The military offensive against the Gaza Strip, launched by Israel in response to the Hamas attack on its soil on October 7, entered a new phase since Friday October 27. Air strikes have increased, particularly in the north of the enclave, and land operations began after several days of occasional incursions carried out by the Israeli army.
Le Monde’s infographics service, based on images produced by the Sentinel-1 satellite of the Copernicus program processed by the specialized company Masae Analytics, produced a map of the destruction observed between October 7 and October 29 at the start of the day. noon. This data only includes built-up areas – destroyed parking lots, cultivated areas, roads and bridges are not represented.
