Gaza satellite assessment Levy describes destruction

Oct 5

Elior Levy presents a before-and-after satellite assessment of wartime Gaza. He says access restrictions leave satellites as almost the only means of assessment and attributes damage to 80 percent of buildings to unnamed research institutes. He describes an Israeli-created belt inside Gaza and severe destruction in Juhor ad-Dik, Abasan, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia, mixed damage in Gaza City, and Rafah almost razed. He contrasts tent settlements holding more than a million people with comparatively less damaged Deir al-Balah. He mentions a planned first reconstruction pilot city in Rafah, without reporting it built. The research and image dates are not identified, figures remain his attributed assessment and no specific strike is reconstructed.

On Kan, Elior Levy presents a current satellite-based assessment of Gaza's wartime destruction, attributing damage to 80 percent of buildings to unnamed institutes. He describes the internal border belt, severely damaged towns and Rafah, tent settlements containing over a million people and comparatively less damaged Deir al-Balah. He qualifies assessment by restricted ground access. The original research and imagery dates are unknown, and the planned Rafah pilot city is not built in the report.