For more than two months, Israeli airstrikes have caused extensive damage across the Gaza Strip, with southern cities seeing an escalation of attacks in recent weeks. More than 21,000 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the war, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
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Population by municipality
Population by municipality
Population by municipality
Israel says it is targeting Hamas leaders and fighters in retaliation to Hamas’s deadly surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7. But an analysis of satellite imagery shows that places of worship, hospitals, schools and residential areas have also been damaged or destroyed.
Since the end of the cease-fire Dec. 1, Israeli forces have escalated attacks on Khan Younis, a city in southern Gaza with a prewar population of 242,700. Over 1 million Palestinians who were displaced to the south now face repeated bombings in Khan Younis and other southern municipalities. Israeli forces have damaged at least 32 percent of buildings in Khan Younis, according to researchers Corey Scher and Jamon Van Den Hoek.
Infrastructure in northern Gaza remains the most impacted, with at least 67 percent of buildings damaged by Israeli airstrikes. A total of at least 22.6 square miles in Gaza have been damaged as of Dec. 23.
Damage analysis of Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite data by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University. Damage data as of 10:44 p.m. Eastern on Dec. 23. Population data is sourced from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Building footprint data is computer generated by Microsoft Maps using computer vision algorithms. Infrastructure data is from OpenStreetMap.
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