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Damage to agricultural wells
Utilising a baseline agricultural wells layer and very high-resolution satellite imagery, FAO conducted an assessment of the number of agricultural wells damaged in the Gaza Strip as a result of the recent conflict escalation. The damage was estimated using Sentinel-1 SAR imagery from 4, 5, 16, 17, 28, 29 January, 9, 10, 21, 22 February, 4, 5, 16, 28, 29 March, 9, 10, 21, 22 April 3, 4, 15,16 27, 28 May, 8, 9, 20, 21 June, 2, 3, 14, 15, 26, 27 July, 7, 8, 19, 20 August, 1 Sep 10 October, 11, 12,23 November, 5, 6, 17, 18, 29 30 December. The number of damaged agricultural wells was calculated based on their location within a 15-meter radius area around a damaged site. A thorough evaluation of damage to agricultural wells was performed, overlaying the agricultural wells layer with the damage layer (damage proxy map) from 31 December 2024.The grid depicts the severity of damage in localised areas; in each tile the number of damaged agricultural wells was divided by the number of detected agricultural wells.