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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social

Can just barely see it but the massive destruction in Gaza City's eastern neighborhoods such as Shejaiya and Tuffah is visible in the background of the photo. When compared with a satellite image taken a week after the war started, can see thousands of homes have been razed.

An aerial view of Gaza City taken from a Jordanian military aircraft by photojournalist Heidi Levine in July 2025. Massive destruction is visible, as are IDP tents. An area in the background has been annotated.A July 27 2025 SkySat satellite image from Planet Labs showing Gaza City's eastern Shejaiya and Tuffah neighborhoods. There's a large amount of destruction visible, with thousands of homes that have been visible reduced to rubble. A large area is annotated showing the rough area that is visible in the background of the aerial photo.An October 15 2023 SkySat satellite image from Planet Labs showing Gaza City's eastern Shejaiya and Tuffah neighborhoods. Some destruction is visible from airstrikes conducted at the start of the war but other than that thousands of buildings are visible with orchards and farmland on the periphery of the neighborhoods. A large area is annotated showing the rough area that is visible in the background of the July 2025 aerial photo.

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    Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social

    For another comparison, there's also an aerial view from a similar perspective, though at lower altitude since it's from a drone photographer, here on Facebook from 2019: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

    The drone photo is closer to 31.5057, 34.4619 whereas the plane photo is closer to the coast.

    An aerial view of Gaza City taken from a Jordanian military aircraft by photojournalist Heidi Levine in July 2025. Massive destruction is visible, as are IDP tents. An aerial photo taken from a drone photographer in 2019 showing Gaza City's Old Town facing east, providing a view similar to the aerial photo taken in July 2025.
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