UNOSAT Gaza Strip Comprehensive Building & Housing Unit Damage Assessment - March 2024 Full Details

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Title:

UNOSAT Gaza Strip Comprehensive Building & Housing Unit Damage Assessment - March 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 29 February 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, and 6-7 January 2024. According to satellite imagery analysis, UNOSAT identified 31,198 destroyed structures, 16,908 severely damaged structures and 40,762 moderately damaged structures, for a total of 88,868 structures. These correspond to around 35% of the total structures in the Gaza Strip and a total of 121,400 estimated damaged housing units. The governorates of Khan Yunis and Gaza have experienced the highest rise in damage, with 12,279 new structures damaged in Khan Yunis and 2,010 in Gaza. Khan Yunis City had the highest number of newly destroyed structures, with 6,663 in total. This is a preliminary analysis and has not yet been validated in the field.

Provider:

Humanitarian Data Exchange

Resource Class:

Datasets

Theme:

Society and Structure

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:

2024-05-31