Satellite photographs taken in recent days show that Israel's military has almost entirely destroyed Khan Yunis, the second-largest city in the Gaza Strip, and its environs, an area encompassing 90 square kilometers and thousands of homes.
The brunt of the destruction has occurred in the nearby towns of Bani Suheila and Abasan al-Kabira, where most of the buildings have been completely razed. Another town, Khuza'a, was mostly destroyed at the start of the Gaza war and has now been completely razed. It appears that most of the destruction was done by bulldozers and the like.
In recent months, the military has greatly accelerated the pace of destruction in southern Gaza, using private contractors that earn a profit of thousands of shekels per building razed.
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Here are the latest updates on day 657 of the war:
