New Google Earth Satellite Images Show Scale of Gaza Destruction
Health officials say more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed and about 82% of Gaza’s structures have been damaged or destroyed.
- Updated Google Earth satellite images appeared online Sunday, revealing vast areas of Gaza reduced to rubble, including the southern city of Rafah and the area around Al Shifa Hospital.
- The devastation reflects the scale of the war in Gaza, which began after the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, with the UN Satellite Centre reporting 82 per cent of structures damaged.
- Gaza's health ministry reports that Israel's military offensive has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians, with 175,068 wounded; journalist Abubaker Abed described the imagery as "truly unfathomable."
- Charity Medical Aid for Palestinians called the maps "a reminder of the international community's failure to protect Palestinians," while Scottish Greens co-leader Gillian Mackay urged action against "the horrifying scale of Israel's genocide."
- Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told The National the images "should be used as evidence for crimes against humanity," calling for justice for the Palestinian people.
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On Sunday, Google Earth switched to a new set of satellite images. The "enormous destruction" in Gaza that the images show is unprecedented and is a help to journalists and activists, but also a reminder of the daunting task that lies ahead, says Berlingske's Middle East correspondent.
New satellite images from Google Maps show the extent of the destruction in Gaza, nearly three years after the start of the Israeli attacks. From north to south, entire neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble.
Google Earth has updated the images of the Strip that show the extent of the devastation after the intervention of Israel. It is estimated that about 60 million tons of rubble are scattered throughout the territory
The massive Israeli military offensive has left Gaza devastated, as the latest Google Earth satellite images show. Entire areas of the area have been reduced to rubble, including buildings, mosques, schools and even hospitals. The destruction is also visible in the town of Rafah, where areas where houses were once clustered are now mostly in ruins.
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