Google Maps update shows Gaza reduced to rubble and makeshift camps
New satellite imagery shows continued Gaza destruction. Tent camps crowd the shore. Neighbourhoods are flattened. More than 2.1 million people are displaced.
Google Maps has updated its imagery of Gaza. The imagery shows destruction three years into the conflict and nearly a year after a ceasefire began.
The June photographs show vast tent camps crowding the shoreline, often metres from the sea. Major neighbourhoods in Gaza City such as Jabaliya and Shuja'iya, which were targeted in repeated Israeli attacks, are now destroyed.
Northern towns including Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun are heavily destroyed. Places of worship including the Istiqlal mosque are also destroyed.
The UN estimates about 82% of building across Gaza have been damaged. Roughly two-thirds are destroyed.
More than 2.1 million people are living in tents and temporary shelters. The UN Development Programme estimates 61 million tonnes of rubble exists in Gaza.
That's about 20 times the debris from all wars globally over the past 18 years.
- 2.1 million
- Displaced people
- 61 million tonnes
- Rubble volume
- 82 percent
- Buildings damaged
- June 2026
- Imagery date
Why it mattersThe imagery shows the scale of destruction across Gaza. It shows the ongoing need for aid delivery.
AustraliaAustralian aid organisations and the government face pressure to increase humanitarian support as the extent of displacement and damage becomes visually clear.
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