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LOOK: Parts of Gaza look like a wasteland from space

/ 07:07 AM October 27, 2023

Parts of Gaza look like a wasteland from space

This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage to buildings and structures in the neighborhood after bombing at Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, October 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip — 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’s airstrikes, which followed the raids carried out by Hamas militants on October 7.

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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.

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Parts of Gaza look like a wasteland from space

This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows significant damage to buildings and structures in Atatra, northern Gaza, on October 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

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The pattern of destruction in the Al Karameh neighborhood can be traced by a widespread pattern the color of ash.

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Tightly packed streets in Beit Hanoun look obliterated, with a rare white structure standing out in the gray wasteland.

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Parts of Gaza look like a wasteland from space

This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damages to buildings and structures after bombing at Al Karameh neighborhood, in northern Gaza, October 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

Parts of Gaza look like a wasteland from space

This image provided by Maxar Technologies shows significant damage to buildings and structures after bombings in the Izbat Beit Hanoun neighborhood, in northern Gaza, on October 21, 2023. (Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies via AP)

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Israel has carried out thousands of airstrikes since the war erupted on October 7 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.

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