The Israeli army’s ongoing campaign in the Gaza Strip has wreaked havoc in the small and overpopulated stretch of land. Since Hamas’ October 7 attack that killed 1,200 Israelis, Israel’s subsequent offensive has killed over 15,000 Palestinians, per December 1 UN data. Many more dead civilians are still buried underneath the rubble of thousands of pulverized buildings and not accounted for.
Beyond these grave humanitarian impacts, the fighting has also resulted in massive destruction of urban areas, environmental infrastructure and agricultural land. Large
parts of the Gaza Strip, or more commonly known as Gaza, have become uninhabitable due to severe damage from bombings to built-up areas, the collapse of the healthcare
system and the destruction of people’s livelihoods, compounded by preexisting existential major challenges from degrading natural resources that Palestinians in Gaza depend on.
