Gaza City (Wikipedia) Gaza (/ˈɡɑːzə/ GAH-zə;[4] Arabic: غَزَّة, romanized: Ġazzah, IPA: [ˈɣazza]), also called Gaza City, is the largely destroyed Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip, with a population of 590,481 (in 2017), making it the largest city in the State of Palestine.