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Gaza Today: Under Debris And In Darkness

In 21 months of war in Gaza, the destruction and damage of 70 percent of buildings has buried the Palestinian territory under millions of tonnes of debris and plunged it into darkness, according to data from the UN and NASA analysed by AFP. The Israeli army has relentlessly pounded the…

International Business Times · Jul 24, 2025

Genocide, urbicide, domicide – how to talk about Israel’s war on Gaza

Officials, experts and activists have used various terms to describe Israel’s destruction of Gaza.

Al Jazeera · Jul 3, 2024

Urbicide: ‘Even if Israel stops bombing Gaza tomorrow, it will be impossible to live there'

Eight months of war have destroyed more than 55% of the structures in Gaza, according to the latest report from the UN Satellite Centre. The enclave's main towns have been devastated by Israeli bombardment, rendering them almost uninhabitable. The destruction has been called an example of “urbicide” – the deliberate,…

France 24 · Jun 28, 2024

UN Satellite Analysis Tracks Ukraine Cultural Damage

The United Nations is using before-and-after satellite imagery to monitor the cultural destruction inflicted by Russia's war in Ukraine, announcing Wednesday it will launch its tracking platform publicly within weeks. The UN's culture agency UNESCO said it had verified damage to 207 cultural sites in Ukraine since the Russian invasion…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 27, 2022

Ukraine before-and-after satellite images reveal damage to more than 200 historic sites from Russian strikes

The United Nations' cultural and satellite agencies join forces to systematically track the impact of Russia's invasion on Ukraine's architecture, art, historic buildings and other cultural heritage.

ABC News · Oct 27, 2022

UN steps up satellite tracking of damage to Ukraine culture

The U.N.’s cultural and satellite agencies have joined forces to more systematically track the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the country’s architecture, art, historic buildings and other cultural heritage, and have compiled an initial list of more than 200 sites that have been damaged or destroyed

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Tonga volcano damage glimpsed in satellite images

GENEVA/JAKARTA -- The United Nations Satellite Center (UNOSAT) on Monday released satellite images showing Saturday's eruption of an undersea volcano off Tonga in the South Pacific and the impact of tsunami caused by it.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jan 18, 2022

Tonga volcano: islands covered in ash as three deaths confirmed

Pictures from New Zealand defence force surveillance flight and UN satellite images show land and trees coated in ash

The Guardian - AU · Jan 18, 2022