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Writer's pictureAdi Ronen Argov
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Data, October 7, 2023 – October 23, 2024 – The Gaza Strip

Updated: Oct 26

Palestinians killed

‣ 42,847 persons killed (bodies brought to hospitals and registered);

‣ Of these, 40,717 have been identified (as of October 7, 2024). Among those identified:

◦ 13,319 children (33% of those killed and identified, 1% of children in the Gaza Strip). According to UNICEF there are an average of 35-40 children killed every day;



◦ 786 babies under the age of one year (6% of all children killed and identified);

◦ 7,216 women (18% of all killed and identified, 1% of the total population of women in the Gaza Strip);

◦ 3,447 elderly persons (8% of all killed and identified, 2% of the total number of elderly persons in the Gaza Strip);

◦ 16,735 men (41% of all killed and identified, 1% of the total population of the Gaza Strip).

‣ 1,206 families totally erased (no survivors);



‣ 2,271 families with a single survivor;

‣ 3,110 families with over a single survivor;

‣ 35,055 children lost at least one parent.

‣ In 20 days of siege on the Northern Strip (Jabalia, Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun), 800 Palestinians were killed. Not all were rescued or evacuated so many more are claimed.


Israelis killed

‣ 1,713 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed on October 7, 2023 and afterward;

◦ Among them, 50 children (38 on October 7, 2023, 12 by a rocket in Majdal Shams);

◦ Among them, 356 soldiers during the ground warfare;


Palestinian wounded

‣ 100,544 persons wounded;

◦ Of these, 3,000 minors with one or more amputated limb.

‣ 12,000 awaiting evacuation;

‣ In the 20 days of siege (not yet over) of the Northern Strip, over 1,000 persons wounded.


Israelis wounded

‣ 7,762 Israelis wounded on October 7, 2023 and afterward;

◦ Of these, 2,362 soldiers wounded in ground warfare.


Hostages

‣ 154 hostages returned/rescued/bodies returned – alive and dead;

‣ 101 still held in Gaza for over a year now. 36 of them known to be killed.



Palestinian detainees

‣ Over 4,000 persons held in detention, no precise information;

‣ Hundreds were arrested in recent days in the Northern Strip.


Palestinians displaced

‣ About 1.9 million persons displaced at least once;

‣ Over 60,000 persons displaced during the siege on the Northern Strip;

‣ 175,000 persons are besieged in Beit Lahia and Jabalia.



Israelis displaced

‣ Over 260,000 Israelis displaced since October 7, 2023.


Demolitions

‣ 87% of all residences demolished;

‣ 68% of all farmland destroyed;

‣ 68% of the road networks demolished;

‣ 80% of all commercial buildings demolished;

‣ 88% of all schools demolished;

‣ 21 out of 38 hospitals are closed;

‣ 45 out of 101 clinics are closed;

‣ These data do NOT include the destruction of 20 days of siege in the Northern Strip.


Humanitarian crisis – health

‣ 3 hospitals in the Northern Strip under siege, shelled. Evacuation capacity of the killed and wounded is limited and dangerous;

‣ Among the partially functional hospitals in the Gaza Strip:

◦ 76% lack sufficient clean water;

◦ 94% lack sufficient sanitation;

◦ 71% are unable to maintain routine hand hygiene;

◦ 82% lack personal equipment for the medical staff;

‣ 669,000 reports of infectious diarrhea;

‣ 225,000 reports of skin diseases;

‣ 132,000 reports of hepatitis;

‣ 18 reports of polio-like paralysis.



Humanitarian crisis

‣ Food – on the hunger crisis scale (5 levels, 5th level reflecting acute life-endangering crisis), as of now:

◦ 664,000 persons on level 4 and upward;

◦ 133,000 persons on level 5.

‣ Estimates for November 2024 – April 2025:

◦ 876,000 persons on level 4 and upward;

◦ 345,000 persons on level 5;

◦ 60,000 children ages 6-12 will experience acute hunger;

◦ 16,500 pregnant and nursing women will experience acute hunger.

 

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