UN Satellite Assessment Shows 81 Percent Of Buildings In Gaza Strip Damaged

Ruins of buildings in the Gaza Strip. (Wikimedia Commons/Jaber Jehad Badwan)

JAKARTA - The United Nations (UN) earlier this week said nearly 81 percent of buildings in the Gaza Strip, Palestine were damaged, based on the latest satellite assessments, as humanitarian efforts continued amid widespread destruction as a result of two years of Israeli attacks.

"The ongoing increase in aid responses has had a positive impact on people in all areas of the Gaza Strip. However, there is still much needed so that we can meet all our needs and not leave anyone behind," UN spokesman Farhan Haq quoted the Office of Coordination on Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) at a press conference. , reported Anadolu November 4.

Recording renovation work "is ongoing in four schools," Haq said over the past three days, "PBB and our partners have supported the reopening of five temporary study rooms in Gaza City."

Citing the latest analysis from the United Nations Satellite Center, he said "about 81 percent of all buildings in the Gaza Strip were damaged."

"North Gaza has experienced the largest increase in damage since July 2025, with nearly 5,700 new buildings affected," he said, adding "more than 123,000 buildings across the route have been identified as destroyed, another 50,000 heavily or moderately damaged, and 24,000 likely damaged."

Israel has killed more than 68,000 people in Gaza in more than two years of attacks since October 2023.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was reached on October 10, based on the 20-point peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump.

However, Israel is said to have committed repeated violations of the ceasefire deal.