Gaza may refer to:

Places

Palestine

Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine. I ...

, a Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea **

Gaza City Gaza City, also called Gaza, is a city in the Gaza Strip, Palestine, and the capital of the Gaza Governorate. Located on the Mediterranean coast, southwest of Jerusalem, it was home to Port of Gaza, Palestine's only port. With a population of ...

, a city in the Gaza Strip **

Gaza Governorate The Gaza Governorate (), also alternatively known as Gaza City Governorate, is one of the 16 Governorates of Palestine, located in the north central Gaza Strip. Gaza is claimed by the State of Palestine, but the land is under the control of ...

, a governorate in the Gaza Strip

Mandatory Palestine

Gaza Subdistrict, Mandatory Palestine The Gaza Subdistrict (; ) was one of the subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine. It was situated in the southern Mediterranean coastline of the British Mandate of Palestine. After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the district disintegrated, with Israe ...

Lebanon

* Ghazzeh, a city in the Western Beqaa District

United States

* Gaza, Iowa, an unincorporated community * Gaza, a village in the town of

Sanbornton, New Hampshire Sanbornton is a New England town, town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 3,026 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It includes the villages of North Sanbornton and Gaza. History Located in the fork of ...

* Little Gaza, an Arab-American ethnic enclave in Anaheim, California * Gaza Strip, colloquial name for Anaheim Island, California, unincorporated area in Orange County, California

Australia

Klemzig, South Australia Klemzig is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It was the first settlement of German immigrants in Australia and was named after the village of Klemzig in what was then German Prussia and is now Klępsk in western Pola ...

, renamed ''Gaza'' from 1917 to 1935

Africa

Gaza Empire The Gaza Empire (1824–1895) was an African empire established by Soshangane and was located in southeastern Africa in the area of southern Mozambique and southeastern Zimbabwe. The Gaza Empire, at its height in the 1860s, covered all of M ...

, a former Nguni kingdom in southern Africa *

Gaza Province Gaza is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 75,709 km2 and a population of 1,422,460 (2017 census), which is the least populous of all the provinces of Mozambique. Xai-Xai is the capital of the province. Inhambane Province is t ...

, a province of Mozambique *

Gazaland Gazaland is the historical name for the region in southeast Africa, in modern-day Mozambique and Zimbabwe, which extends northward from the Komati River at Maputo Bay, Delagoa Bay in Mozambique's Maputo Province to the Pungwe River in central Mo ...

, a region in southern Mozambique and Zimbabwe

Croatia

* Gaza, Karlovac, a section of the city of

Karlovac Karlovac () is a city in central Croatia. In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located southwest of Zagreb and northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the ...

, Croatia

History and society

* Gaza people, a Nguni people in southern Africa *

Gaza (Battle honour) Gaza was a battle honour awarded to units of the British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national i ...

, a British World War I award *

Gaza Thesis The Ghaza or Ghazi thesis (from , ''ġazā'', "holy war", or simply "raid") is a since disputed historical paradigm first formulated by Paul Wittek which has been used to interpret the nature of the Ottoman Empire during the earliest period of ...

, a thesis used to explain the rise of the Ottoman Empire

Literature

* '' Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom'', a 2018 book by Norman Finkelstein

Popular culture

Gaza (band) Gaza was an American sludge metal band from Salt Lake City, Utah. Formed in 2004, they were signed to Black Market Activities and released one extended play and three full-length albums. They are known for their "abrasive style of chaotic metal ...

, a mathcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah * ''Gaza'' (film), a 2019 Irish documentary film about the Gaza strip in Palestine *

Sektor Gaza ''Sektor Gaza'' (, in Russian related to ''Gaza Strip'') was a Soviet and Russian punk rock band from Voronezh, founded in 1987 by Yuri Klinskikh. History Sektor Gaza was founded in Voronezh by Yuri Klinskikh, also known as Yuri "Khoy". T ...

, Russian punk rock band from Voronezh (1987–2000) * "Gaza", a 2012 song by progressive rock band

Marillion Marillion are a British neo-prog band, formed in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, in 1979. They emerged from the post-punk music scene in Britain and existed as a bridge between the styles of punk rock and classic progressive rock, becoming the mo ...

* Gaza, warrior from Sol in the Sony PlayStation game, ''

Legend of Legaia is a role-playing video game developed by Prokion and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. Contrail handled the game's production. It was released in Japan in October 1998, North America in March 1999 and Europe in May 2 ...

