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Israel-Hamas 2023 war
An ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant groups led by Hamas began on 7 October 2023, with a coordinated surprise offensive on Israel. The attack began with a rocket barrage of at least 3,000 rockets launched from the Gaza Strip against Israel. In parallel, Palestinian militants breached the Gaza-Israel barrier, attacking military bases and killing civilians in neighboring Israeli communities. The surprise attack was met with Israeli retaliatory strikes, and Israel formally declared war on Hamas a day later.
Israel began clearing Hamas forces from affected areas and conducting airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, which have killed more than 2,300 Palestinians as of 15 October. The United Nations reported that around 1 million Palestinians, nearly half of the population of Gaza, have been internally displaced.
Gaza Strip compared to other cities
Abbottabad city (Pakistan) is
0.14 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Australian Capital Territory is
6.54 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Almaty (Kazakhstan) is
1.89 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Amsterdam (Netherlands) is
0.61 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Astana (Kazakhstan) is
2.01 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Auschwitz (Poland) is
0.11 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Bangalore (India) is
1.96 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Bangkok (Thailand) is
4.36 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Barcelona (Spain) is
0.28 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Barcelona Metropolitan Area (Spain) is
12 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Beijing (China) is
47 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Beirut (Lebanon) is
0.19 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Berlin (Germany) is
2.48 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Boechout (Belgium) is
0.06 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Boston (US) is
0.64 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Bromley Borough (London) is
0.42 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Bronx (New York) is
0.31 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Brooklyn (New York) is
0.50 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Brussels (Belgium) is
0.45 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Bucharest is
0.63 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Budapest (Hungary) is
1.46 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Chicago (metropolitan Area) is
78 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Chicago (city) is
1.68 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Dallas / Fort Worth metro area is
67 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Delhi is
4.12 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Detroit is
1.03 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Dubai (UAE) is
11 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Dublin (Ireland) is
0.32 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Frankfurt (Germany) is
0.69 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Greater Toronto Area is
20 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Hamburg is
2.10 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Hong Kong is
3.07 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Homewood IL is
0.02 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Islamabad Capital Territory (Pakistan) is
3.24 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Istanbul (Turkey) is
5.73 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Jacksonville, Florida (US) is
6.29 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Jakarta (Indonesia) is
1.84 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Karachi (Pakistan) is
11 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Kathmandu (Nepal) is
0.14 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Kaunas (Lithuania) is
0.44 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Kiev (Ukraine) is
2.33 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Lo Manthang (Nepal) is
5.61 times
as big as Gaza Strip
London (UK) is
4.37 times
as big as Gaza Strip
London Congestion Charge Zone is
0.07 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Los Angeles (US) is
3.62 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Luanda (Angola) is
0.31 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Madrid is
1.68 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Madrid Metropolitan Area is
15 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Manhattan is
0.16 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Marrakesh (Morocco) is
0.50 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Mecca (Saudi Arabia) is
2.11 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Melbourne (Australia) is
28 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Mexico city (Mexico) is
4.13 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Miami (US) is
0.40 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Miami-Dade County (Florida) is
17 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Miami metro area is
44 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Minneapolis (US) is
0.42 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Macau is
0.09 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Moncton (Canada) is
0.39 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Moscow (Russia) is
6.98 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Mosul city (Iraq) is
0.50 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Mumbai (India) is
1.68 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Munich City (Germany) is
0.86 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Normandy (France) is
83 times
as big as Gaza Strip
New York City (US) is
2.17 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Orangi town slums (Karachi) is
0.16 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Ottawa (Canada) is
7.72 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Paris (France) is
0.29 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) is
1.02 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Phoenix Park (Dublin) is
0.02 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Pyeongchang (South Korea) is
4.07 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Pyongyang (North Korea) is
8.87 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Queens (New York) is
0.78 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Rexburg, Idaho (US) is
0.07 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Riga (Latvia) is
0.84 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) is
4.99 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Rome (Italy) is
3.57 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Rotterdam (Netherlands) is
0.91 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Salamanca (Spain) is
0.11 times
as big as Gaza Strip
San Francisco (US) is
0.34 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Seattle (US) is
0.60 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Seoul (South Korea) is
1.68 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Singapore is
1.99 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Shanghai (China) is
18 times
as big as Gaza Strip
St. Louis (US) is
0.48 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Saint Paul (Minnesota) is
0.41 times
as big as Gaza Strip
St. Petersburg (Russia) is
4.00 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Greater Sydney (Australia) is
34 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Sydney (Nova Scotia) is
0.07 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Tallinn (Estonia) is
0.44 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Tehran (Iran) is
2.03 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Tokyo (Japan) is
6.08 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Vancouver (Canada) is
0.32 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Vernon (California) is
0.04 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Vienna (Austria) is
