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First Israeli Occupation of Gaza

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1 November 1956

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Gettyimages/Hulton Archive

At the start of Israel's first occupation of this war-torn area, invading Israeli infantry troops celebrate the capture of an artillery piece during fighting at the southern Arab town of Rafah. [In late October 1956, shortly before the British and French invasion of the Suez Canal Zone, Israeli troops seized the Egyptian-occupied Gaza Strip and used it as a springboard for its advance against the Egyptians in the Sinai Peninsula. On March 6, 1957 the United Nations Emergency Force replaced the Israeli troops, and Cairo regained control of the Gaza Strip.]

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