A series of satellite photographs show the destruction caused in the Gaza Strip by the conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group. The war, which began earlier this month, is already the deadliest clash in Gaza and Israel the UN has witnessed since 2006.

More than 7,000 people have been killed since the bombing of the enclave began, according to the Hamas Health Ministry, which controls the Gaza Strip. Scenes of destruction are repeated over an area 41 km long and 10 km wide – Maxar Technologies/AFP/Reproduction/ND

Images from Al-Karameh taken in May and October this year show that buildings and homes have been erased from the map and reduced to rubble. – Maxar Technologies/AFP/Reproduction/ND

Ashes and destruction. Satellite images of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip show the intensity of Israeli air strikes on the Palestinian enclave, the target of fighting after Hamas terrorists invaded Israeli territory, killing 1,400 people – Maxar Technologies/AFP /Reproduction/ undated

In this image, the difference between the before and after is only 15 days. Like other parts of the Gaza Strip, the Izbat Beit Hanoun area burned to the ground. The Israeli army is now expected to soon carry out a ground invasion of the territory in search of Hamas terrorists hiding in the enclave – Maxar Technologies/AFP/Reproduction/ND