Angelina Jolie Highlights Gaza Destruction in Viral Instagram Post

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, known for her pro-Palestinian stance, shared an Instagram post on Saturday night (between Saturday and Sunday) that has garnered nearly a million likes, showcasing satellite images of Gaza from Google Earth. The post, aimed at illustrating the scale of destruction in the Gaza Strip following the "Swords of Iron" war, featured before-and-after comparisons of the city.

As of Sunday morning, approximately 11 hours after its publication, the post had accumulated 833,000 likes. Jolie accompanied the images with data from the United Nations regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza, stating, "Now you can open Google Earth and see what has been done to Gaza. Entire neighborhoods have been turned into rubble. Homes, schools, universities, hospitals, roads, water and sanitation systems, infrastructure people depended on to survive, have been damaged or destroyed."

Jolie further cited a UN satellite analysis indicating that as of June 16, 2026, 82% of buildings in Gaza were damaged, with an estimated two-thirds of those damaged completely destroyed. She also called for increased aid to the Strip, noting that 1.98 million people, or 94% of Gaza's population, require shelter and essential supplies as winter approaches. Jolie emphasized that while Google Earth clearly depicts the physical devastation, it cannot convey the human cost, the fate of families killed, or the daily lives of survivors.

This is not Jolie's first engagement with the situation; earlier this year, she visited the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing to monitor humanitarian aid efforts and express solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza. Her visit was accompanied by representatives from the U.S. State Department, the governor of North Sinai, and the Egyptian Minister of Immigration.