Haaretz: Destruction of Gaza resembles "post-atomic bomb situation"

The Israeli newspaper Haaretz has used aerial photographs from before and after the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, to indicate the extent of the damage caused by the Israeli army, describing the state of great damage as similar to that after an atomic bomb.

Feb 11, 2024 - 08:09
Haaretz: Destruction of Gaza resembles "post-atomic bomb situation"
Haaretz: Destruction of Gaza resembles "post-atomic bomb situation"

 In a report with the headline: "Gaza residents have nowhere to return", the newspaper reported that, "Satellites show the extent of the massive damage being done by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. The new situation caused by the Israeli army's attacks will affect the entire region for many years." The newspaper also explained that hundreds of thousands of Gazans have fled their homes, and a large area of ​​the strip has been destroyed. Haaretz has reported that residents, army officers and journalists are recounting the events of the great damage done by Israel in the Gaza Strip, and one of them (who was not named) said after visiting northern Gaza that, "It's like the situation after the attack and the atomic bomb." Gaza The report of the famous Israeli newspaper has added that it is difficult to provide accurate estimates of the damage due to the ongoing war, and because the Israeli army imposes restrictions on journalists entering the area, but it is possible to provide a map of the damage using satellite data. The United Nations says that approximately 1.7 million people of Gaza have been forced to flee their homes due to the attacks of the Israeli army and that most of them are now in the south of Gaza, and large tent cities have been built on the border of the area with Egypt. At the end of last year, the American Wall Street Journal wrote in its report about the dire situation in the Gaza Strip that: Israel has demolished 70 percent of the buildings and homes in Gaza; and until the middle of December more than 29 thousand missiles and bombs had been dropped in that area.