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An aerial view shows the destruction of Jabalia refugee camp following Israeli attacks, in Gaza City, Gaza, Oct. 3, 2024. / Credit: Mahmoud ssa/Anadolu/Getty
Attacks on protected zones and civilians in Gaza during the Israel–Hamas war have led to the killing of over 30,000 Palestinians and the displacement of over 2 million people, [1] as well as the collapse of the education system [2] and the destruction of most homes [3] and hospitals in Gaza. [4]
Before 7 October 2023, around 170 km 2 (66 sq mi) of the Gaza strip was farms and orchards, 47% of Gaza's total land area. [2] By the end of February 2024 satellite data showed that the Israeli military had destroyed more than 65 km 2 of farms and orchards (38% of the total).
Historian Robert Pape stated, "Gaza will also go down as a place name denoting one of history's heaviest conventional bombing campaigns." [183] Scholars termed the destruction of Gaza a domicide, leading the UN special rapporteur on the right to housing to argue that international law should be amended to consider domicide a war crime.
Crossings remain closed and strikes intensify as IDF warns of ‘next stages of war’
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The main Jewish areas depopulated in 1948 were the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem and the Gush Etzion. Approximately 30-40km 2 of land was owned by Jews in the areas which became the West Bank and Gaza Strip (approximately 6,000km 2); some of this land was uninhabited. [43] In areas that became the West Bank
Satellite view shows the Palestinian city of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on 1 May (via REUTERS) Meanwhile, the before and after images of Atatra in northwest Gaza show nearly an entire ...