They cannot come and go freely, and have to build tunnels to smuggle in the necessities of life.
Originally, the Avvites lived in Gaza, but the Caphtorites displaced them and settled in the city Deuteronomy 2:23.
One of the biggest issues has been building materials.
Much of the modern city is built along the plain below the hill, especially to the north and east, forming Gaza's suburbs.
Israel rebuffed many cease-fire calls but later declared a cease fire although Hamas vowed to fight on.
Israel states that it does not exercise effective control or authority over any land or institutions in the Gaza Strip and thus the Gaza Strip is no longer subject to the former.