Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah

(twitter.com)

38 points by slowin1 hour ago

6 comments

neom49 minutes ago
If you want to compare before and after:<p><a href="https://earth.google.com/web/search/31%2e297226,+34%2e243649/@31.30298025,34.24860513,42.11479352a,3824.8490315d,35y,0h,0t,0r/" rel="nofollow">https://earth.google.com/web/search/31%2e297226,+34%2e243649...</a> - then click "show historical imagery" next to the search box.
- drcongo43 minutes ago
  The horror of the "Playground" marker here: <a href="https://earth.google.com/web/@31.28532193,34.25349609,77.61108146a,766.40635391d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CgRCAggBOgMKATBCAggASg0I____________ARAA" rel="nofollow">https://earth.google.com/web/@31.28532193,34.25349609,77.611...</a>
wilburx340 minutes ago
The icons from what was there before are a haunting digital ghost. School, Restaurant, Pharmacy all the city is just rubble.
igleria45 minutes ago
Atomic dome vibes when looking at some of the few buildings still standing
- umeshunni43 minutes ago
  Yes - Historic imagery can show you the destruction of the cities of Hiroshima or Berlin in the 40s as well.<p>It's sad how much destruction can happen to a group of people when they allow the extremists among them to dominate their ideology and attack neighboring countries.
lenerdenator41 minutes ago
Another one to look at is the maps of Ukraine [0]<p>[0] <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/google-maps-mariupol-ukraine-putin-b2327152.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/google-maps-...</a>
purpleflame125744 minutes ago
Urban warfare destroys buildings. Film at 11.
- ardit3343 minutes ago
  nah... it is explicit genocide, and the deliberate destruction of every civilian possible. Everyone knows what's going on.