Israel destroys dozens of buildings in Gaza City as a new attack

Satellite photos showed that Israeli strikes destroyed and destroyed dozens of buildings in the areas of Gaza City, where the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that its attack had put in control of more than 40 % of the city.

The new photos reviewed by the BBC show that the intensive bombing and the explosions that have led to several neighborhoods over the past four weeks.

The photos showed that the ranks of the tents – which originated over the city to house the Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military campaign – had disappeared over the past month.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the intention of Israel to seize all the tape and launch an incursion in Gaza City after indirect talks with Hamas in the ceasefire and the hostage in July.

Humanitarian officials have warned the United Nations that the effect of the full attack would be “beyond catastrophic.” The strikes have been intensified in the areas of Gaza City in recent weeks, and dozens of Palestinians have been killed in the attacks this week alone, according to the Ministry of Health and Civil Defense in Hamas.

Satellite images show that the major damage has already occurred in the neighborhoods of Sheikh Radwan in Gaza and Zeton and died in recent weeks. Pictures show that dozens of buildings in the city were settled between August and September.

In a statement to the BBC verification, the Israeli Defense Army said it was “identifying and destroying the included terrorist infrastructure, among other things, inside the buildings.”

In Sheikh Radwan – a neighborhood, about three kilometers from the center of Gaza City – a number of buildings were eliminated. BBC verification Previously, geographical footage of strikes IDF was carried out to the area on August 29.

The pictures clearly show the signs of the path left by the Israeli armored vehicles, many of which pass through the sections of the neighborhood where the buildings and trees were once.

The BBC is also verified by geographical shots of the explosion that settled dozens of tall buildings as part of the demolition in the neighboring Gabalia area.

The footage, which first appeared on the Internet on August 31, reflects a similar demolition by the Israeli forces in southern Gaza. Thousands of buildings in areas including Rafah and Khan Yunis It was demolished by controlled explosions and demolitions in the areaBBC Check the investigation last month.

In the pictures of the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, what appears to be four groups of armored vehicles in the IDF. In a period of 24 hours between September 1 and 2, dozens of buildings that stood in an area between vehicles were demolished.

By September 4, armored vehicles showed, and the photos reviewed by the BBC showed the verification, with more damage to buildings in the area.

Elsewhere in Zeitoun, ranks of tents created by the Palestinians displaced more than a month have disappeared. According to the United Nations, more than 1.9 million Ghazan – about 90 % of the population – was displaced by the Israeli military campaign.

According to the United Nations, hundreds of thousands of people who were displaced to fight had returned to northern Gaza earlier this year after the Israeli army opened a corridor from the south of the tape during a short -term ceasefire agreement.

The tall buildings surrounding the tents were also destroyed, while the signs of activity in the streets disappeared. The signs of the fresh path were left by the Israeli Defense Army vehicles that pass through the areas where the buildings are also visible as well.

Likewise, in the Tuffah neighborhood – where the Israeli strikes killed at least eight people on Thursday, according to the Hamas Civil Defense Agency – more buildings were settled.

On August 1, the armored vehicles in August were visible in the region. By September 1, the nearby buildings were destroyed from where the vehicles were active, including school.

The images also appear to show new paths left by armored vehicles that cross through a cemetery, where more than 3000 soldiers have been buried killing of the British Empire in the First World War. The cemetery has already been severely damaged by the bombing earlier, with a hole left a previous visual strike as well.

“In some cases, the entire neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip are transformed into combat complexes that are used for the cousins, housing leadership centers, control centers, and weapons warehouses in the streets,” the Israeli defense army spokesman told BBC without evidence.

Last month, Hamas She said she accepted a plan from regional brokers Qatar and Egypt, which will witness 10 live hostages and bodies from 18 dead reserves issued during a 60 -day truce in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in Israeli prisons.

Israel did not respond to the plan, but insists that all hostages should be released at once.

Israel launched a military campaign in Gaza in response to the October 7 attack led by Hamas, in which 1,200 people were killed and 251 others took hostages.

At least 64,231 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health in the region.

Paul Paul Brown and Mirlin Thomas participated in additional reports.