Editing Gaza Strip (section)

===Control over airspace===
[[File:20140805 beit hanun7.jpg|thumb|[[Beit Hanoun]] region of Gaza in August 2014, after Israeli bombardments]]
As agreed between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the [[Oslo Accords]], Israel has exclusive control over the airspace. Contrarily to the Oslo Accords, however, Israel interferes with Gaza's radio and TV transmissions, and Israel prevents the Palestinians from operating a seaport or airport.<ref name="auto2" /> The Accords permitted Palestinians to construct an airport, which was duly built and opened in 1998. Israel destroyed Gaza's only airport in 2001 and again in 2002, during the [[Second Intifada]].<ref name=msnbc_fly_again/><ref name=bbc2005/>

The Israeli army makes use of [[Unmanned combat aerial vehicle|drones]], which can launch precise missiles. They are equipped with high-resolution cameras and other sensors. The missile fired from a drone has its own cameras that allow the operator to observe the target from the moment of firing. After a missile has been launched, the drone operator can remotely divert it elsewhere. Drone operators can view objects on the ground in detail during both day and night.<ref name=precisely_wrong>[https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/06/30/precisely-wrong/gaza-civilians-killed-israeli-drone-launched-missiles ''Precisely Wrong—Gaza Civilians Killed by Israeli Drone-Launched Missiles''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104182855/https://www.hrw.org/report/2009/06/30/precisely-wrong/gaza-civilians-killed-israeli-drone-launched-missiles |date=4 November 2015 }}. Human Rights Watch, 30 June 2009</ref> Israeli drones routinely patrol over Gaza, and engage in missile strikes which reportedly kill more civilians than militants; the drones also produce a buzzing noise audible from the ground which Palestinians in Gaza refer to as ''[[zanana]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cook |first=Jonathan |date=28 November 2013 |title=Gaza: Life and death under Israel's drones |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2013/11/28/gaza-life-and-death-under-israels-drones |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |language=en |archive-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104101320/https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2013/11/28/gaza-life-and-death-under-israels-drones |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_uploads/pdfs/sonst_publikationen/Sleepless-in-Gaza-by-Atef-Abu-Saif-RLS-Palestine.pdf |title=Sleepless in Gaza: Israeli drone war on the Gaza Strip |last=Abu Saif |first=Atef |date=March 2014 |publisher=[[Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung]] Regional Office Palestine |access-date=4 January 2024 |archive-date=3 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203182432/https://www.rosalux.de/fileadmin/rls_uploads/pdfs/sonst_publikationen/Sleepless-in-Gaza-by-Atef-Abu-Saif-RLS-Palestine.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Rp|page=6}}