By Busra Nur Cakmak
Publication Date: 2026-10-04 17:09:00
Busra Nur Cakmak
04 October 2026•Update: 04 October 2026
Actor Angelina Jolie, a former longtime UN special envoy, highlighted the scale of destruction in the Gaza Strip, sharing before-and-after satellite images showing extensive damage caused by the Israeli genocide across the Palestinian enclave.
“You can now open Google Earth and see what was done to Gaza,” Jolie wrote on Instagram on Saturday alongside images comparing areas in Gaza before the war with their appearance this summer.
The images show areas near the Al-Qadisiyah School in the city of Rafah, Khan Younis in southern Gaza, and Omar Mukhtar Street in Gaza City, with large sections of previously dense urban areas lying in ruins.
“Whole neighbourhoods have been reduced to rubble,” Jolie said, adding that homes, schools, universities, hospitals, roads, water and sanitation systems and other infrastructure had been damaged or destroyed.
Citing the UN satellite analysis, Jolie said that as of this June, 82% of…
