Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip

Bombing of the Gaza Strip
Part of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
Rimal in Gaza City following an Israeli airstrike, 10 October 2023
LocationGaza Strip, Palestine
Coordinates31°27′00″N 34°24′00″E / 31.45000°N 34.40000°E / 31.45000; 34.40000
Date7 October 2023 – present
Attack type
Bombardment, War crimes
Deaths15,797+ civilians[1]
Unknown number of militants
Perpetrator Israel

The bombing of the Gaza Strip is an ongoing aerial bombardment campaign on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Air Force during the Israel–Hamas war. During the bombing, Israeli airstrikes damaged or destroyed Palestinian refugee camps, schools, hospitals, mosques, churches, and other civilian infrastructure.[2][3] By late April 2024 it was estimated that Israel had dropped over 70,000 tons of bombs over Gaza, surpassing the bombing of Dresden, Hamburg, and London combined during World War II.[4][5]

Israel has faced accusations of war crimes due to the large number of civilian casualties and the large percentage of civilian infrastructure destroyed.[6] Meanwhile, Israel stated that it utilized a wide-scale evacuation notification system,[a] and claimed that its targets were used by Hamas. The United Nations reports that 86% of the Gaza Strip is under Israeli evacuation orders.[8] Satellite data analysis indicates that 80% of the buildings in northern Gaza have been damaged or destroyed.[9] As of January 2024, researchers at Oregon State University and the City University of New York estimated that as much as 50–62% of all buildings in the Gaza Strip had been damaged or destroyed.[10][11][b][c] Meanwhile, Israel has claimed only 16% of Gaza buildings were destroyed.[14]

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  8. ^ "UN says 86 percent of Gaza now under Israeli evacuation orders". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  9. ^ "The Ruined Landscape of Gaza After Nearly Three Months of Bombing". The Wall Street Journal.
  10. ^ "Israeli Troops Return to Gaza City". The Wall Street Journal.
  11. ^ de Hoog, Niels; Voce, Antonio; Morresi, Elena; Ganguly, Manisha; Kirk, Ashley. "How war destroyed Gaza's neighbourhoods – visual investigation". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  12. ^ Khaled, Mai. "Visual analysis: Gaza's last refuge becomes Israel's next target". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  13. ^ Abdulrahim, Raja; Rosales, Helmuth; Shbair, Bilal; Singhvi, Anjali; Solomon, Erika; Abuheweila, Iyad; Abu Bakr, Bashir; Harouda, Ameera; Khurana, Malika; Penney, Veronica; Reinhard, Scott. "Gaza in Ruins After a Year of War". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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