In an apparent effort to prevent disturbances, the army clamped a curfew on Shati, a beachside shantytown in Gaza City housing 42,000 Palestinians.
But today's independent government would like to turn it into a museum with beachside bungalows nearby to attract tourists and their money to this barren, 10-island archipelago in the Atlantic off northwest Africa.
"At this rate, I'll be working in Jordan in another five years," jokes Dudu Unger, who sells food at a beachside kiosk.