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What does it mean to squeeze 2 million people into 30% of the already very small area of the Gaza Strip?

Omar Shaban Ismail · PalThink for Strategic Studies · 2026

A brief analysis confronting the human catastrophe of confining two million Palestinians into 30% of Gaza's already tiny area, highlighting the devastating humanitarian and political implications of so-called safe zones.

A brief analysis confronting the human catastrophe of confining two million Palestinians into 30% of Gaza's already tiny area, highlighting the devastating…

It is a direct and deliberate policy of slow death, by forcing the population into an extremely small area that effectively becomes a tiny, overcrowded prison cell packed with inmates.

The Gaza Strip’s area is 362 square kilometers and was inhabited by 2.2 million people, making it one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with an average density of around 6,000 people per square kilo

Topic: Gaza Reconstruction — displacement · safe zone · ceasefire · humanitarian crisis · population density — Original source

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