'' * "Gaza", an episode of the television program ''The West Wing'' (season 5)

Science

* ''Gaza'' (gastropod), a genus of sea snails

People

Porphyry of Gaza Porphyrius (; , ''Porphyrios''; Slavonic: Порфирий, ''Porfiriy''; –420) was bishop of Gaza from 395 to 420, known, from the account in his ''Life'', for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city of Gaza, and demolishing its temples. ...

(347–420), Bishop of Gaza 395–420 * Rabbi Gaza (c. 400), Talmudic sage, contemporary of

Ravina I Ravina I (; died c. AD 420) was a Babylonian Jewish Talmudist and rabbi, of the 5th and 6th generation of amoraim. Biography His father seems to have died before he was born or at an early age, and it was necessary for his mother informed him of s ...

(appears in Shabbat 145b and Yevamot 45b) *

Choricius of Gaza Choricius of Gaza () was a Gaza-based Greek sophist and rhetorician of Late Antiquity. With writings dating to the early sixth century, he flourished in the time of Anastasius I (AD 491–518) as a scholar and public orator. He is considered as p ...

(c. 500), Greek sophist and rhetorician *

Gaza Triad The Gaza Triad refers collectively to Aeneas of Gaza Aeneas of Gaza (; d. ) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher and a convert to Christianity who flourished towards the end of the fifth century. He is considered part of the Rhetorical School of Gaza, ...

, three 6th Century Christian theologians from Gaza city **

Aeneas of Gaza Aeneas of Gaza (; d. ) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher and a convert to Christianity who flourished towards the end of the fifth century. He is considered part of the Rhetorical School of Gaza, which flourished in Byzantine Palaestina in the fif ...

(d. 518), Neo-Platonic philosopher **

Procopius of Gaza Procopius of Gaza (; 465 – 528) was a Christian sophist and rhetorician, one of the most important representatives of the famous school of his native place.Vikan, Gary, Alexander Kazhdan, and Zvi 'Uri Ma῾oz. "Gaza." In ''The Oxford Dictiona ...

(465–528), Christian sophist and rhetorician **

Zacharias Rhetor Zacharias of Mytilene (Ζαχαρίας ό Μιτυληναίος; c. 465, Gaza City, Gaza – after 536), also known as Zacharias Scholasticus or Zacharias Rhetor, was a bishop and ecclesiastical historian. Life The life of Zacharias of Mytile ...

(d. before 553) *

Dorotheus of Gaza Dorotheus of Gaza ( ''Dorotheos tes Gazes''; ca. 500 – 560 or 580), Dorotheus the Archimandrite or Abba Dorotheus, was a Christian monk and abbot. He lived as a monk at the monastery of Seridus near Gaza and wrote instructions on the ascetic ...

(505–565), Christian abbot *

Theodorus Gaza Theodorus Gaza (, ''Theodoros Gazis''; ; ), also called Theodore Gazis or by the epithet Thessalonicensis and Thessalonikeus (c. 1398 – c. 1475), was a Greek humanist and translator of Aristotle, one of the Greek scholars who were the leader ...

(1400–1475), Greek humanist *

Nathan of Gaza Nathan Benjamin ben Elisha Hayyim haLevi Ashkenazi (), more famously known as Nathan of Gaza (; 1643–1680), or Ghazzati, was a theologian and author born in Jerusalem. After his marriage in 1663 he moved to Gaza, where he became famous as a pro ...

(1643–1680), Jewish theologian *

Xian Gaza Christian Albert Soriano "Xian" Gaza (born July 5, 1993) is a Filipino internet personality. Career Gaza claims to be the President and CEO of Hong Kong-based Guanxiqian Group. He also claims to be the founder of Gazaboy Group of Companies and Gaz ...

(born 1993), Filipino internet personality and businessman

Event

Gaza genocide According to a United Nations Special Committee, Amnesty International, and other experts, Israel is committing genocide in Gaza against the Palestinian people during its ongoing invasion and bombing of the Gaza Strip as part of the Gaza w ...

Gaza war The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel fought since 7 October 2023. A part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflict, Gaza–Israel conflicts dating ...

Gaza war protests The Gaza war has sparked protests, demonstrations, and vigils around the world. These protests focused on a variety of issues related to the conflict, including demands for a ceasefire, an end to the October 2023 Israeli blockade of the Gaza ...