“In fact, much of both Israel and the Palestinian territories appear on Google Earth as low-resolution satellite imagery, even though higher-quality images are available from satellite companies.”
A 1997 US law capped how sharp commercial images of Israel could be, and the cap got applied to Gaza too. The law changed last year. Google’s newest Gaza image is still from 2016. You can count cars in Pyongyang. Investigators trying to verify where the missiles landed get mush.