Located in the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea between Israel and Egypt, Gaza is an ancient city with an unfortunate recent history of war and occupation by Britain (1917-1948), Egypt (1948-1967), and Israel (1967-2005). Since 2007 Gaza has been governed by the Hamas movement which assumed the status, de facto, of an autonomous but besieged city-state. Beginning on 7 October 2023 the ongoing Gaza War has resulted in widespread destruction throughout the territory and the loss of Gaza's only active lighthouse. Gaza has no natural harbor and no commercial harbor but it has a small fishing harbor enclosed by breakwaters. There are no internationally-recognized aids to navigation.
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Posted June 20, 2016. Lighthouses: 2. Checked and revised May 3, 2026. Site copyright 2026 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.