Damage to greenhouses due to the conflict in the Gaza Strip as of 5 October 2025

05 October 2025

Utilising a baseline greenhouse layer prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2021 and very high-resolution satellite imagery, the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) updated the baseline for 2023, prior to the recent conflict escalation, and conducted an assessment of the area and number of greenhouses in the Gaza Strip.

WorldView-2 (50 cm) and WorldView-3 (30 cm) imagery from 1 May 2023, 10 May 2023 and 18 September 2023 were used for pre-conflict imagery. A thorough evaluation of damage to greenhouses was performed, comparing pre-conflict imagery with very high-resolution WorldView-2 imagery from 29 September and 5 October 2025, and WorldView-3 imagery from 22 September 2025.

The grid depicts the damaged area of greenhouses in each tile. In each tile (40 ha) the area of damaged greenhouses was produced by calculating the total area damaged.

Key messages:

As of 5 October 2025, 79.6 percent of Gaza Strip Governorate’s greenhouses (1 038.7 ha out of 1 305.3 ha) have been damaged.

2. Khan Younis Governorate recorded the largest area increase in damaged greenhouses, rising by 65.8 ha from 298.9 ha (57.6 percent) in April 2025 to 364.7 ha (70.3 percent) in October 2025.

3. As of 5 October 2025, in Gaza Governorate, all greenhouses have been damaged (100 percent), while in North Gaza Governorate almost all (99.8 percent) have been damaged. In Rafah Governorate, the proportion of damaged greenhouses has reached 93.7 percent.