. Even better would be to show the length of all six (mostly straight) edges on the map, and that could be done by anyone, submitted as an original work. This information is topical relative to current world discussion about population, relocation, etc. 73.188.46.53 (talk) 05:13, 18 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request 27 March 2025 for end of ceasefire

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Description of suggested change: The 2025 Gaza war ceasefire has ended, update sentence in the lead to reflect this.

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Underswamp (talk) 16:42, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done: I've made the changes. Thank you for helping out. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 16:57, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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add that the Gaza strip is currently in a war/ genocide to educate readers please. 97.81.105.137 (talk) 20:17, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Already done Already in article. CMD (talk) 02:11, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Map legend

@The Great Mule of Eupatoria can you add a map legend since you're the one who made the map? 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 11:12, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No issues, I will do it as soon as I am able to The Great Mule of Eupatoria (talk) 11:54, 29 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 29 April 2025

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Suggested Refinement to Main Article Regarding Genocide Claims

Inappropriate lede about Trump

Split section History

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 17 February 2025

Clarification needed

Size of territory

Edit request 27 March 2025 for end of ceasefire

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 28 April 2025

Map legend

Requested move 29 April 2025