Google Earth’s satellite images from Gaza show a fractured reality
Visible on both Google Earth And Google CardsThe updated satellite images Gaza Show the destruction mainly in the region around the Beit Hanoun district in the North. Although recently added, the images date back to October and November 2023, which means that Google still has no current satellite cartography from Gaza.
The absence of up -to -date visuals on Google Earth is not unique in views of Gaza. Countries torn by war as Ukraine In the central parts of the mega lively cities like New York and London, satellite imagery is generally about two years. However, satellite companies would have delayed the release of their Gaza images, with A SEMAFOR SURVEY At the end of 2023 describing the restricted access to the visuals of the Gaza band of the Satellite Image Company Planet Labs, which provides Google.
Since this article was published, Planet Labs stretched the hand to Mashable to provide the following statement: “Planet does not censorship, does not modify or manipulate images. Planet continues to make the observation data of the Terre de Gaza available to customers, including media and humanitarian organizations, consistent, consistent, consistent, consistent, consistent, consistent with our commitment to transparency and responsibility.
Recent satellite imagery of companies that provides Google Earth is still not available in the public domain. Mashable contacted Google who has not yet provided a comment, but the community guide of Google Earth offers a certain clarity to their Satellite update process.
Until 2020, 1997 Kyl-Bingan amendment to the American law on national defense authorization Authorization of American companies for the publication of satellite images of Israel and occupied Palestine with a resolution greater than two meters per pixel. In June 2020, the US commercial remote sensing office office started to authorize Commercial satellite companies to produce better quality images, but photos of current satellites are not about to communicate realities in the field.
Not knowing what remains of their lives in the north of Gaza, the displaced Palestinians are now returning home and search their loved ones for the first time after the start of the 15 -month war. As part of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Israel authorized the first crossing point in the center of Gaza after the opening of Hamas after the Liberation of the Civil Arbel Israeli Arbel Yehoud. The temporary truce is supposed to last 42 days, and it is still not certain that there will be an agreement with permanent hostilities. Recently, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who received an arrest warning from the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimesbecame the first foreign leader to visit the White House since the second term of Donald Trump’s second term as American president. During a joint press conference, Trump proposed American takeover of Gazasuggesting that the Palestinians should flee Gaza to “Countries of interest with a humanitarian heart.”
Since October 7, 2023, the number of deaths in Gaza exceeded 46,000According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, although these figures represent only people killed by bombs and bullets, and research published in Lancet Medical Journal estimates that the actual number of deaths could be up to 40% higher. The report also indicates that 59.1% of those who died of dramatic injuries were women, children and the elderly.
Update: February 7, 2025, 9 h 56 UTC Addition of the Planet Labs declaration and the modified date of the SEMAFOR survey.
