Original sentence: 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict.As a result, Israel has frequently targetted it with shelling and airstrikes as well as several operation aimed at halting the rocket launchings.As opposed to nearby Gaza City, its population is almost entirely of bedouin descent.Beit Hanoun () is a town of 35,000 which is administered by the Palestinian Authority like the rest of the Gaza Strip.It is located on the north-east edge of the Gaza Strip by the Hanoun stream, just 6 km away from the Israeli town of Sderot.More than 5,000 of its residents are part of the "Zaneen" tribe.Operation Days of Penitence.Since before Israel's 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, Beit Hanoun has been a base from which Hamas has fired Qassam rockets into the northern Negev towns like Sderot, as well as the Gush Katif settlements before their evacuation
Edited sentence: Beit Hanoun () is a town under Palestinian Authority of 35,000 people on the Gaza Strip.Ever since the evacuation in Gaza, Beit Hanoun has become a main target for Israeli shelling and air raids and the base from which crude rockets are fired by Palestinian groups into Israel.It is located on the north-east edge of the Gaza Strip, just 6 km away from Israeli town of Sderot.The biggest family clan in Beit Hanoun is Zaneen of more than 5,000 people