Palestinian students hold banners during a protest against the Israeli siege on Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, on August 19, 2021. The Israeli blockade of the occupied Gaza Strip, in its current form, has been in place since June 2007, when Israel imposed an airtight land, sea and air blockade on the area. ... But Israel has restricted the movement of Palestinians in and out of Gaza for much longer than the past 14 years. Photo by Ashraf Amra