Gaza looks like a wasteland from space in these before-and-after photos
Gaza looks like a wasteland from space in these before-and-after photos
These images provided by Maxar Technologies show an area of Atatra, northern Gaza, before and after Israeli airstrikes. At left, Atatra on May 10, 2023; at right, the same area on Oct. 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
These images provided by Maxar Technologies show an area of Atatra, northern Gaza, before and after Israeli airstrikes. At left, Atatra on May 10, 2023; at right, the same area on Oct. 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
These images provided by Maxar Technologies show an area of Atatra, northern Gaza, before and after Israeli airstrikes. At left, Atatra on May 10, 2023; at right, the same area on Oct. 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows before bombing at the Beit Hanoun neighborhood, northern Gaza, May 1, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows before bombing at the Beit Hanoun neighborhood, northern Gaza, May 1, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage to buildings and structures in the neighborhood after bombing at Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, Oct. 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage to buildings and structures in the neighborhood after bombing at Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, Oct. 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows before bombing at Al Karameh neighborhood, northern Gaza, on May 10, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows before bombing at Al Karameh neighborhood, northern Gaza, on May 10, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damages to buildings and structures after bombing at Al Karameh neighborhood, in northern Gaza, Oct. 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damages to buildings and structures after bombing at Al Karameh neighborhood, in northern Gaza, Oct. 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows after significant damage to buildings and structures in Atatra, northern Gaza, on Oct. 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows after significant damage to buildings and structures in Atatra, northern Gaza, on Oct. 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows before significant damage in the Izbat Beit Hanoun neighborhood, in northern Gaza, on Oct. 10, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows before significant damage in the Izbat Beit Hanoun neighborhood, in northern Gaza, on Oct. 10, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows after bombing damage in the Izbat Beit Hanoun neighborhood, in northern Gaza, on Oct. 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows after bombing damage in the Izbat Beit Hanoun neighborhood, in northern Gaza, on Oct. 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows before significant damage in Atatra, northern Gaza, on May 10, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows before significant damage in Atatra, northern Gaza, on May 10, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (AP) — Apartment buildings are crumpled. Neighborhoods lie in ruins. Terrain is transformed into moonscape.
The destruction of areas of northern Gaza is visible from space in satellite images taken before and after Israeli airstrikes, which followed the raids carried out by Hamas militants on Oct. 7.
In images shot Saturday by Maxar Technologies, four- and five-story buildings in the Izbat Beit Hanoun neighborhood are in various states of collapse. Huge chunks are missing from some, others are broken in half and two large complexes lie in piles of rubble.
The pattern of destruction in the Al Karameh neighborhood can be traced by a widespread pattern the color of ash.
Tightly packed streets in Beit Hanoun look obliterated, with a rare white structure standing out in the gray wasteland.
Before and after satellite images released by Maxar Technologies show the extent of damage caused by Israel’s bombardments in various neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip. (Oct. 26)
Israel has carried out thousands of airstrikes since the war began following a cross-border raid that killed 1,400 people in Israel and took over 200 others hostage. Palestinian health officials say over 7,000 people in Gaza have been killed since the fighting erupted.
With the airstrikes continuing around the clock, the full extent of the damage remains unknown. The satellite photos provide a glimpse of the devastation, particularly in the hard-hit northern Gaza Strip.