Israeli troops have pushed into the Gaza Strip’s largest city along a key coastal road on the Mediterranean Sea as part of their war on Hamas. That's according to satellite images from earlier this week analyzed Thursday by The Associated Press.
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Israeli forces moving in Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. Israeli troops have pushed into the Gaza Strip’s largest city along a key coastal road on the Mediterranean Sea as part of their war on Hamas, satellite images from earlier this week analyzed Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, by The Associated Press show. This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Gaza City in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.
“Planet is continuing to make Earth observation data of Gaza available to clients, including media and humanitarian organizations, consistent with our commitment to transparency and accountability,” Marshall said in responses to questions from the AP ahead of the release of Monday’s images. “Planet does not modify imagery, and we have not received requests to censor imagery.”
Footage released this week by Hamas of its militants engaged in street-to-street fighting with Israeli forces corresponded to features of the northern reaches of the Gaza Strip. Footage released by the Israeli military did the same. They cut across the southern edge of the city all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. Meanwhile, two other forces have pushed in from the north, with forces around Beit Hanoun to the east and forces seen in the satellite images along the Mediterranean, to the west, according to the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War.
Some 20 other vehicles just to the north at a site likely serve as a forward-operating base for the Israeli forces, the photos show. A few hundred meters away, over three dozen impact craters can be seen, likely the result of an earlier intense barrage of fire by Israel to clear the area for its troops.With journalists outside the city unable to enter, gathering independent information about what’s going on remains difficult.
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