Attachments
Executive Summary
From the moment Hamas’s 7 October 2023 operation sent shockwaves through southern Israel, Gaza has endured an unrelenting campaign of airstrikes, ground assaults, sieges, and partial evacuations. By June 2025 the Strip’s electrical grid lies in tatters, its roads are choked with debris, and its people huddle in ever-dwindling pockets of shelter.
SARI Global’s analysis of NASA VIIRS nighttime radiance data reveals that in neighborhoods like Khan Yunis and Al-Shati, detectable light has collapsed by more than 85 percent. When mapped against UNOSAT’s detailed building-damage counts, these radiance “blackouts” align almost perfectly with zones of the heaviest destruction. As Israel intensifies its ground offensive, most recently under the banner of “Operation Gideon’s Chariots”, and hints at annexing up to 75 percent of Gaza, the last remaining lit corridors risk total extinction, signaling not merely physical ruin but the erasure of safe havens themselves.