Apparently some confusion about what is Gaza. Is it a nation, a state, a piece of land, whatever.
Gaza is an exclave of Palestinian state. Palestinian state consists of West Bank and Gaza, with West Bank being 15 times bigger in territory, but only 1.5 times bigger in population. Geographically, Gaza is loosely similar to Alaska in that Alaska is likewise cut off from the mainland USA by another country.
Gazans held local elections where they elected Hamas to run the exclave. Still, they were under Palestinian authorities, including the president of Palestine. So they had a rebellion led by Hamas, during which they killed or exiled all representatives of mainland Palestinian authorities. Since then they are de facto independent state, that is run by their local government. De jure they are an exclave of Palestinian state.
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