Time-series satellite remote sensing reveals gradually increasing war damage in the Gaza Strip.

ABSTRACT: War-related urban destruction is a significant global concern, impacting national security, social stability, people's survival and economic development. The effects of urban geomorphology and complex geological contexts during conflicts, characterized by different levels of structural damage, are not yet fully understood globally. Here we report how integrating deep learning with data from the independently developed LuoJia3-01 satellite enables near real-time detection of explosions and assessment of different building damage levels in the Israel-Palestine conflict. We found that the damage continually increased from 17 October 2023 to 2 March 2024. We found 3747 missile craters with precision positions and sizes, and timing on vital infrastructure across five governorates in the Gaza St

SUBMITTER: Holail S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11413530 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature