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===1948–1959: All-Palestine government===
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During the [[1948 Palestine war]] and more specifically the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]], tens of thousands of [[Palestinian refugees]] [[1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight|fled or were expelled]] to the Gaza Strip.<ref name="Reuters">{{Cite news |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |date=2023-11-02 |title=Israel-Gaza war: a timeline of the conflict's history |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gazas-centuries-war-brief-history-2023-10-30/ |access-date=2023-11-06 |archive-date=6 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106001524/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/gazas-centuries-war-brief-history-2023-10-30/ |url-status=live }}</ref> By the end of the war, 25% of Mandatory Palestine's [[Arab]] population was in Gaza, though the Strip constituted only 1% of the land.{{sfn|Filiu|2014|p=71-72}} The same year, the [[United Nations]] Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ([[UNRWA]]) was established to administer various refugee programmes.{{sfn|Filiu|2014|p=76}}

On 22 September 1948 (near the end of the Arab–Israeli War), in the Egyptian-occupied [[Gaza City]], the [[Arab League]] proclaimed the {{Nowrap|All-Palestine}} Government, partly to limit [[Jordan|Transjordan]]'s influence over Palestine. The All-Palestine Protectorate was quickly recognized by six of the Arab League's then-seven members (excluding Transjordan): Egypt, [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[Iraq]], [[Saudi Arabia]], and [[Yemen]].{{cn|date=February 2025}}

After the cessation of hostilities, the [[Israel–Egypt Armistice Agreement]] of 24 February 1949 established the line of separation between Egyptian and Israeli forces, as well as the modern boundary between Gaza and Israel, which both signatories declared not to be an international border. The southern border with Egypt was unchanged.<ref name=":4" />

Palestinians living in Gaza or Egypt were issued All-Palestine passports. Egypt did not offer them citizenship. From the end of 1949, they received aid directly from UNRWA. During the [[Suez Crisis]] (1956), Gaza and the [[Sinai Peninsula]] were occupied by Israeli troops, who withdrew under international pressure. The All-Palestine government was accused of being little more than a façade for Egyptian control, with negligible independent funding or influence. It subsequently moved to [[Cairo]] and dissolved in 1959 by decree of Egyptian president [[Gamal Abdul Nasser]].{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}}