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# Gaza
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## Facts
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In biblical times, Gaza was an important Philistine city located on the coastal area of the Mediterranean Sea, about 77 kilometers southwest of Jerusalem and 38 kilometers south of Ashdod.
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* In ancient times, Gaza served as the military and commercial land gate between Asia and Egypt.
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* Today, the city of Gaza is still an important seaport in the Gaza Strip, which is a region of land located along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea bordered by Israel on the north and east and by Egypt on the south.
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* Gaza was the city that the Philistines took Samson to after they had captured him.
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* Philip the evangelist was walking along the desert road to Gaza when he met an Ethiopian eunuch.
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