Updated Satellite Imagery Shows Scale of Destruction Across Gaza

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On 27 September, the Google Earth satellite imaging software updated its map of the southern Gaza Strip. These new open-access images highlight the almost total destruction by the Israeli army of some former residential areas, such as the city of Rafah.

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Comparison shows Google Earth satellite images showing the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip in February 2026 (after the war, on the left) and August 2023 (before the war, on the right). Reproduction/Google Earth Satellite images from the Gaza Strip published by Google Maps and Google Earth viralized on social networks on the weekend. Photos showing the scale of devastation in Palestinian territory in the post-war period shocked netizens. Google M…

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Google Maps updated the satellite images of the Gaza Strip for the first time in more than a year. The new captures show a devastating scenario, where it is possible to see the effects of Israeli bombings throughout the Palestinian enclave. The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip will exceed 74,000, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health

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Google Earth has released new satellite images showing the extent of the destruction in the Gaza Strip, with neighborhoods that were once densely populated now largely wiped out.

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Jerusalem, Sep 29 (EFE).- The Google Maps app has published images taken in the early 2026s of the Gaza Strip, a territory to which Israel has not allowed journalists to enter for three years, revealing entire cities and completely destroyed neighborhoods.The southern Gaza city of Rafah housed some 300,000 Palestinians before [...] The entry New Google Maps images show a Gaza razed by Israel was first published in HolaNews.