On Friday July 19th, 2024, the Palestinian government media office in Gaza has released figures showing the extent of Israel’s devastating war on Gaza since october 7th, 2023.
285 days since the outbreak of the Israeli war of genocide against the Gaza people, the enclave has witnessed the drop of over 81,000 tonnes of explosives by the Israeli killing machines on the heads of people living in the most densely populated area in the world, the Gaza Strip. The preliminary statistics of estimated losses caused by the war amounts to over 33 billions.
Casualties
During this course of time, the Israeli army has executed 3408 massacres, resulting in the killing and missing of 48,794 Palestinians, including 38,794 martyrs who were reported in hospitals, and other 10,000 Palestinians who are still missed under the rubble or reported abducted by the army. Moreover, 89,364 Palestinians have been wounded. In addition, 520 Gazans were exhumed from 7 mass graves dug inside different hospitals’ courtyards.
The total number of people detained by the Israeli army from the Gaza enclave reached 5000.
Children
75% of the victims were sadly children and women. 16,172 innocent child were murdered in this heinous war, including 34 who died of famine, marking the highest number of children victims whose lives were claimed due to the violence of war over history. Meanwhile, 17,000 children have been living without their parents or one of them.
About 3500 children are on the verge of death due to a combination of malnutrition, lack of water, and lack of medicines.
Women
The number of Palestinian women who were massacred in Israeli air or ground bombarding reached 10,798 females. 60,000 pregnant women are at risk due to the lack of access to health care. Some pregnant women were reportedly rapped, verbally abused and physically assaulted by the Israeli soldiers while staying with their families in some healthcare shelters.
Personnel
500 Palestinians working in the healthcare sector were also killed, while other 310 health personnel were arrested; 79 persons of the victims were from Civil Defense, while 160 journalists were deliberately killed, and 36 cases of arrest were reported among journalists whose names are known.
Diseases
With 2 million Gazans have now been internally displaced either in tents or schools, 1, 737, 524 Palestinians, young or old, male or female, have been infected with infectious diseases as a result of displacement, while 71,338 cases are suffering of viral hepatitis infection due to the displacement. Other 75,092 were infected without being displaced.
Health System
The already-deteriorated health system in Gaza has been collapsed in this war. 162 health institutions were targeted by the Israeli occupation. 34 hospitals have been rendered out of service by the Israeli attacks, 68 of health centers that the occupation took over are now out of service. 131 ambulances were targeted by the Israeli airstrikes.
All of the mentioned destruction has left 12,000 wounded people in need of to travel for “life-saving and dangerous” treatment, 11,000 of whom are in need to conduct medical operations. Furthermore, 10,000 cancer patients are at verge of death and need treatment. 350,000 chronic patients are at risk due to non-administration of medications.
Buildings
197 government headquarters were destroyed by the Israeli airstrikes or tanks’ attacks. (115, 610, 150,000) of schools and universities, mosques, and housing unites, respectively, were completely destroyed.
While (330, 211, 297,000) schools and universities, mosques, and housing unites, respectively, were partially demolished by the Israeli army war machine.
80,000 housing units have become uninhabitable.
3030 km long electric cables for power plant have been completely destroyed.
206 archaeological and heritage sites in addition to 3 churches were also destroyed and affected by the Israeli bombardment.
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