Drone footage recorded by Reuters above Gaza before and after Israel’s attack on the Palestinian enclave shows a bustling city with children playing and people going about their daily lives, followed by an eerie moonscape of crumpled buildings and heaps of wreckage stretching for block after block.
Pictures taken before October 7 show schools, mosques, and churches, as well as the 14th century Islamic fortification of Barquq.
People are out walking or driving down a tree-lined avenue. In one scenario, youngsters ride a donkey cart to school. Another depicts people having a good time in a water park.
Gaza, which is located on the Mediterranean coast, has long been subject to an Israeli and Egyptian siege, restricting Palestinian travel.
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It is one of the most densely inhabited areas on the planet, ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement, and has experienced years of economic distress. Nonetheless, life continued on.
Some of the film showed the Beach refugee camp, which is comprised of tiny, densely packed cinder brick dwellings with laundry hanging outside. It is home to the families and descendants of refugees from the 1948 fighting surrounding Israel’s establishment.
In Nusseirat, another refugee camp, youngsters enjoy street breakdancing.
Drone footage of Nusseirat taken after the Israeli bombardments began shows massive devastation, including smoldering craters and crushed structures.
Israel launched an attack on Gaza in reprisal for a raid on southern Israel by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 that killed over 1,200 people, the majority of whom were civilians, including children. Around 240 individuals were returned to Gaza as captives.
Weeks of Israeli bombing from land, sea, and air, as well as a ground assault in north Gaza, have killed almost 15,000 people and triggered a humanitarian catastrophe as residents abandoned their homes to seek refuge elsewhere in the overcrowded territory.
Hospitals are struggling to care for the dead and injured, while food, water, and gasoline are running low.
Drone footage of Nusseirat recorded after Israel began bombing reveals tremendous destruction, including smoking craters and smashed structures.
Israel conducted an attack on Gaza in retaliation for a Hamas terrorist invasion on southern Israel on October 7 that murdered over 1,200 people, the majority of whom were civilians, including children. As hostages, around 240 people were returned to Gaza.
Weeks of Israeli bombing from land, sea, and air, as well as a ground assault in north Gaza, have killed almost 15,000 people and produced a humanitarian disaster, with civilians fleeing to seek sanctuary elsewhere in the cramped territory.
Hospitals are straining to care for the dead and injured, while food, water, and gasoline are in short supply.
