Chinese Satellites Track the Destruction in Gaza

Li Deren from Wuhan University presents his team's findings on destruction in Gaza at the China Space Conference on April 24, 2024. Photo: Handout

Nearly 60% of all the buildings in Gaza have been destroyed since the beginning of the war between the Palestinian-militant group Hamas and Israel on October 7th, according to Chinese satellite imagery.

Scholars from Wuhan University presented their findings last week at the China Space Conference based on data from the university’s Luojia-3 and Dongfang Huiyan Gaofen01 satellites taken since October 17.

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