Find out more about what it is like to live in the Gaza Strip, from the economy to education, health and water.
Home to 2.2 million people, the Gaza Strip is 41km long and 10km wide, an enclave bounded by the Mediterranean Sea, Israel and Egypt.
Hamas - designated a terrorist group by the US, EU and UK, as well as other powers - has fought several wars with Israel since taking power in Gaza. The closure of the Kerem Shalom goods crossing with Israel has meant that food stocks are being depleted: a third of shops in Gaza are reporting a shortage of commodities. The UN says most shops have enough food for about two weeks.
To cope with blackouts, service providers and households must resort to back-up generators. But they are unreliable because of their dependence on scarce fuel and spare parts, which are subject to import restrictions because Israel classifies them as having a "dual-use" civil and military capacity.
Just over 75% of Gaza's population - some 1.7 million people - are registered refugees, according to the UN. More than 500,000 of them live in eight crowded camps located across the Strip. Patients from Gaza needing life-saving or advanced care in West Bank or East Jerusalem hospitals must first get requests approved by the PA and then exit passes approved by the Israeli authorities.
Areas up to 100m from the 60km-long Israeli perimeter fence are considered to be "no-go" areas. Farmers cannot grow anything there, even if they own the land. People other than farmers are not allowed within 300m. It said local authorities were urging residents to conserve water to maintain essential services, and that wastewater treatment plants had stopped working for lack of fuel, leading to tens of millions of gallons of raw sewage being pumped daily into the sea.Many children attend schools run by the UN and many of them are acting as places of shelter for tens of thousands of people who have fled the latest conflict.
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