"See What Happened to Gaza".. Angelina Jolie Shares Shocking Images of Destruction - Sarmad
American actress and humanitarian activist Angelina Jolie posted recent satellite images showing the scale of destruction caused by the Israeli occupation war in the Gaza Strip, urging her followers to use Google Earth to view the devastation.
Jolie wrote in a post on her Instagram account: “You can now open Google Earth and see what has happened to Gaza,” attaching images of the same areas before and after the war, including sites in Rafah, Khan Younis, and Gaza City.
One image showed the area around Al-Qadisiya School in Rafah in 2022, before comparing it with a photo taken in 2026 showing vast areas of buildings turned into rubble.
Jolie added that “whole neighborhoods have been reduced to ruins,” pointing out the damage or destruction of homes, schools, universities, hospitals, roads, water and sewage networks, and the infrastructure upon which residents depend for their daily lives.
The American actress relied on the latest satellite analysis conducted by the United Nations, which showed that approximately 82 percent of buildings in the Gaza Strip were damaged as of June 16.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the UN Centre for Space-Based Information and Delivery for Emergency Support (UNOSAT) recorded damage to 201,290 buildings, including 134,422 classified as completely destroyed, along with tens of thousands of buildings suffering severe or moderate damage.
Jolie stated that the satellite images “clearly show the physical destruction,” but they cannot convey the meaning of Palestinians living amidst this devastation, nor what happened to families who were killed, or the nature of life for those who survived.
She warned of deteriorating humanitarian conditions as winter approaches, noting that approximately 1.98 million people, or 94 percent of the Strip’s population, need shelter assistance and essential supplies, while relief and shelter materials continue to face restrictions and delays in reaching Gaza.
Jolie called for delivering humanitarian aid to civilians in the required quantities, providing medical supplies to hospitals, and creating conditions that allow Palestinians to rebuild their homes, schools, hospitals, and communities.
She concluded her post by saying, “The destruction is visible, and the needs are known,” adding that the question now is whether those needs will be met.
Recent images made available by Google over the past days had revealed for the first time on a wide scale the extent of transformations that have occurred in entire areas of the Gaza Strip, including Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun, Jabalia, Shuja'iyya, and Rafah, showing residential neighborhoods that were densely packed with buildings before the war now reduced to vast areas of rubble.
