Here’s a look at the troubled modern history of the Gaza Strip:

Israeli Cabinet ministers approved the plan to take control of all of Gaza in a vote early Monday. The IDF already is calling up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers.

What's Left to Bomb?' Israel's Plan to Expand Campaign Strikes Fear Into Gazans By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel's plan to expand its Gaza offensive, displace people within the enclave and take control of aid distribution has horrified Gazans who have already suffered multiple displacements and food shortages during 19 months of conflict.