A new analysis of satellite images conducted by Tel Aviv Tribune Network in cooperation with specialists, based on images from the “1 Sentinel” satellite, showed the expansion of the total destruction of buildings and facilities in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Israeli war on the seventh of last October.
The unprecedented percentage of destruction reached approximately 44% of the total buildings and facilities in the Gaza Strip as of January 4th, while the percentage was 35% at the beginning of the truce. This percentage does not include the number of buildings that were partially damaged by the bombing.
Khan Yunis governorate, south of the Gaza Strip, was the most destroyed governorate after the truce, as Israeli air and ground attacks were concentrated on it.
According to an analysis of photos taken on January 4, the percentage of destroyed buildings in the governorate increased to 37%, after it was approximately 22% before the truce.
The total number of completely destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis reached approximately 28 thousand buildings, while the total number of destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip increased to about 118 thousand buildings, after it was 95 thousand buildings before the truce.
The percentage of destroyed buildings in the Gaza and northern governorates reached 68%, and in the central governorate, the percentage of destruction in the city of Deir al-Balah rose to 26%.
High-quality satellite images show widespread destruction in the Central Governorate, including the Bureij camp, where the destruction rate exceeded 65%, as these areas are the epicenter of bombing and ground battles after the truce.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s analysis shows the occupation’s destruction of approximately 20 medical facilities, 75 educational facilities, and 127 mosques. These are preliminary numbers for the damage that appeared only in the images analyzed and do not represent the final numbers for these facilities.
Since last October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on Gaza, which as of Wednesday left 23,357 martyrs, 59,410 wounded, most of them children and women, massive destruction of infrastructure and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, according to the Gaza Strip authorities and the United Nations.