 The Jewish Quarter of Gaza was destroyed in the 1929 Palestine riots and most of Gaza 's fifty Jewish families fled the city . In the 1930s and 1940s , Gaza underwent major expansion , with new neighborhoods , such as Rimal and Zeitoun being built along the coast , and the southern and eastern plains . Areas damaged in the riots also went through reconstruction . Most of the funding for these developments came from international organizations and missionary groups . 
