Gaza’s wasteland seen via bicycle after six months of war
Gaza Reuters Before the Gaza war erupted, the tiny enclave run by the Palestinian militant group Hamas was impoverished and densely populated, but full of life – restaurants, shops, makeshift soccer pitches, universities and hospitals. Six months after the conflict began, Reuters cameramen took bicycle rides along its ruined streets to gauge the destruction left […]
Satellite images show 30 per cent of Gaza destroyed, UN centre says
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Satellite imagery analysed by the United Nations Satellite Centre shows that 30 per cent of Gaza Strip’s buildings have been destroyed or damaged in the Israel offensive in the densely populated Palestinian enclave. Israel’s assault, launched in response to attacks by Hamas militants in southern Israel on 7th October, has killed more […]