Although the United States does not officially recognize the Hamas government, it holds it "fully and entirely responsible for the Gaza Strip," United States Assistant Secretary of State Sean McCormack said.

5 days ago · Palestinian statehood on land that would include the Gaza Strip has broad international support. Here’s a look at the troubled modern history of the Gaza Strip: 1948 - 1967: Egyptian rule of Gaza ... It built a government, including a police force, ministries and border terminals equipped with metal detectors and passport control. 2023 Hamas ...

5 days ago · The Gaza Strip is part of the Palestinian territories, along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Gaza, roughly 140 square miles in size, borders Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea.

Feb 3, 2025 · Through nearly 16 months of war in Gaza, politicians and analysts debated competing proposals for the territory’s postwar governance, but no clear direction emerged while the fighting continued.

May 28, 2024 · Since 2006, the Gaza Strip has been controlled by Hamas, an armed group and political party that was founded during the first Palestinian “intifada,” or uprising, against Israeli rule in...

Feb 1, 2025 · The Gaza Strip was the site of escalating violence between the competing groups, and a short-lived coalition government was ended in June 2007 after Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip and a Fatah-led emergency cabinet took control of the West Bank.

Oct 9, 2023 · After Israel's victory in the 1967 Six-Day War against its Arab neighbors, it gained control of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. For the next 38 years, it controlled the strip and enabled the...

Feb 16, 2024 · The government has also emphasized the urgency of regional and international mediators’ efforts to secure a ceasefire, prevent the cycle of revenge and retaliation, release hostages, and block any forced displacement from the Gaza Strip.

Feb 26, 2024 · Eager to avoid entanglement in a postbellum state-building project, the U.S. seeks to involve its Middle Eastern partners—particularly Jordan, Qatar, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—in postwar governance plans for the Gaza Strip.

This section of the report covers the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem territories that Israel occupied during the June 1967 war. In 2017 the United States recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights in 2019.