This is not a war, it is a genocide. Norman Finkelstein
Israel’s war on Gaza
Before and after satellite images reveal the extent of ruin to civilian infrastructure after a year of war
Gaza, home to some 2.3 million people, bears little resemblance to what it was a year ago.
Israeli attacks have reduced entire neighbourhoods to rubble, erased centuries-old mosques and churches and destroyed vital agricultural lands.
The scale of destruction in this small area of just 365sq km (141sq miles) is so immense that many residents cannot return home – and likely won’t be able to for the foreseeable future.
From you the wings of the song birds rose.
You swallowed everything, like distance.
Like the sea, like time. In you everything sank!
– Pablo Neruda
https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2024/gaza-before-after-satellite-images/
Ian Curr, 17 November 2024