{
  "id": 12634177,
  "title": "Satellite photos show how Israeli forces have erased Gaza towns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/satellite-photos-show-how-israeli-forces-have-erased-gaza-towns-12634177",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T12:50:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/satellite-photos-show-how-israeli-forces-have-erased-gaza-towns-1.500701889"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A year after Israel's military campaign, the Gaza Strip remains a devastated wasteland, with satellite images revealing the systematic destruction of towns and districts. The city of Rafah, once home to a quarter million people, has been erased from the map, reduced to rubble and plowed-over remains. Israel has controlled more than 60% of the territory since the ceasefire, continuing to demolish buildings to prevent their use by Hamas militants. The UN has reported that the destruction of civilian housing and infrastructure is unprecedented, potentially amounting to a crime against humanity or genocide. Gaza's population, squeezed into about 40% of the territory, continues to suffer under Israeli control, with few jobs and an almost total dependence on international aid.",
  "summary": "Deir Al Balah: It’s perhaps the most dramatic wound inflicted on the Gaza Strip by Israel’s military campaign over the past three years: The city of Rafah, once home to a quarter million people, has been erased. Satellite imagery shows the Israeli military has systematically razed the southern city and other towns and districts to the ground and in some places plowed away the rubble. Demolition,…",
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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."
}