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Gaza International Airport (later designated Yasser Arafat International Airport) was established southeast of Rafah adjacent to the international border with Egypt, pursuant to the 1995 Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement (Oslo II, Annex I, Article XIII). Published historical records differ on the total aerodrome site area, and boundary demarcations remain subject to unresolved archival differences rather than settled survey data.

Following military incursions and the demolition of airport infrastructure documented in international resolutions, ground conditions across the airfield perimeter suffered extensive destruction. Site boundaries remain documented across differing historical accounts rather than established by conclusive on-site measurement.

The aerodrome featured a single primary asphalt runway oriented 01/19, with an engineering design length of approximately 3,080 meters as recorded in project specifications by engineering consultants Saleh & Hegab. Published sources record differing figures for the runway width, and the exact operational dimension is not treated as settled in this dossier. The airfield was developed to support civil passenger traffic operated by Palestinian Airlines and regional carriers.

Airfield infrastructure included passenger facilities, an air traffic control tower, and navigational installations. Runway and navigation facilities suffered extensive destruction between December 2001 and early 2002, including direct runway incursions documented in international civil aviation resolutions.

Historical truth requires strict evidentiary discipline. Gaza Gateway enforces an explicit distinction between three classes of records: verified historical data backed by primary civil aviation treaties and international registries; dated documentary evidence reflecting a verified time and place (such as the June 2008 documentary photograph); and unverified anecdotal or third-party assertions.

Photographs depicting damaged terminal structures cannot substantiate current ground conditions years later without new verified field provenance. Where records conflict—such as exact site perimeter acreage or operational runway width—the platform documents the range of published evidence rather than presenting a single contested figure as established fact.