Maps
Map through time
The lines on this map have moved again and again over the past century. Move the slider to see who controlled what, from British rule to today.
Today (late 2026)
Since the October 2025 ceasefire, Israeli troops hold the eastern part of Gaza behind a 'yellow line' — now 60% or more of the territory. In the West Bank, the Palestinian Authority runs the cities while more than 700,000 settlers live in Area C and East Jerusalem. Israeli troops are also in parts of southern Lebanon and southern Syria.
- Israel (1949 lines)
- Palestinian Authority (Area A) / Gaza west of the yellow line
- Area B: Palestinian civil control, Israeli security control
- Israeli control: Area C, East Jerusalem, eastern Gaza
- Golan Heights: occupied, annexed 1981
Gaza line as drawn in October 2025 (OpenStreetMap); it has since moved further west. See the detailed Gaza map.
Gaza up close
The Gaza Strip is tiny: you could drive its whole length in under an hour. Choose a view.
The Gaza Strip
About 41 km long and 6 to 12 km wide, between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea. Before the war, about 2.2 million people lived here, most of them descendants of refugees from 1948, in five districts (governorates). People and goods could only pass through a few crossing points controlled by Israel and Egypt.
- Gaza Strip
- Crossing point
About these maps
- Colours follow one rule everywhere on this site: blue for Israel, orange for Palestinian areas, and diagonal blue lines for land under Israeli military control.
- Borders come from open data: Natural Earth, the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) for Gaza and the West Bank, and OpenStreetMap for Gaza's “yellow line”. Historical lines are simplified.
- Many borders shown here are disputed. Showing a line is not taking a side on who it should belong to.