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Gaza is occupied by Israeli army. They are Israeli tanks, soldiers, and bulldozers each day who enter in Gaza and do military operations.

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Gaza is occupied by Israeli army. They are Israeli tanks, soldiers, and bulldozers each day who enter in Gaza and do military operations.

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Complete gibberish. Where are you getting your information from??

The Israeli army (IDF), together with "settlers" completely evacuated the Gaza Strip years ago. The IDF (air force) attacks smuggling tunnels in response to mortars and rockets fired into Israel. Occasionally (definitely not every day!!) they go into Gaza for a specific military operation in response to some provocation, but they do not stay in the Gaza Strip - and they certainly don't have anything close to a permanent presence there ("occupation"). And if you'd bother to read international law, you'd see that "occupation" means a continuous presence, ruling directly over the local population - something the IDF hasn't done in years in Gaza.

From the 1907 Hague Convention (Article 42):
"+Territory is considered occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the hostile army.
The occupation extends only to the territory where such authority has been established and can be exercised.
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As I mentioned, this was the definition of "occupied territory" which was used by the ICJ.

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