Several battles have been fought near Gaza in Palestine:

• The Battle of Gaza (312 BC) was fought between Ptolemy I of Egypt and Demetrius I of Macedon
• The Battle of Raphia in 217 BC, also known as the Battle of Gaza, was fought between Ptolemy IV of Egypt and Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom.
• There were three World War I battles fought at Gaza between British forces and those of Ottoman Turkey:
  • The First Battle of Gaza (March 26 1917) was a Turkish victory
  • The Second Battle of Gaza (April 19 1917) was a Turkish victory
  • The Third Battle of Gaza (October 31–November 7 1917) was a British victory