加萨走廊(Gaza Strip)
阿拉伯语作Qita Ghazzah
希伯来语作Rezuat Azza
地中海东南部沿海地区。位於西奈半岛东北部，占地363平方公里，加萨市也位於此，古代曾是繁华的贸易中心，西元前15世纪时首见记载。曾多次遭到入侵，其中包括以色列人、亚述人、巴比伦尼亚人和波斯人，而在十字军东征後，地位已不再那麽重要。16世纪起由鄂图曼帝国统治。第一次世界大战後，加萨市和加萨走廊为受英国托管的巴勒斯坦一部分。1948～1949年第一次以阿战争时，被埃及占领，加萨市成为巴勒斯坦国家的总部。这块占领区後来缩减到40公里长，以加萨走廊闻名於世，仍受埃及控制。1967年六日战争中，该区被以色列占领。此区的主要经济问题出在大批巴勒斯坦阿拉伯难民身上，他们极为贫困。1987年加萨市巴勒斯坦人的暴动象徵了长期抗暴行动（intifada）的开始。暴乱不安一直持续着，导致1993年以色列和巴勒斯坦解放组织订定一项协议，予以加萨走廊和西岸地区的巴勒斯坦人有限的自治权。
English version：
Gaza Strip
Hebrew Rezuat azzaTerritory, southeastern Mediterranean Sea coast. Occupying 140 sq mi (363 sq km) northeast of the Sinai Peninsula, it is also the location of the city of Gaza, which was a prosperous trading center for much of its history and was first mentioned in the 15th century BC. Often besieged by invaders, including Israelites, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Persians, it declined in importance after the Crusades. It was ruled by the Ottoman empire from the 16th century. After World War I, the city and the strip became part of the British mandate of Palestine. Following the first Arab-Israeli War (1948-49), the territory was occupied by Egypt, and the city became that country's headquarters in Palestine. The occupied area was later reduced to an area 25 mi (40 km) long, which became known as the Gaza Strip, still under Egyptian control. In the Six-Day War (1967) the area was captured by Israel. The area's chief economic problem was the large number of Palestinian Arab refugees who lived there in extreme poverty. In 1987, rioting among Gaza's Palestinians marked the birth of the intifada. Continued unrest led, in 1993, to an agreement between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization granting limited self-rule to the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip and West Bank.