Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1971, hurumende yeIsrael yakatanga chirongwa chakakura chokugadzazve vapoteri kuitira kudzora vapoteri uye kudzivisa kurwisana. Pfungwa yacho yakanga iri yokuendesa vapoteri kunzvimbo dzakanaka dzokugara kuitira kuti nzvimbo dzomusasa dzigone kuvandudzwa. Urongwa uhwu hwaive chikamu chezvirongwa zvipfumbamwe zvekuendesa vanhu kune dzimwe nzvimbo mukati meGaza Strip, zvikamu zvemusasa weAl-Shati waive pedyo zvakaparadzwa uye chirongwa chekuvaka dzimba muSheikh Radwan chakatanga. Pakutanga, kutama kwevapoteri kuenda kuSheikh Radwan kwakanga kusingadiwi sezvo zviremera zveIsrael zvakaputsa dzimba dzinopfuura zviuru zviviri mumisasa kuti zviwedzere migwagwa "nekuda kwezvikonzero zvekuchengetedza" uye vakaramba mvumo yevagari kuti vavakezve dzimba dzavo. Vapoteri vanenge 8.000 vakatamira muzvivako zvokugara zvaSheikh Radwan. Sangano reUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency nePalestine Liberation Organization dzakaratidza kushora kwazvo chiito cheIsrael, dzichiti kwaiva kudzorerwa kwevanhu kunomanikidzirwa. Pashure pokutanga kwe
Mukutanga kweIntifada, Sheikh Radwan ndiyo yaiva nzvimbo yaishingaira zvikuru muGaza.