Back قصف قطاع غزة Arabic بمباران نوار غزه Persian Bombardements de la bande de Gaza French İsrail'in Gazze Şeridi bombardımanı Turkish
| Bombing of the Gaza Strip | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and the alleged Gaza genocide | |
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| Location | Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| Coordinates | 31°27′00″N 34°24′00″E / 31.45000°N 34.40000°E |
| Date | 7 October 2023 – present |
Attack type | Bombardment, War crimes |
| Deaths | As of 5 December 2024[update]: 23,362+ civilians[1] |
| Perpetrator |  Israel
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The bombing of the Gaza Strip is an ongoing aerial bombardment campaign on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Air Force during the Israel–Hamas war. During the bombing, Israeli airstrikes killed thousands of civilians and militants, and damaged or destroyed Palestinian schools, hospitals, mosques, churches, and other civilian infrastructure including refugee camps[2][3]
By October 2024, Israel said it bombed 40,000 locations[4] in the Gaza Strip (which is 360 km2). By one estimate, the bomb tonnage dropped on Gaza is more than 70,000 tonnes,[5] surpassing the bomb tonnage dropped on Dresden, Hamburg, and London, combined, in World War II.[6] Satellite imagery showed 62% of all buildings were damaged or destroyed,[7] which also meets or exceeds the scale of destruction in Cologne, Dresden and Hamburg during World War II.[8] The death toll from all Israeli attacks – both bombing and non-bombing – exceeds 45,000. Of this total, AOAV estimates that more than 25,000 civilians (and an unknown number of combatants) were killed by explosive weapons in the deadliest 3,921 bombings.[9]
Israel has faced accusations of war crimes due to the large number of civilian casualties and the large percentage of civilian infrastructure destroyed.[10] Meanwhile, Israel stated that it utilized a wide-scale evacuation notification system,[a] and claimed that its targets were used by Hamas. The United Nations reports that 86% of the Gaza Strip is under Israeli evacuation orders.[12] Satellite data analysis indicates that 80% of the buildings in northern Gaza have been damaged or destroyed.[13] As of January 2024, researchers at Oregon State University and the City University of New York estimated that as much as 50–62% of all buildings in the Gaza Strip had been damaged or destroyed.[14][7][b][c]
- ^ "Occupied Palestinian Territories: AOAV explosive violence data on harm to civilians". Action on Armed Violence. 5 December 2024. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
This figure refers to the number of reported civilians killed or injured by explosive weapon use in Gaza since 07 October 2023, gathered using incident-specific English language media reporting. See AOAV's methodology. Where a specific breakdown of civilians and combatants was not provided, casualties are reported as civilians with the caveat that combatants may be included in the toll.
- ^ Dyer, Evan. "Israel's Gaza bombing campaign is the most destructive of this century, analysts say". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ French, Howard W. (29 January 2024). "Retribution in the Israel-Hamas War". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
- ^ "Israel tallies a year of Gaza war: 40,000 targets bombed, 4,700 tunnels hit".
- ^ "200 days of military attack on Gaza: A horrific death toll amid intl. failure to stop Israel's genocide of Palestinians". Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. 24 April 2024. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ Pape, Robert A. (21 June 2024). "Hamas Is Winning". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ a b de Hoog, Niels; Voce, Antonio; Morresi, Elena; Ganguly, Manisha; Kirk, Ashley (30 January 2024). "How war destroyed Gaza's neighbourhoods – visual investigation". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 17 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Israel's Gaza bombing campaign is the most destructive of this century, analysts say".
- ^ AOAV (31 December 2024). "Occupied Palestinian Territories: AOAV explosive violence data on harm to civilians". AOAV. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
- ^ "New evidence of unlawful Israeli attacks in Gaza causing mass civilian casualties amid real risk of genocide". Amnesty International. 12 February 2024. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "Gaza 'safe zones' led to displacement, Israeli attacks on civilians: Report". Al Jazeera. 13 March 2024. Archived from the original on 16 March 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- ^ "UN says 86 percent of Gaza now under Israeli evacuation orders". Al Jazeera. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ Khaled, Mai. "Visual analysis: Gaza's last refuge becomes Israel's next target". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Abdulrahim, Raja; Rosales, Helmuth; Shbair, Bilal; Singhvi, Anjali; Solomon, Erika; Abuheweila, Iyad; Abu Bakr, Bashir; Harouda, Ameera; Khurana, Malika; Penney, Veronica; Reinhard, Scott (7 October 2024). "Gaza in Ruins After a Year of War". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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