Israel Defense Forces leveled a village in northern Gaza in the days following the collapse of the fragile ceasefire that went into effect earlier this year.
The village, Umm al-Nasser, is one example of the pace and intensity at which the IDF has returned to fighting in Gaza since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resumed military operations between Israel and Hamas on March 18.
Umm al-Nasser was flattened by the IDF between March 29 and March 31, according to satellite images analyzed by ABC News. The destroyed village is located inside the IDF's security zone implemented before the Jan. 19 United States-brokered ceasefire.
The IDF began expanding the already established security zone in northern Gaza on April 4, according to statements from the IDF.
ABC News reviewed two high-resolution satellite images from Planet Labs, one taken on March 29 and another on March 31. In the earlier image, the village of Umm al-Nasser appears mostly intact, but in the later image, all visible buildings appear to have been leveled.
The images show a once-standing village reduced to rubble.
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The village, Umm al-Nasser, is one example of the pace and intensity at which the IDF has returned to fighting in Gaza since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resumed military operations between Israel and Hamas on March 18.
Umm al-Nasser was flattened by the IDF between March 29 and March 31, according to satellite images analyzed by ABC News. The destroyed village is located inside the IDF's security zone implemented before the Jan. 19 United States-brokered ceasefire.
The IDF began expanding the already established security zone in northern Gaza on April 4, according to statements from the IDF.
ABC News reviewed two high-resolution satellite images from Planet Labs, one taken on March 29 and another on March 31. In the earlier image, the village of Umm al-Nasser appears mostly intact, but in the later image, all visible buildings appear to have been leveled.
The images show a once-standing village reduced to rubble.
Satellite images show northern Gaza village leveled
Satellite images show the northern Gaza village of Umm al-Nasser destroyed.
