These two satellite images taken on October 7, 2023 and October 21, 2025 show how the entire Gaza Strip has changed after two years of the Israeli bombing offensive and genocide. 

Between October 7, 2023 and October 19, 2025, more than 68,000 people have been killed by the IDF in Gaza, including more than 20,000 children. A further 170,000 people have been injured, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

Numerous international entities, including a United Nations Commission of Inquiry, have concluded that the actions carried out by the Israeli authorities in Gaza constitute genocide. They assert that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that the Israeli government and security forces have had the genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

On October 9, 2025, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire that included the exchange of Israeli citizens still held by Hamas for Palestinian citizens in Israeli prisons, as well as increased aid to Gaza, among other things. However, despite the truce, Israeli bombing has continued in some areas amid mutual accusations of violating the agreement, resulting in dozens of deaths. The agreement currently remains in force on a provisional basis.

The Gaza Strip has been decimated by bombings since October 7, 2023, as can be seen in the satellite images. Across the Strip, it is estimated 83% of all buildings have been damaged or destroyed, as of the latest available data from September 22, 2025. As well as the infrastructural losses, 86% of agricultural land has also been damaged.  

In addition to the brutal human cost, including the ongoing health and food security crisis in Gaza, the unprecedented scale of destruction poses both immediate and long-term risks to public health, arable land, and access to drinking water.

Copernicus Sentinel data 2021 & 2025