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The United Nations estimates that around 35% of buildings in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed in the conflict with Israel. Lyse Doucet
By analysing satellite imagery collected on 29 February and comparing with previous images of structures in the area, the United Nations Satellite Centre identified more than 31,000 destroyed buildings and almost 17,000 severely damaged buildings, with a further 40,762 moderately damaged structures. Chief international correspondent, in southern Israel
This represents an increase of nearly 20,000 damaged buildings since the analysis was last done in January. Other estimates have suggested the scale of destruction is even higher. A crowd of smiling, laughing, faces stare from fields in southern Israel.
Analysis carried out by Corey Scher of City University of New York and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University in January suggests between 144,000 and 175,000 buildings across the whole Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed. They’re photographs of the killed and kidnapped in a memorial to that fateful day when Hamas gunmen turned their celebration at the Nova Music Festival into a slaughter.
That's between 50% and 61% of Gaza's buildings. More than 370 festival goers were shot, beaten, or burnt to death; more than 40 were dragged across the Gaza boundary nearby.
Today, candles are being lit in the sea of Israeli flags and flowers, teddy bears, and other mementos to young lives brutally cut short. Families who lost loved ones gathered for a press conference and prayer as buses kept pulling up, bringing students, soldiers, mourners.
“Before October 7th, I could imagine peace,” reflected Shimon Buskila, whose 25-year old son Jordan perished that day.
Anger still seethes over Israel’s shocking security failure, mixed with raw grief. “October 7th is a tragedy that could - and should - have been avoided.”
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