Satellite images analyzed by the United Nations Satellite Center show that 35% of buildings in the Gaza Strip were destroyed or damaged in Israel's offensive on the Palestinian enclave.
The Israeli attack, launched in response to attacks by Hamas militants in southern Israel on October 7, killed around 32,000 Palestinians, according to health authorities in the Hamas-administered territory. Around 1,200 people were killed in Hamas' attack on Israel.
In its assessment, the United Nations Satellite Center, UNOSAT, used high-resolution satellite images collected on February 29 and compared them with images taken before and after the start of the latest conflict.
The analysis found that 35% of all buildings in the Gaza Strip – 88,868 structures – were damaged or destroyed.
Among them, 31,198 structures were identified as destroyed, 16,908 as severely damaged and 40,762 as moderately damaged.
This represents an increase of almost 20,000 damaged structures compared to the previous assessment based on images taken in January, which showed that 30% of all buildings had been damaged or destroyed, UNOSAT said.
Source: CNN Brasil
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