Smoke rises from damaged buildings in the Gaza Strip on Dec. 15, 2023.
Smoke rises from damaged buildings in the Gaza Strip on Dec. 15, 2023.
  • Israel's campaign in Gaza started in the north but has now shifted to the southern area.
  • Researchers mapping the damage say more than a third of the buildings in the strip have been destroyed.
  • Tens of thousands of munitions — a mix of precision and unguided — have been dropped on the enclave.

Israel's continued bombardment of the Gaza Strip in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks has damaged more than a third of all buildings that existed there before the war began over two months ago, according to analysis by a pair of satellite data researchers.