Gaza Strip
⦿ The Gaza Strip is situated in the eastern Mediterranean basin, sharing borders with Egypt in the southwest and Israel to the north and east.
⦿ In west it is bounded by the Mediterranean Sea.
⦿ The term “open air prison” has been widely used Gaza Strip.
⦿ The Six-Day War of 1967 resulted in Israel capturing Gaza from Egypt.
⦿ Israel withdrew its settlements from Gaza in 2005.
⦿ In 2007, after Hamas assumed power in Gaza, Israel and Egypt enforced a permanent blockade.
⦿ Gaza is encircled by walls on three sides, and its western border is controlled by Israel.
⦿ Gaza has an annual population growth rate of 1.99% (2023 est.), the 39th-highest in the world.
⦿ Historically part of the Palestine region, the area was controlled since the 16th century by the Ottoman Empire.
⦿ In 1906, the Ottomans and the British Empire set the region’s international border with Egypt.
⦿ With the defeat of the Central Powers in World War I and the subsequent partition of the Ottoman Empire, the British deferred the governance of the Gaza Strip area to Egypt, which declined the responsibility.
Mediterranean Sea
⦿ The Mediterranean Sea covers an area of about 2,500,000 km2 (970,000 sq mi),representing 0.7% of the global ocean surface.
⦿ Strait of Gibraltar—the narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates the Iberian Peninsula in Europe from Morocco in Africa.
⦿ Bordering Countries (21 countries): Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey.
⦿ It has been regarded as the birthplace of Western civilization.
⦿ The European Countries are Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, and Greece.
⦿ The West Asian (Middle Eastern) countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea are Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the Palestine Gaza Strip and the divided island of Cyprus.
⦿ Five North African nations have coasts on the Mediterranean Sea: Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.The Mediterranean Sea offers a staggering 46,000 km (28,600 mi) long coastline and includes 15 marginal seas, such as the Balearic Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Levantine Sea and the Ionian Sea.
⦿ A large number of rivers drain into the Mediterranean Sea, including the Ebro, Rhone, Po, Nile, Tiber
⦿ Some of the large Mediterranean Islands include Corsica, Crete, Cyprus, Chios, Euboea, Lesbos, Mallorca, Rhodes, Sicily, and Sardinia. The island of Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
⦿ The region is characterized by the prevailing subtropical climate known as the Mediterranean climate, with usually mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers.
