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Gaza is a densely populated strip of land that is mostly surrounded by Israel and peopled almost exclusively by Palestinians. 

Egypt controlled Gaza until 1967, when Israel occupied it (along with the West Bank) in the Six Day War. 

Gaza is governed by the Islamist group Hamas, which formed in 1987 as a militant "resistance" group against Israel and won political power in a 2006 U.S.-based election. 

In 1994, Israel granted the right of self-governance to Gaza through the Palestinian Authority.

Sunni Muslims make up the predominant part of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza forms a part of the Palestinian territory defined in the Oslo Agreements and UNSC Resolution 1860.^[3]