UN satellite analysis finds 35 percent of Gaza's buildings destroyed

Analysis by the United Nations Satellite Centre (Unosat) found that 35 percent of Gaza's buildings have been destroyed or damaged by Israel's war on the enclave. 

Unosat used high-resolution satellite images collected on 29 February and compared them with images taken before and after the start of the war in October.

It found that 88,868 structures had been damaged or destroyed.

That included identifying 31,198 structures as destroyed, 16,908 as severely damaged, and 40,762 as moderately damaged.

That is an increase of nearly 20,000 damaged structures compared to its previous analysis in January.

"The governorates of Khan Younis and Gaza have experienced the most significant rise in damage, with Khan Yunis seeing 12,279 additional damaged structures and Gaza experiencing 2,010," Unosat said.

"Khan Younis City has been hit particularly hard, with 6,663 newly destroyed structures."