page_title: Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt
section_title: Suez Crisis and its aftermath
hierarchical_section_title: Occupation of the Gaza Strip by Egypt / Suez Crisis and its aftermath
caption_attribution_description: The newly appointed mayor of gaza rushdi shawa speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the gaza municipal council. (26/11/1956) מושל עזה החדש, ראשדי שאווה, נואם בטקס חנוכת מועצת עזה
context_page_description: Egypt occupied the Gaza Strip from the Strip's creation in 1949 after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War until the Six-Day War in 1967, when Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip began, except for a brief period from October 1956 to March 1957 when Israeli occupied Gaza during the Suez Canal Crisis.
  From September 1948, until its dissolution by Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1959, the Gaza Strip was officially administered by the All-Palestine Government. Although largely symbolic, the government was recognized by most members of the Arab League. Following its dissolution, Egypt did not annex the Gaza Strip but left it under military rule pending a resolution of the Palestine question.
context_section_description: In 1956, Egypt blockaded the Gulf of Aqaba, assumed national control of the Suez Canal, and blocked it to Israeli shipping—both threatening the young State of Israel and violating the Suez Canal Convention of 1888. France and the United Kingdom supported Israel in its determination that the canal should remain open to all nations as per the Convention.
  On October 29, 1956, Israel, France and the United Kingdom invaded the Gaza Strip and Sinai Peninsula initiating the 1956 Suez War. Under international pressure, the Anglo-French Task Force withdrew before the end of 1956, and the Israeli army withdrew from the Sinai and Gaza in March, 1957.
caption: The newly appointed mayor of Gaza, Rashad al-Shawwa, speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Gaza municipal council, 26 November 1956
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