UNOSAT Gaza Strip 7th Comprehensive Damage Assessment - May 2024 Full Details

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Title:

UNOSAT Gaza Strip 7th Comprehensive Damage Assessment - May 2024

Description:

**UNOSAT code: CE20231007PSE** This map illustrates a satellite imagery-based comprehensive assessment of damage and destruction to structures within the area of interest in the Gaza Strip, Occupied Palestinian Territory, based on images collected on 3 May 2024 when compared to images collected on 1 May 2023, 10 May 2023, 18 September 2023, 15 October 2023, 7 November 2023, 26 November 2023, 6-7 January 2024, 29 February 2024, and 31 March - 1 April 2024. According to satellite imagery analysis, UNOSAT identified 36,591 destroyed structures, 16,513 severely damaged structures, 47,368 moderately damaged structures, and 36,825 possibly damaged structures for a total of 137,297 structures. These correspond to around 55% of the total structures in the Gaza Strip and a total of 135,142 estimated damaged housing units. The governorates of Deir Al-Balah and Gaza have experienced the highest rise in damage compared to the 1 April 2024 analysis, with 2,613 new structures damaged in Deir Al-Balah and 2,368 in Gaza. Within Deir Al-Balah, An Nuseirat municipality had the highest number of newly damaged structures, totaling 1,216. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field.

Provider:

Humanitarian Data Exchange

Resource Class:

Datasets

Theme:

Society

Temporal Coverage:

2024

Place:

State of Palestine

License:

http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by-sa

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

Files

Language:

English

Date Added:

2024-08-30