Recent satellite images and drone videos show extensive devastation in Gaza before and after the conflict that started on October 7, 2023. Around 78-80% of Gaza's structures have been damaged or destroyed due to Israeli airstrikes and military operations over the past two years. Cities like Gaza City, Rafah, Beit Hanoun, and Jabaliya have seen entire neighborhoods leveled, with homes and farmlands turned to rubble and barren wasteland. The destruction has transformed formerly green and densely populated areas into desolate, overcrowded tent settlements with deteriorating infrastructure and critical shortages of water, shelter, and sanitation. These images vividly reveal the human and infrastructural toll, showing before and after states of neighborhoods reduced to dust and craters.
If desired, specific before and after images of Gaza are available in articles from news agencies like NBC News, Fox News, BBC, Al Jazeera, and CNN, as well as on platforms like Instagram and YouTube, which document this dramatic change through satellite and drone photography.