Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: Gaza Strip, wani bangare ne na Jihar Falasdinu, Jihar Isra'ila ta mamaye ta a cikin 1967 a lokacin Yakin Kwanaki Shida. A shekara ta 2005, Isra'ila ta fitar da 'yan ci-rani mazauna da dakarun soji daga yankin a cikin wani
janyewar kai tsaye, dawo da Gaza zuwa ikon Palasdinawa. Shekarar da ta biyo baya ta ga nasarar Hamas - kungiyar mayakan Islama ta Palasdinawa - a zaben 'yan majalisar dokokin Palasdinawa na 2006. Tashin Hamas zuwa mulki ya haifar da rikici da rashin bin doka a Gaza yayin da kungiyar ta shiga kungiyar Fatah ta Palasdinawa a cikin yakin neman iko da yankin. A lokacin wannan rikici, mayakan Musulmi sun yi barazanar kashe manajan kantin sayar da littattafai, Rami Ayyad, kuma an jefa bam din sau biyu, tare da harin na biyu wanda ya lalata dukiyar.