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Gaza City - One of the Five Great Cities of the Philistines Today the Gaza Strip is an isolated, overcrowded enclave bordered by Egypt to the south, Mediterranean Sea to the west and a hostile Israel to the north and east. Gaza's chief administrative centre is Gaza City and students of its history, anxious to make sense of the region’s current chaotic situation, might well choose the period of British rule between 1917- 48 as a starting point for research. To do so would of course allow a modern perspective, but fail to give an understanding of a history that stretches back to Biblical times. Biblical History The early existence of Gaza is confirmed in Genesis 10:19: “The different tribes of the Canaanites spread out until the Canaanite borders reached from Sidon southwards to Gerar near Gaza.” Gaza City The city’s name... [read full story]
