Half a year into war in Gaza, here’s a look at conflict by the numbers

6 Apr at 6:50 pm

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The Israel-Hamas war has stretched on for half a year and become one of the most destructive, deadly, and intractable conflicts of the 21st century. Since Hamas’ Oct. 7 cross-border attack, Israel has pummeled the Gaza Strip, displacing the vast majority of the population and causing many to flee to Gaza’s southernmost city, Rafah. Food is scarce, the U.N. says famine is approaching and few Palestinians have been able to leave the besieged territory.

Quick Read

Conflict Duration: The Israel-Hamas war has lasted for six months, becoming one of the 21st century’s most severe conflicts.
Casualties: The death toll includes 33,137 Palestinians in Gaza, approximately 1,200 people in Israel, 456 Palestinians in the West Bank, and at least 343 individuals in Lebanon.
Civilians Affected: In Gaza, women and children constitute about two-thirds of the fatalities. In Israel, 780 civilians and foreigners, along with 62 first responders, were killed on Oct. 7. Lebanon saw at least 50 civilian deaths.
Aid and Health Workers: In Gaza, 224 aid workers and 484 health workers have been killed.
Soldiers and Militants: Over 13,000 militants have been killed in Gaza by Israel, with additional military casualties reported in Israel and Lebanon.
Destruction in Gaza: Over 55.9% of buildings and more than 60% of homes in Gaza are likely damaged or destroyed. All schools and the majority of hospitals are non-operational.
Humanitarian Crisis: Over 1.1 million Gazans face severe food insecurity. The entire child population of northern Gaza is out of school, and 31% of children under age 2 are acutely malnourished.
Displacement: 1.7 million Palestinians in Gaza and 90,000 Israelis from border communities have been displaced.
Hostages and Prisoners: Hamas took 253 hostages on Oct. 7, with 123 freed and 36 confirmed to have died in captivity. Additionally, 240 Palestinian prisoners were released during a pause in the fighting.

The Associated Press has the story:

Half a year into war in Gaza, here’s a look at conflict by the numbers

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This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview Al Shifa hospital and surroundings in Gaza City, on Monday, April 1, 2024. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Meanwhile, Hamas continues to fire rockets into Israel from Gaza, and Hezbollah and other militant groups do so from southern Lebanon, prompting tit-for-tat fighting that has displaced thousands of civilians on both sides of Israel’s borders. Hamas is still holding hostages taken during the Oct. 7 raid, as well as the bodies of some who died in captivity. And cease-fire talks stretch on with no end in sight.

Palestinians carry a wounded person following an Israeli airstrike near the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Here’s a look at the conflict by numbers, which mainly come from the Israeli military and prime minister’s office, the Gaza health ministry, the U.N.’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and Associated Press reporting.

TOTAL DEATHS

Ashraf Abu Draz mourns over the bodies of his two daughters who were killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital morgue in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Palestinians killed in Gaza: 33,137

Children killed in Gaza: more than 13,000

People take part in a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group outside of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

People killed in Israel: about 1,200

Palestinians killed in the West Bank: 456

People killed in Lebanon: at least 343

FILE – Ali, son of Abbas Mohammed Raad, the son of the head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, Mohammed Raad, who was killed by an Israeli strike, lies on top of his father’s coffin during his funeral procession in the southern town of Jbaa, Lebanon on Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)

CIVILIANS

Civilians killed in Gaza: Gaza’s health ministry doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count, but it says women and children have made up around two-thirds of those 33,137 killed.