{
  "id": 10719135,
  "title": "Gaza before and after: Google satellite images show what nearly 3 years of Israel-Hamas war did",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/gaza-before-and-after-google-satellite-images-show-what-nearly-3",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T15:22:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/world/gaza-strip-google-maps-satellite-imagery-destruction-israel-hamas-war-10899078/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Satellite imagery from Google Maps reveals the extent of destruction across the Gaza Strip, nearly three years into the Israel-Hamas war. The images show neighbourhoods transformed and significant damage to farmland and civilian infrastructure. For Rafah in southern Gaza, images were captured in 2026, while northern Gaza images spanned 2025 and 2024. As of June 16, 2026, UNOSAT estimated that 201,290 structures, around 82% of all structures in Gaza, had sustained damage, with 134,422 classified as destroyed. The Rafah imagery, captured in 2026, showed the same streets in 2023 with dense housing lined along the roads and greenhouses covering the fields. By February 2026, the housing was mostly rubble, greenhouses were gone, and dirt tracks and earthworks cut the ground. The destruction has had severe economic consequences; a UNCTAD report stated that 92% of Gaza's economic establishments were damaged or destroyed since October 2023, and Gaza's GDP per capita dropped to $212 in 2025, just 17% of its 2022 level. Unemployment reached 78%, and more than 90% of the working-age population was unemployed. Only 3% of Gaza's cropland remained accessible and undamaged as of June 24, 2026.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Google Maps satellite images reveal 82% destruction in Gaza",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/google-maps-satellite-images-reveal-82-destruction-in-gaza",
        "published": "2026-09-29T10:18:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "El Pais English",
        "title": "Gaza before and after: New Google Maps imagery shows destruction of the Strip",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/gaza-before-and-after-new-google-maps-imagery-shows-destruction-of",
        "published": "2026-09-29T12:39:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}