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Viral Google Maps Images of Gaza Ruins Not Entirely New, Bellingcat Finds

Original: Viral Google Maps Images Shared Widely This Week Show Gaza Ruins. We Obtained More Recent Satellite Imagery - bellingcat

Posts and news articles circulated this week claiming Google had updated its Maps satellite imagery over Gaza, showing widespread destruction from the war. Open-source investigators at Bellingcat examined the viral images and found they were not entirely new, then obtained more recent satellite imagery to show the current state of ruins in Gaza.

Why now: Claims that Google had newly updated Gaza satellite imagery spread widely, prompting fact-checking about how recent the images actually are

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• Viral Google Maps Images Shared Widely This Week Show Gaza Ruins. We Obtained More Recent Satellite Imagery - bellingcat · bellingcat

  Earlier this week, several viral social media posts and news articles stated that Google had updated satellite imagery over Gaza. But the images weren't entirely new.

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