Egyptian military administration

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The Egyptian military administration was the governing authority established by Egypt to control and manage the Gaza Strip following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War until Israel's occupation in 1967.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governing authority
military administration
administeredBy Egyptian military governor of Gaza
appliesToPeriod post-1948 Arab–Israeli War period
pre-1967 period
appliesToTerritory Gaza Strip
borderControl Rafah Crossing
surface form: Rafah border crossing
capital Gaza City
civilAdministrationRole oversaw civil affairs in Gaza Strip
conflictContext Arab–Israeli conflict
Arab–Israeli conflict
surface form: Palestinian–Israeli conflict
cooperatedWith UNRWA
surface form: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
country Egypt
demographicImpact hosted Palestinian refugees displaced in 1948
educationPolicyRole supervised schools and education in Gaza Strip
endCause Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip
endTime 1967
endTimeEvent Six-Day War
establishedBy Egypt
followedBy Israeli Military Governorate
surface form: Israeli military government in Gaza Strip
governanceType direct military rule
governs Gaza Strip
healthcareRole administered public health services in Gaza Strip
historicalRegion former British Mandate of Palestine
internationalStatus not widely recognized as sovereign over Gaza
legalStatusOfTerritory Egyptian-occupied territory
not formally annexed by Egypt
locatedIn Gaza Strip
Middle East
Mandatory Palestine
surface form: Palestine
neighboringEntity All-Palestine Government
parentOrganization Egyptian Armed Forces
partOf Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip
surface form: Egyptian occupation of the Gaza Strip
policyOnRefugees administered large Palestinian refugee population
precededBy British authorities in Mandatory Palestine
surface form: British Mandate administration in Gaza
relatedEvent Suez Crisis
surface form: 1956 Sinai War

Suez Crisis
relationshipToAllPalestineGovernment exercised de facto control over Gaza despite nominal All-Palestine Government authority
religionInTerritory Islam
resumedAfter Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 1957
securityRole maintained security and public order in Gaza Strip
sovereigntyClaim Egypt did not formally annex Gaza Strip
startTime 1948
startTimeEvent Arab–Israeli War of 1948
surface form: 1948 Arab–Israeli War
temporaryInterruption Israeli occupation of Gaza during 1956–1957
timeInForce approximately 19 years
usedLanguage Arabic

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Gaza Strip administeredPreviouslyBy Egyptian military administration
Egyptian administration of the Gaza Strip governingAuthority Egyptian military administration