Eighty percent of the buildings in Gaza City, in the north of the Strip, were destroyed by the Israeli army after 23 months of war, Channel 12 reported today.
More than 36,000 were demolished by systematic military attacks, Adi Ben Nun, director of the Geographic Information System at the Hebrew University, told the news outlet, based on satellite analysis.
The Shati, Nasser, and Shuja’iyya neighborhoods were completely destroyed, the expert explained.
According to Ben Nun, in the Rimal and Al-Tufah neighborhoods, as well as in parts of the old countryside. 25 to 39 percent of the buildings remain standing, and in the Daraj area, up to 40 percent.
In early August, the Israeli security cabinet approved a plan presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reoccupy the coastal enclave in several phases. The first of which will begin with Gaza City and surrounding areas, despite international condemnation of the maneuver.
To this end, the Armed Forces began calling up some 60,000 reservists to participate in the operation, which will include up to five divisions.
Although the national press estimates that the campaign will begin in September, or even early October. The ground advance of military units around the most populous city in the Strip has been going on for weeks, an action accompanied by intense bombing.
The UN estimates that the ground offensive will push more than 900,000 Palestinians southward. Amid strong international criticism of the Netanyahu government.
With information from Prensa Latina
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