Conflict · Before and after

Khan Younis centre, Gaza

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. Widespread destruction of buildings and infrastructure is visible across the entire captured area between May 2023 and January 2025. Piles of light-grey rubble and debris cover former building footprints and road corridors throughout all grid cells.

• Square B2high confidence
  Destruction of central white domed building and surrounding multi-story structures
  Before: A prominent white domed building (mosque) surrounded by standing multi-story structures and a paved square with parked cars. After: The domed structure and adjacent buildings are collapsed, replaced by mounds of light-coloured rubble and cleared debris.
• Square A1high confidence
  Widespread building collapse and rubble accumulation
  Before: Dense residential blocks with intact rooftops and narrow street layout. After: Most structures across the cell are reduced to piles of light grey debris, obscuring street boundaries.
• Square A2high confidence
  Destruction of urban building blocks along the roadway
  Before: Dense multi-story structures bordering a clear diagonal street. After: Buildings on both sides of the road corridor are collapsed into heaps of structural rubble.
• Square A3high confidence
  Building destruction and ground disturbance in open field
  Before: Intact built-up area adjacent to an open brown soil lot in the upper right. After: Buildings are flattened into grey debris, and the open lot shows vehicle tracks and ground disturbance.
• Square B1high confidence
  Extensive structural damage across residential area
  Before: Dense residential blocks including a distinct small red-roofed structure. After: Piles of structural debris replace intact rooflines across the entire block.
• Square B3high confidence
  Collapse of standing buildings into rubble field
  Before: Intact urban neighborhood with clear rooftops and alleyways. After: Extensive building collapse leaving continuous gray rubble across the cell.
• Square C1high confidence
  Widespread structural destruction
  Before: Intact urban blocks with clearly defined streets. After: Dense rubble fields cover former building footprints and roadways.
• Square C2high confidence
  Destruction of buildings and loss of vegetation on southern ground
  Before: Standing structures and an open area with green vegetation along the southern boundary. After: Structures are collapsed into rubble, and the southern vegetated ground is churned and cleared bare.
• Square C3high confidence
  Extensive building destruction and debris along street curve
  Before: Intact urban area bordering a curved street near the top right. After: Rooftops are missing or collapsed into light grey debris covering the area.

The square is split into nine numbered squares, A1 to C3. The changes above sit in B2, A1, A2, A3, B1, 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 A2: Long dark streaks extending across the ground. Not counted: shadow.
• Square B2: Parked cars seen in the May 2023 square are missing in January 2025. Not counted: temporary object.

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• Every dated photo of this spot in the Esri archive

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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