Conflict · Before and after

Al-Shifa hospital, Gaza City

Two dated satellite photos of the same spot, 10 May 2023 and 25 Jan 2025. Open them in GeoWhisperer to swipe between them, check the pair and read what changed.

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What changed

Major change. Between May 2023 and January 2025, extensive destruction occurred across the entire visible area. Buildings and vegetation have been replaced by heaps of rubble, cleared earth, and dirt tracks.

• Square A1high confidence
  Urban buildings replaced by light-colored rubble.
  Before: Intact multi-story buildings and clear asphalt roads. After: Collapsed building structures and large fields of grey and white rubble.
• Square A2high confidence
  Dense residential blocks replaced by rubble.
  Before: Intact residential buildings with visible roofs and narrow streets. After: Extensive rubble heaps and destroyed structures across the cell.
• Square A3high confidence
  Buildings destroyed and vegetation lost.
  Before: Built-up neighborhood with scattered trees and paved streets. After: Piles of debris, damaged structures, and dirt ground where buildings stood.
• Square B1high confidence
  Buildings replaced by debris and dirt paths.
  Before: Intact buildings and paved roads. After: Heavy rubble heaps with unpaved dirt tracks over former building footprints.
• Square B2high confidence
  Hospital complex buildings damaged and courtyard cleared.
  Before: Al-Shifa hospital complex with standing main structures, paved yards, and green trees. After: Hospital structures heavily damaged or gutted, trees gone, and ground covered in rubble and bare soil.
• Square B3high confidence
  Neighborhood structures destroyed and streets covered in debris.
  Before: Dense multi-story buildings along a broad diagonal road. After: Widespread rubble and collapsed roofs covering former streets and lots.
• Square C1high confidence
  Buildings destroyed and roads obscured.
  Before: Intact buildings, including red-roofed structures, alongside clear paved roads. After: Rubble heaps and light-colored earth covering paved surfaces and former buildings.
• Square C2high confidence
  Buildings destroyed and central plaza area covered in ground debris.
  Before: Intact buildings and a defined lower plaza structure. After: Massive rubble fields and cleared earth surrounding heavily damaged structures.
• Square C3high confidence
  Urban blocks destroyed and ground cleared.
  Before: Intact urban blocks, paved streets, and scattered green trees. After: Heaps of grey debris, damaged building frames, and cleared dirt ground.

The square is split into nine numbered squares, A1 to C3. The changes above sit in A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, C1, C2, C3.

Differences that are not changes

Things that look different in the two photos but do not mean anything changed on the ground:

• Square B2: Slight variations in shadow lengths beside standing wall fragments. Not counted: shadow.
• Square A1: Slight differences in overall image brightness and tone. Not counted: colour balance.

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The reading above was produced by GeoWhisperer from these two photos and nothing else. It describes what is visible, never why it happened or who did it, and it can miss things or misread shadows, season and viewing angle. Check every line by eye with the slider in the tool. Another OSINT tool by Henk van Ess, www.digitaldigging.org.

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