Gaza crisis: key maps and timeline

[slipslidingaway]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7812136.stm

"Israeli forces ended their offensive against Hamas in Gaza on Saturday, 17 January, following the declaration of ceasefires by Hamas and Israel.

Highlighted below are some of the main buildings identified as destroyed or damaged in Gaza City and the surrounding area as of 16 January, when this latest satellite image was taken.

The image, taken for Unosat at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, has helped researchers identify at least 566 destroyed or damaged buildings..."

[Duckhunter935]

1. From the image it looks like most of gaza was not attacked

Southeast Gaza city hit badly, Israel was also targeted
Map here

[slipslidingaway]

2. You get a better idea when viewing the satelitte map at the link

posted in the OP. Not sure if BBC produced the other two maps for the article or not, it almost makes it look fair and balanced.

:(


Additional maps are here and contain similar notes.

http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?id=120

"This map presents a preliminary and on-going satellite-based damage assessment for the Governorates of Gaza and Gaza North. Damaged buildings, infrastructure and impact craters have been identified with Quickbird and WorldView satellite imagery acquired on 16, 10 & 6 January 2009, and received at a reduced spatial resolution of 2 meters. Pre-crisis Ikonos satellite imagery from June 2005 was also used. Affected buildings were classified either as destroyed or severely damaged by standard image interpretation methods. Please note: Buildings not marked in the map as damaged does not imply the buildings are undamaged, only that damages were not identified with the available satellite imagery at the time of map publication. Because of the reduced spatial resolution of this satellite imagery, the confidence level for damage identification within dense urban areas is significantly reduced. It is highly probable, therefore, that the damages currently identified in this map underestimate the actual building and infrastructure damages present on the ground at the time of satellite image acquisition. This damage map will be revised and updated as additional analysis and ground information is available. Please send any additions/corrections to UNOSAT. Map scale for A3: 1:50,000; Projection : UTM Zone 36 North; Datum : WGS84"


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7848643.stm


CONFLICT IN FIGURES

More than 1,300 Palestinians killed

Thirteen Israelis killed

More than 4,000 buildings destroyed in Gaza, more than 20,000 severely damaged

50,000 Gazans homeless and 400,000 without running water

[DogPoundPup]

4. why is everything so GREEN on your map duckhunter, but gaza is dull green?

Nothing to do with the fact that Gazans have to pay exorbitantly more for water than what the Israelis do is it?

[azurnoir]

5. Could be also could be that Israelis farm

right up to the border fence while Gazans that get "too close" have warning shots fired at them.

[slipslidingaway]

3. Please see the note about the damage listed on map...

http://unosat.web.cern.ch/unosat/asp/prod_free.asp?id=120

"...Please note: Buildings not marked in the map as damaged does not imply the buildings are undamaged, only that damages were not identified with the available satellite imagery at the time of map publication. Because of the reduced spatial resolution of this satellite imagery, the confidence level for damage identification within dense urban areas is significantly reduced. It is highly probable, therefore, that the damages currently identified in this map underestimate the actual building and infrastructure damages present on the ground at the time of satellite image acquisition..."


Somebody is trying to use this incomplete picture to say that the damage in Gaza is not that bad.

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