Gaza Strip population said to reach 2 million [View all]
Source: Times of Israel
Newborn Waleed Shaath in Rafah brings Palestinian enclave above new threshold, Hamas says; UN says territory could be ‘unlivable’ by 2020
GAZA CITY — The two millionth person has been born in Gaza, the Strip’s Hamas rulers claimed Wednesday, with the birth of a baby boy named Waleed officially recognized as reaching the milestone in the densely populated Palestinian territory.
“There are now more than two million residents in the Gaza Strip after the baby Waleed Shaath was born last night in Rafah in southern Gaza,” Iyad Bezm, a spokesman for the Hamas-run interior ministry, told AFP.
The ministry said the population of the Gaza Strip was now 50.66 percent male and 49.34% female.
The 2 million and oneth person, a girl named Lana Ayad, was born shortly afterwards, the ministry said.
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