Gazafication

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noun

The application of Israeli military doctrine in the Gaza Strip to other places; typically, combining airstrikes, mass evacuations, and extensive destruction of homes and civilian infrastructure (domicide).

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Meanings

nounGazafication (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe application of Israeli military doctrine in the Gaza Strip to other places; typically, combining airstrikes, mass evacuations, and extensive destruction of homes and civilian infrastructure (domicide).

    [Title:] The Gazafication of the West Bank[.]

    2007 February 3, “The Gazafication of the West Bank”, in The Economist, volume 382, number 8514, via Gale General OneFile, →ISSN, pages 46-48
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    While the world's eyes are fixed on what is happening in the Gaza Strip, the "Gazafication" of the West Bank continues. Operation Iron Wall in the West Bank has been going on for more than four weeks, and it has included population evacuations, updated rules of engagement (i.e. a light trigger finger), home demolitions and the destruction of infrastructure.

    2025 February 17, “Gazafication of the West Bank won't solve Israel's security problems. It has to stop”, in Haaretz, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2025

    A centerpiece of this Gazafication is a wave of Israeli military assaults that started in January in West Bank refugee camps, forcing some 40,000 people from their homes.

    2025 April 5, Nicholas Kristof, “In the West Bank, a Boy Dreams of Being Martyred”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2025

    Reporting from Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh said the Israeli military's announcement of a "yellow line" in Lebanon appeared to represent the "continuation of the 'Gazafication' of southern Lebanon".

    2026 April 18, Nour Odeh, quotee, “Israel says established a 'yellow line' in Lebanon, as it has in Gaza”, in Al Jazeera, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2026

Origin

From Gaza + -fication.

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