Using OpenStreetMap building data, Bellingcat found that out of the roughly 670 buildings in an eastern neighbourhood of Tall As Sultan, only 224 remained standing.

Using a damage tracking tool developed by Bellingcat contributor Ollie Ballinger, Bellingcat estimates that almost 8,500 buildings have been damaged or destroyed in just this region of southern Gaza alone from the start of the war in October last year until July of this year. The number is likely higher, given the destruction visible in the more recent August imagery from Planet Labs.

Data from the Decentralized Damage Mapping Group, which uses Sentinel-1 radar data to determine damage throughout the Gaza Strip, shows that almost 44 percent of all

 

Source: Satellite Imagery Shows Vast Destruction in Rafah – bellingcat