"Sanad found that the Israeli army has used bulldozers to clear around 408,000 square metres (4.39 million square feet) of land, including the remains of at least 329 homes, and agricultural sites, that Israel destroyed during its two-year war on Gaza. Images from before the clearing operation show a Beit Hanoon with damaged buildings from the war, but some remained intact. But by mid-December, many of the buildings had been totally razed, as well as former agricultural land, replaced by a flattened brown landscape."
"The Israeli army is working to flatten the remains of homes in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoon, despite the ongoing ceasefire that began in October. Al Jazeera's digital investigations team Sanad analysed satellite images taken between October 8 two days before the ceasefire began and January 8, and found evidence of the operation, which some Palestinians fear may be a step towards the establishment of illegal Israeli settlements in Gaza."
Satellite imagery from October 8 to January 8 shows bulldozers clearing roughly 408,000 square metres of land in Beit Hanoon, including at least 329 destroyed homes and agricultural sites. The clearing began at the town edge facing the fence toward nearby Israeli settlements, including Sderot about two kilometres away. Images show damaged but intact buildings before the operation and, by mid-December, many buildings and farmland completely razed and replaced by a flattened brown landscape. Northern Gaza has sustained the most destruction, with a large share of structures damaged or destroyed during the conflict.
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