Satellite Images Show Israel Continues Gaza Demolition Efforts Despite Cease-fire - Israel News
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According to the images, in recent months, hundreds of buildings have been destroyed in Shujaiya, in the eastern part of Gaza City alone. According to a U.K. based Forensic Architecture group, Israel maintains 48 positions along the Yellow Line in the Strip, 13 of which were built since the cease-fire
The IDF continues to engage in systematic demolitions of buildings in areas under its control in the Gaza Strip even after the cease-fire went into effect, recent satellite images show.
Produced by Planet Labs, the images show eastern Gaza City and the Shujaiyeh neighborhood as they were last week and how they appeared several days after the cease-fire went into effect in October.
The comparison shows that the IDF flattened hundreds of buildings in this area alone. Some had been damaged during the war and were later razed using heavy equipment. Others appear to be pretty much untouched.
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The IDF’s demolition policy changed over the course of the war. Initially, the destruction was a side effect of operations. Following the invasion of Rafah in May 2024, the IDF began hiring civilian contractors to systematically raze entire neighborhoods all over Gaza.
Estimates are that due to this policy, nearly 100 percent of the buildings in Rafah, Abasan al-Kabira, Khirbet Khizeh, Jabalya and other areas. In addition, over the course of the war, 80 percent of greenhouses were demolished, 87 percent of agricultural areas and 80 percent of roads. Experts estimated that the destruction has created 61 million tons of rubble.
The IDF had not responded to requests for comment by press time.