The Guardian joins a Jordanian military airdrop for a rare chance to observe a landscape devastated by Israel’s offensive

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/34219709

Tue 5 Aug 2025 13.49 EDT

Seen from the air, Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. A patchwork of concrete shapes and shattered walls, neighbourhoods scattered with craters, rubble and roads that lead nowhere. The remnants of cities wiped out.

But here, there has been no natural disaster and no slow passage of time.

Gaza was a bustling, living place until less than two years ago, for all the challenges its residents endured even then. Its markets were crowded, its streets were full of children. That Gaza is gone – not buried under volcanic ash, not erased by history, but razed by an Israeli military campaign that has left behind a place that looks like the aftermath of an apocalypse.

  • SGGeorwell@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    It’s the world’s largest crime scene. They’re going to bulldoze it to assuage their guilt. But we won’t forget. They can’t kill everyone who knows about their crime.