ABC News Verify, the ABC News Digital Story Innovation team and ABC News international have tracked how Israel has redrawn the map following the October 7 attacks by analysing satellite imagery and military data.
By examining the expansion of security infrastructure, from newly established checkpoints in the West Bank to defensive trenches in Syria, our teams have revealed the scale of territorial control.
Their reporting draws on satellite imagery from Planet Labs and the EU’s Sentinel-2, ACLED ground incursion data, UN reports, Israeli planning authority records cross-referenced with Peace Now and Kerem Navot data, and Israeli military and UN OCHA boundary data, plus interviews with people living in affected communities.
The ABC relies on freelance journalists in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza, and acknowledges their contribution. Colleagues in Gaza have asked to have their identities withheld for safety reasons.
Read the full story and see the maps: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-22/israel-redraws-the-map-in-gaza-lebanon-syria-and-the-west-bank/107180346
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