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Karmiya

No Fishing Zone 1.5 nautical miles

Yad Mordekhai January 2020 As-Siafa Mapping Movement and Access Netiv Ha'asara Temporary

Ar-Rasheed Wastewater Treatment Lagoons

Sources: OCHA, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics of Statistics Bureau Central OCHA, Palestinian Sources: Crossing 1 Al-Qarya Al-Badawiya (Umm An-Naser) Erez What is known today as the Gaza Strip, originally a region in Mandatory , was created Width 5.7-12.5 km / 3.5 – 7.7 mi through the armistice agreements between and in 1949. From that time until 1967, North Gaza Length ~40 km / 24.8 mi Al- Karama As-Sekka the Strip was under Egyptian control, cut off from Israel as well as the , which was Izbat Beit Hanoun al-Jaker Road Area 365 km2 / 141 m2 Beit Hanoun under Jordanian rule. In 1967, the connection was renewed when both the West Bank and the Gaza Madinat Al-'Awda

Strip were occupied by Israel. The 1993 Accords define Gaza and the West Bank as a single Zayed Beit Hanoun Population 1,943,398 • 48% Under age 17 July 2019 Industrial Zone Ash-Shati Housing Project territorial unit within which would be permitted. However, starting in the camp al-Wazeer Unemployment rate 47% 2019 Q2 Khalil

early 90s, Israel began a gradual process of closing off the Strip; since 2007, it has enforced a full Ash-Sheikh closure, forbidding exit and entry except in rare cases. Israel continues to control many aspects of Percentage of population receiving aid 80% An-Naser Radwan Salah Ad-Deen 2 life in Gaza, most of its land crossings, its and airspace. Population density 5,453 per km July 2019 Palestine Ar-Rasheed Stadium Legislative Council Northern Remal Al-Karama Southern Remal Gaza Sports Club Al-Azhar Ad-Darraj University Government At- UNRWA Building Complex Compound 6 Fishing Zone Islamic al-Jaker Road University Legend Khalil al- Wazeer As- Ash-Sheikh Ijleen Tal El-Hawa ljdeedeh Crossing Points Al-Quds

Al-Karama Open Closed Gaza Al-Montar

Rd No. 10 Az-Zaitoun Al-Montar Ar-Rasheed Ash-Shuja'iyeh Hill Locations al-Jaker Road Oz Crossing Salah Ad-Deen Dense urban Wastewater treatment plant Closed crossings 7

areas Karni Industrial Water plant Zone (closed) Al-Montar Az-Zahra Al-Mughraqa At-Turkman camp Sewage outlet Sa'ad (Abu Middein) Karni-Nezarim

Town Wharf Gaza Karni-Nezarim

Omar Ben Al-Khattab Main city Hospital Bridge Landmark Juhar ad-Dik Salah Ad-Deen Gaza landfill Roads Buffer Zone S e a An- Wadi Gaza

Main road 100 meters al-Jaker Road Coastal Road Acre Regional road 300 meters Al-Burej Camp Road 1,000 meters As-Sekka Az-Zawayda Salah Ad-Deen Boundaries Deir al-Balah Wharf Al- Camp Be'eri Municipal boundary MediterraneanDeir al-Balah 1950 Armistice () Camp Al-Mussadar Concrete wall Deir al-Balah

Scale: 1:100,000 Coastal Road ash-Shohada

al-Jaker Road Wadi As-Salqa

Middle Area Al-Ma'ani Kisufim ISRAEL

Kisufim Re'im

Buffer Zone 5 Salah Ad-Deen Mawasi Wharf Al-Qarara Kisufim Tel

As-Soltan Al-Othmani

Coastal Road

As-Surij West

Ramallah River al-Jaker Road Bank

Housing Jamal Abd An-Naser Project

Khan Yunis Fishing Limit Today Gush Kateef Camp Ein Hashlosha Safe Passage route As-Sekka 20 n.m. Al-Aqsa University (Khan Salah Ad-Deen between Gaza No Fishing Zone Yunis Campus) Abasan Aj-Jadida 15 n.m. Al-Mawasi and the West Bank 1 nautical mile (Khan Yunis) (as-Saghira) Bani Suhella 12 n.m. Bertini Commitment 53 km (1999-2000) 6 n.m.

UNDP Rubble Crushing Site Khan Yunis Coastal Road

Abasan Al-Mawasi Gaza Gaza al-Kabira D E A D S E A ( Qizan an-Najjar Strip Al-Qarya as-Suwaydiya Khan Yunis Khan Yunis Qa'al-Kharaba 105 km Shortest route from

Housing Project al-Jaker Road al-Jaker (Unfinished) Kerem to Qa'al-Qurein Rafah Tarqumiya Crossing Tal as-Sultan Khuza'a

Abu Baker As-Sadeek Salah Ad-Deen Salah Umm Kemell Magen

Umm al-Kilab Ma'on Plants Al-Fukhkhari

Rafah Camp Omar Ben Al-Khattab EGYPT Rafah

al-Jaker Road Ein ha-Bsor Block O

Salah Ad-Deen Gate Rafah Sufa Al-Barzil Landfill EGYPT ISRAEL JORDAN 4 Salah a-Din Gate Block An-Naser (Al-Bayuk)

