Destruction along proposed buffer zone
Damaged areas since Oct. 7, 2023
Erez crossing
Proposed buffer zone
(estimated area)
Beit Hanoun
2,850 buildings within the zone potentially face demolition, 1,100 already have been damaged.
Jabalia
Gaza City
Southeast of Gaza City
A large complex of warehouses has been destroyed.
Salah al-Din
Al Rasheed St.
ISRAEL
Bureij
Nuseirat
Med.
Sea
Near Maghazi refugee camp
21 Israeli reservists were killed in January when a militant fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a tank nearby. The blast triggered explosives, collapsing two buildings onto the soldiers.
Deir al-Balah
Israeli closed military zone
Al Rasheed Coastal Rd.
Khirbet Khuzaa
Khan Younis
Significant destruction of buildings and lands bulldozed.
Salah al-Din
GAZA
Rafah
The Philadelphi Corridor
Israeli officials believe Hamas smuggles weapons along the border – a charge Egypt denies.
EGYPT
1 mile
Rafah crossing
N
Damage areas through Jan. 29.
Sources: AP reports; Damage analysis data by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University;
Mapcreator.io/OSM.org
Graphic: Phil Holm
Destruction along proposed buffer zone
Damaged areas since Oct. 7, 2023
Erez crossing
Proposed buffer zone
(estimated area)
Beit Hanoun
2,850 buildings within the zone potentially face demolition, 1,100 already have been damaged.
Jabalia
Al Rasheed St.
Gaza City
Southeast of Gaza City
A large complex of warehouses has been destroyed.
Salah al-Din
Med.
Sea
ISRAEL
Bureij
Nuseirat
Israeli closed military zone
Near Maghazi refugee camp
Deir al-Balah
21 Israeli reservists were killed in January when a militant fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a tank nearby. The blast triggered explosives, collapsing two buildings onto the soldiers.
Al Rasheed Coastal Rd.
Khirbet Khuzaa
Khan Younis
Significant destruction of buildings and lands bulldozed.
Salah al-Din
GAZA
The Philadelphi Corridor
Rafah
Israeli officials believe Hamas smuggles weapons along the border – a charge Egypt denies.
EGYPT
N
Rafah crossing
1 mile
Damage areas through Jan. 29.
Sources: AP reports; Damage analysis data by Corey Scher of CUNY Graduate Center
and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University; Mapcreator.io/OSM
Graphic: Phil Holm