Israel / Gaza: One Year Later

ISRAEL / GAZA — It’s been one year since the attacks of October 7th in Israel so we’ve compiled a few stories from above that capture just a small fraction of what’s taken place in this ongoing tragedy. Due to this region being an active war zone, there have been strict limitations on what imagery has been made available and is allowed to be shared. We recognize how this topic sparks the most intense emotions on all sides and ultimately wish for it be over soon – for the surviving Israeli hostages to return home safely and for the death of Palestinians and destruction of Gaza to come to an end.

1. Cars abandoned following the Re’im music festival massacre on October 7, 2023 (image captured on October 11). A total of 365 people were killed during the massacre, which was part of the larger Hamas attack that claimed 1,139 lives. Source: Maxar

2. Using satellite data captured in the past year, researchers estimate that 60% of buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed. Source: Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite data by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University

3. Buildings destroyed in Beit Hanoun, Gaza on October 21, 2023. In the last year, more than 41,600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli attacks, according to local health officials. Source: Maxar

4. An enormous crowd of people gathered along Salah al Deen Road in Gaza on November 17, 2023 as they attempted to flee south along an evacuation corridor. The UN agency coordinating humanitarian relief estimates roughly 90% of Gaza’s population has been forcibly displaced at least once during the past year. Source: Maxar

5. Tents concentrated in Rafah, near Gaza’s southern border, on February 3, 2024. It is estimated that more than half of Gaza’s population of 2.2 million sought refuge here, following Israeli military activity and evacuations in the north. Source: Maxar

6. Following the evacuation of Rafah (shown in the previous timelapse), thousands of tents then appeared at Khan Younis on May 15, 2024. Source: Maxar