Washington Post: Israel’s aggression on Gaza is century’s most destructive
Washington (Quds News) – The ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has been unlike any other in the 21st century, according to a recent report by the Washington Post.
The Post has “used data from the UN Satellite Center, or UNOSAT, which analyzes satellite imagery from conflict zones,” to assess the devastation in Gaza.
Moreover, the report is based on interviews with more than “20 aid workers, health-care providers, and experts in munitions and aerial warfare”.
News Coverage | The Washington Post, analyzing satellite images of Gaza, reports: "The destruction in Gaza is unprecedented in this century, and what the Israeli army has demolished in northern Gaza over the past 7 weeks is twice the number of buildings destroyed in Aleppo over 3… pic.twitter.com/szJFjLkP7g
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“The most ferocious attacks have come from the air, flattening entire city blocks and cratering the landscape,” the report said.
The investigation found that the Israeli occupation forces have conducted “repeated and widespread airstrikes” in the vicinity of hospitals and healthcare facilities, which “are supposed to receive special protection under the laws of war.”
“Satellite imagery reviewed by the Post reporters revealed dozens of apparent craters near 17 of the 28 hospitals in northern Gaza,” the report stated, adding that ten craters “suggested the use of bombs weighing 2,000 pounds, the largest in regular use.”
The Post quoted former UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine, Michael Lynk, as saying that “the scale of Palestinian civilian deaths in such a short period of time appears to be the highest such civilian casualty rate in the 21st century.”
Washington Post Investigation: Israel fails to provide evidence of Hamas using Al-Shifa hospital as a command center. pic.twitter.com/6wgf7lAIgG
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 23, 2023
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 20,400 Palestinians have been killed, and 53,320 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
Palestinian and international estimates say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
