Parts of Gaza look like a wasteland in photos taken from space

Apartment buildings are crumpled. Neighbourhoods lie in ruins. The terrain is transformed into moonscape.

The destruction of areas of northern Gaza is visible from space in satellite images taken before and after Israeli's airstrikes, which followed the raids carried out by Hamas militants on October 7.

In images shot by Maxar Technologies, four- and five-story buildings in the Izbat Beit Hanoun neighbourhood are in various states of collapse. Huge chunks are missing from some, others are broken in half, and two large complexes lie in piles of rubble.

The pattern of destruction in the Al Karameh neighbourhood can be traced by a widespread pattern the color of ash.

Tightly packed streets in Beit Hanoun look obliterated, with a rare white structure standing out in the gray wasteland.

With the airstrikes continuing around the clock, the full extent of the damage remains unknown. The satellite photos provide a glimpse of the devastation, particularly in the hard-hit northern Gaza Strip.