Wiped off the map: Before-and-after satellite images show how Israeli airstrikes have laid waste to entire Gaza neighbourhoods after two weeks of bombardments

Striking satellite images have revealed the destructive aftermath of weeks of Israeli airstrikes on neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip.

The images provided by Reuters show the true extent of the destruction caused by Israel Defense Force (IDF) airstrikes in Beit Hanoun and Atatra in the northern Gaza Strip.

Before the bombing, large apartment buildings, houses, roads, and the greenery of trees and suburban tracts of land could be seen all over the countryside.

But the reality in these neighborhoods is now a very different scene, as the relentless bombing has destroyed much of what was there before. Many of the images show a dusty wasteland with crumbling buildings and rubble everywhere.

The IDF suspects that Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists were hiding in many of these neighborhoods.

Satellite images show damaged areas in the Palestinian city of Beit Hanoun as a result of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip

The satellite images show a stark contrast in the neighborhood before and after the Israeli bombardment. Large apartment buildings, houses, roads and the greenery of trees and plots of land in the suburbs were wiped out by the bombardment

This neighborhood has been transformed into a dusty wasteland with crumbling buildings and rubble strewn everywhere after the Israeli bombings

This neighborhood in Atatra, northern Gaza, had many houses and buildings nestled among green spaces before the airstrikes, but much of the neighborhood is littered with metallic gray ash after weeks of Israeli bombing.

The Israeli Air Force has pounded targets since the start of the war on October 7, including many weapons depots and Hamas tunnels.

Many Gaza residents have also posted videos and photos on social media showing the destruction caused by the Israeli air force.

Meanwhile, the United Nations said today that ‘nowhere is safe’ in Gaza amid Israeli bombing.

“Nowhere is safe in Gaza,” Lynne Hastings, UN humanitarian coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territories, said in a statement.

“When evacuation routes are bombed, when people in both the north and south become embroiled in hostilities, when the essentials for survival are missing and when there are no guarantees of return, people are left with nothing but impossible choices.”