1.15 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Vilnius (Lithuania) is
1.11 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Warsaw (Poland) is
1.44 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Washington DC is
0.49 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Wilmington NC (USA) is
0.30 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Zagreb (Croatia) is
10 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Zurich Metropolitan Area is
5.84 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip compared to areas with similar or lower population
Namibia is
2,289 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Moldova is
94 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Botswana is
1,617 times
as big as Gaza Strip
El Salvador is
58 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Latvia is
179 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Estonia is
126 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Cyprus is
26 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Bhutan is
107 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Iceland is
286 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Guyana is
597 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip compared to countries / regions
Andorra is
1.31 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Albania is
80 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Mount Athos (Greece) is
0.93 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Bosnia and Herzegovina is
142 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Belgium is
85 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Switzerland is
115 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Crimea is
75 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Denmark is
120 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Estonia is
126 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Croatia is
157 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Republic of Ireland is
195 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Kosovo is
30 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Liechtenstein is
0.44 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Liberland is
0.02 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Lithuania is
181 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Luxembourg is
7.18 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Latvia is
179 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Monaco is
0.01 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Moldova is
94 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Montenegro is
38 times
as big as Gaza Strip
North Macedonia is
71 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Netherlands is
115 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Northern Ireland is
39 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Northern Cyprus is
9.32 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Slovenia is
56 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Slovakia is
136 times
as big as Gaza Strip
San Marino is
0.17 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Transnistria is
12 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Wales is
58 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Armenia is
83 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Republic of Artsakh is
8.81 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Bahrain is
2.13 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Brunei is
16 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Bhutan is
107 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Chukchi Peninsula is
142 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Fiji is
51 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Georgia is
194 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Israel is
58 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Kuwait is
50 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Lebanon is
29 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Sri Lanka is
182 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Maldives is
0.83 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Nagorno-Karabakh is
12 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan) is
15 times
as big as Gaza Strip
South Ossetia is
11 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Palestine is
17 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Qatar is
32 times
as big as Gaza Strip
East Timor is
41 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Taiwan is
99 times
as big as Gaza Strip
West Bank is
16 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Burundi is
77 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Bir Tawil is
5.72 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Djibouti is
64 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Gambia is
31 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Equatorial Guinea is
78 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Guinea-Bissau is
100 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Halaib Triangle is
57 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Lesotho is
84 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Rwanda is
73 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Sierra Leone is
199 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Eswatini (Swaziland) is
48 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Togo is
158 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Belize is
64 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Costa Rica is
142 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Dominican Republic is
135 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Grenada is
0.85 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Haiti is
77 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Jamaica is
31 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Puerto Rico (US) is
25 times
as big as Gaza Strip
El Salvador is
58 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Gaza Strip compared to US states
Upper Peninsula of Michigan is
118 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Alabama (US) is
377 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Arkansas (US) is
381 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Connecticut (US) is
40 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Delaware (US) is
14 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Florida (US) is
473 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Georgia (US) is
428 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Hawaii (US) is
79 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Iowa (US) is
405 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Illinois (US) is
417 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Indiana (US) is
262 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Kentucky (US) is
291 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Louisiana (US) is
376 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Massachusetts (US) is
76 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Maryland (US) is
89 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Maine (US) is
255 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Michigan (US) is
418 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Mississippi (US) is
348 times
as big as Gaza Strip
North Carolina (US) is
388 times
as big as Gaza Strip
New Hampshire (US) is
67 times
as big as Gaza Strip
New Jersey (US) is
63 times
as big as Gaza Strip
New York State (US) is
392 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Ohio (US) is
322 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Pennsylvania (US) is
331 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Rhode Island (US) is
8.72 times
as big as Gaza Strip
South Carolina (US) is
230 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Tennessee (US) is
303 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Virginia (US) is
308 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Vermont (US) is
69 times
as big as Gaza Strip
Wisconsin (US) is
471 times
as big as Gaza Strip
West Virginia (US) is
174 times
as big as Gaza Strip