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Updated satellite imagery on Google Maps has revealed the scale of destruction across the Gaza Strip following Israel’s war, showing entire residential neighborhoods that have disappeared and urban areas reduced to rubble.
The imagery, updated on Monday, shows that the damage extends beyond individual buildings to entire residential blocks. Vast empty areas now occupy locations that were previously densely populated.
Buildings remain a threat after ceasefire
The images offer comparisons between Gaza’s urban landscape before the war and its current condition, highlighting the extent of destruction across neighborhoods and residential areas.
The assessment comes as the consequences of the destruction continue to endanger Palestinian lives despite the ceasefire that took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, according to the source report.
Since the ceasefire, dozens of buildings damaged in Israeli attacks have collapsed on residents. Palestinians are also facing a severe shortage of shelter amid continued restrictions on the entry of temporary housing units, or caravans.
Thousands of other structures were left cracked or severely damaged, creating a risk of collapse when exposed to rain, wind and other weather conditions.
UN assessment records extensive damage
More than 200,000 tons of explosives were dropped on the Gaza Strip over nearly two years, according to a report issued in February by the UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing.
A satellite assessment by the UN Satellite Centre, or UNOSAT, found that about 201,290 buildings — equivalent to 82% of all structures in the Gaza Strip — had been damaged as of June 16, 2026.
The figure includes 134,422 destroyed buildings, 13,848 severely damaged structures, 28,096 moderately damaged buildings and 24,924 structures that may have been damaged. The assessment also identified about 328,627 damaged housing units.
Since Oct. 8, 2023, Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and injured more than 175,000 others, while about 90% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been destroyed or damaged.
