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Updated Google Maps satellite imagery of Gaza draws shock
Original: Everyone is now seeing the updated satellite imagery from Google Maps of Gaza. If you are shocked by the images, then sh
Updated satellite imagery in Google Maps is showing the scale of destruction and displacement in Gaza, with tent camps and ruined neighbourhoods now visible to anyone who opens the app. Commenters say the images confirm what was previously reported, and are challenging those who dismissed earlier photos of the devastation as exaggerated or propaganda.
Why now: The imagery update makes the extent of Gaza's destruction widely verifiable for the first time, prompting strong reactions.
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- Everyone is now seeing the updated satellite imagery from Google Maps of Gaza. If you are shocked by the images, then shame on you. Did you think people were lying? Did you think the tents were propaganda? Did you think the images of children with limbs blown off as fake? You… · CurbsideShip116@mstdn.matthewmcgranahan.me · 10
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