Satellite images: Devastated north Gaza looks like wasteland from space

Apartment buildings are crumpled. Neighbourhoods lie in ruins. Terrain is transformed into moonscape.

The destruction of areas of northern Gaza is visible from space in satellite images taken before and after Israeli airstrikes.

Israeli forces have carried out thousands of airstrikes since the war in Gaza began, killing more than 7,300 people. Hamas's surprise attack inside Israeli territory on 7 October killed over 1,400 people.

In images shot on Saturday by Maxar Technologies, four- and five-story buildings in the Izbat Beit Hanoun neighbourhood are in various states of collapse. Huge chunks are missing from some, others are broken in half and two large complexes lie in piles of rubble.

The pattern of destruction in the al-Karameh neighborhood can be traced by a widespread pattern the color of ash.

Tightly packed streets in Beit Hanoun look obliterated, with a rare white structure standing out in the gray wasteland.

With the airstrikes continuing around the clock, the full extent of the damage remains unknown. The satellite photos provide a glimpse of the devastation, particularly in the hard-hit northern Gaza Strip.

Israel has occupied Palestinian territory, including Gaza, since 1967, and has waged several previous assaults on the enclave.