These numbers show the staggering toll of the Israel-Hamas war
By Julia Frankel // Israel Hamas War // AP
Smoke and dust rise following an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 30, 2023.(AFP)
JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest Israel-Hamas war has quickly become the deadliest and most destructive of the five wars fought between the sides since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority.
The fighting erupted on Oct. 7 when Hamas carried out a bloody attack in southern Israel. Since then, Israel has relentlessly pounded the Gaza Strip with airstrikes that have wrought unprecedented destruction, flattening entire neighborhoods.
Here’s a look in numbers at the toll of the war as of Nov. 1, sourced from the Gaza Health Ministry and Israeli officials, as well as international observers and aid groups:
8,805
Number of Palestinians killed in Gaza
130
Number of Palestinians killed in West Bank
1,400
Number of people killed in Israel
16
Number of soldiers killed in Israel’s military
21,543
Number of Palestinians injured in Gaza
2,100
Number of Palestinians injured in the West Bank
5,431
Number of Israelis injured
250,000
Number of Israelis displaced
Over 1.4 million
Number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza
At least 240
Soldiers and civilians being held hostage in Gaza
5
Hostages released or rescued
272
Aid trucks let into Gaza
33,960
Residential units destroyed in Gaza
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Sources: Associated Press reports, Gaza Health Ministry, Israeli military, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Palestinian Red Crescent