Aerial footage filmed by ITV News shows scale of Gaza's destruction
The first aerials of Gaza for months document the territory's continued destruction.
Filmed by ITV News International Editor Emma Murphy, on board a plane dropping aid into Gaza, the images show huge swathes of land in ruins.
Journalists are prevented from entering Gaza by Israel.
Looking out the plane windows from 15,000 feet is the closest any foreign media has been to seeing the aftermath of 22 months of war, apart from trips arranged by the Israeli military.
Those on the flights were told they were only allowed to film the aid being dropped, not Gaza below.
Entire areas have been levelled after months of Israeli bombardment; the land, once pebbled with spots of green, has largely turned to dust.
The Al Wafa Centre for Elderly Care, located in Al-Zahraa City, stands out in a landscape primarily made of rubble.
The centre said it provides care for elderly people over 60 with no one to care for them, free of charge.
While the building still stands, it has not escaped aerial attacks, according to Palestinian sources.
In November 2023, there are multiple reports of Israeli shells hitting the elderly care centre and killing its director, Dr. Medhat Muheisen.
Videos from the centre's social media, before the war began ,show elderly patients being fed, provided with activities and partaking in exercise.
They also show the surrounding area of the hospital and what stood there before it was turned to rubble.
This screenshot from a video posted in 2021 shows a number of tall buildings that once stood near the centre.
Their fate is highlighted in yellow below; once tall frames razed to the ground or crumpled in on themselves.
Pressure is being levelled on Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a ceasefire with Hamas, after images of emaciated hostages held in Gaza were released.
Talks previously broke down in July, after President Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said Hamas' response showed "a lack of desire" to reach a truce.
The videos of the hostages emerged as experts warn that Gaza faces "a worst-case scenario of famine" because of Israel's blockade, which will lead to widespread death.
Gaza's Health Ministry said Monday that five more Palestinian adults died of malnutrition-related causes in the past 24 hours.
It claimed that 87 adults have died from malnutrition-related issues since late June, and that 93 children have died since the war began from a lack of food.
Israel's government has denied that people are starving to death in Gaza.
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