Sufa Crossing Salah Ad-Deen (closed) 3 Rafah Crossing Closed crossings 7 Al ’Awda al-Jaker Road Shokat As-Sufi

8 Gaza International Airport Gaza Sufa Nir Yitskhak destroyed /non-operational International Airport

Holit

Kerem Shalom Crossing 2 Pri Gan Karm abu Salem Scale: 1:1,330,000

1 2 Kerem Shalom Crossing 3 Rafah Crossing 4 Salah a-Din Gate 5 Access Restricted 6 Fishing Zone 7 Closed crossings 8 Areas (Buffer Zone) International Airport The crossing, for pedestrians, is This is Gaza’s only commercial crossing, Opened in 1982, Rafah is the only crossing The Salah a-Din Gate is located According to the -Palestinian Karni Crossing was built in Gaza’s only access point to Israel and though some goods enter the Strip from for pedestrians between Gaza and Egypt. about four kilometers west of Rafah Israel restricts access to an Interim Agreement (1995), Gaza 1994 and served as the main The airport, located on the the West Bank, and, particularly when Egypt through Salah a-Din Gate. Kerem From late 2005 to mid-2007, Egypt and the Crossing, and has been used for within Gaza that runs along the fishermen may sail to a distance of to commercial crossing for the southern edge of Rafah City, Rafah Crossing is closed, also to the Shalom is located at the southernmost Palestinian Authority operated the crossing bringing goods into Gaza from Egypt perimeter fence separating it from 20 nautical miles off the coast. In practice, transfer of goods into and out was inaugurated in late 1998. outside . In 1991, Israel canceled tip of the Gaza-Israel and operates under EU supervision, with indirect Israeli since February 2018. On the Gaza side, Israel. Gisha’s attempts to receive however, Israel has not allowed access of the Strip. In June 2007, after Palestinian Authority Chairman the “General Exit Permit” and began under full Israeli control. While Israel control. Following the takeover, the crossing is controlled by Hamas exact information about access that far; in recent years, the fishing zone Hamas seized control of Gaza, Yasser Arafat and US President requiring Palestinian residents to ostensibly retracted its policy of economic the crossing was closed or operated officials in terms of both security restrictions in this area have yielded has ranged from three to nine nautical Israel shut down the crossing, Clinton attended the inaugural obtain individual permits to cross warfare (2007-2010), when many everyday sporadically for a number of years. From and civilian matters. No Palestinian contradictory answers from Israeli miles most of the time. In 2019, Israel leaving only a conveyer belt ceremony. The airport was slated Erez. Since 1993, enforcement of items were blocked from entering the Strip, mid-2012 to mid-2013, the crossing Authority customs or government authorities over the years. According allowed fishing as far as 15 nautical miles used for transferring grains and to serve 700,000 passengers travel restrictions has become it continues to limit entry of a long list of operated regularly and some 40,000 officials are present. From the time to the most recent response, Gaza off a small stretch of Gaza’s southern animal feed, which remained each year. Israel put a halt to its strict and the criteria for receiving items essential to industry, infrastructure crossings in both directions were recorded the crossing began operations until residents may approach up to shore for the first time. Restrictions operational until March 2011. operations in October 2000, after permits more narrow. Today permits and daily life, which it deems to be “dual- each month. From July 2013 to May 2018, June 2019, an average of 714 trucks 300 meters from the fence and are routinely enforced using live fire at Sufa Crossing was built in 1994 the start of the . are mostly given only in what Israel use.” Due to ongoing restrictions on what it remained mostly closed. Pressure on entered each month, compared to farmers may approach up to 100 boats and fishermen, resulting in loss and was used to transport In 2001 and May 2002, refers to as “exceptional humanitarian goods can exit the Strip, especially to Egypt to open it, generated by the Great 8,962 trucks entering through Kerem meters. Israel enforces restrictions of life, injury and damage to equipment. construction materials into Gaza. Israel bombed the control tower cases, with an emphasis on urgent Gaza’s primary markets in the West Bank March of Return protests and deteriorating Shalom Crossing over the same aggressively, including through use of The Gaza Strip does not have a seaport, Israel closed it in 2008. Nahal Oz and the runway. What remained medical cases.” During the first half and Israel, the volume of goods exiting the humanitarian conditions in Gaza, led to the period of time. However, about 25% live fire. Since 2014, Israel has been despite agreement to build one under the crossing, used to transport fuel, G U L FAQABA O F was destroyed during Operation of 2019, travel through Erez Crossing Strip through Kerem Shalom is only about crossing being open five days per week, of the cement entering Gaza and spraying herbicides onto lands near Oslo Accords. In September 2001, Israel was shut down in early 2010. Cast Lead in 2009. was about 2% of the volume recorded 20% of what it was before the closure was with a monthly average of 11,000 entries 70% of the cooking gas enter via the fence, causing damage to crops destroyed the planned site and has not there in early 2000. tightened in 2007. and exits recorded in the first half of 2019. Salah a-Din Gate. and financial losses for farmers. given permission for a to be built. Photos: Gisha, OCHA, Asmaa Elkhaldi Photos:

This map is based on OCHA (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, occupied Palestinian ) basemap of the Gaza Strip, 2019, found at www.ochaopt.org • Map produced: October 2019 • Designed by: RoniLevit.com • Contact details: tel. 972-3-6244120 • fax: 972-3-6244130 • [email protected] • www.gisha.org