Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A shekara ta 1971, Sojojin Isra'ila sun yi kokarin tarwatsa yawan 'yan gudun hijirar Falasdinawa a sansanin al-Shati kuma sun kirkiro sabbin tsare-tsaren gidaje wanda ya haifar da kafa gundumar Sheikh Radwan ta arewa. Hukumar ba da agaji ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya (UNRWA) da PLO sun yi kakkausar adawa da matakin, suna ikirarin cewa tilas ne a sake mayar da su. A shekara ta 1972, gwamnan soja na Gaza ya kori magajin garin, Rashad al-Shawwa, saboda ya ki amincewa da sansanin al-Shati zuwa karamar hukumar Gaza. Tun daga shekarun 1970, rikice-rikice na yau da kullun sun ɓarke tsakanin Falasdinawa da hukumomin Isra'ila a cikin birni, wanda ya haifar da tashin hankali da tashin hankali.
Farkon Intifada a shekarar 1987. Gaza ta zama cibiyar rikice-rikice a lokacin wannan tawaye, kuma sakamakon haka, yanayin tattalin arziki a cikin birni ya tsananta.