Gaza Facts

Gush Katif: Facts In Brief

21 communities, most of them founded some 20 years ago

close to 8,000 residents

26 synagogues

over 20 yeshivot, schools and other educational institutions (not including nurseries and kindergartens)

900 acres of greenhouses growing bugless lettuce, cherry tomatoes (90% of Israel's exports), organic vegetables, spices, flowers, plants and more

$60 million a year in exports - an average of $7,500 for every man, woman and child

manufactures 70% of all of Israel's organic produce

has faced over 4,000 mortar shells and Kassam rocket attacks, as well as 10,000 shooting incidents, at the hands of Palestinian terrorists over the past 3.5 years

a 10% growth in population since the Oslo War began in September 2000