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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 neighbourhoods.
Here’s a look in numbers at the toll of the war as of Nov 4, sourced from the Gaza Health Ministry and Israeli officials, as well as international observers and aid groups:
- 9,485 – Number of Palestinians killed in Gaza
- 147 – Number of Palestinians killed in West Bank
- 1,400 – Number of people killed in Israel
- 28 – Number of Israeli soldiers killed since the start of the ground offensive
- 24,173 – Number of Palestinians injured in Gaza
- 2,200 – Number of Palestinians injured in the West Bank
- 5,400 – Number of Israelis injured
- 250,000 – Number of Israelis displaced
- Over 1.5 million – Number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza
- At least 241 – Soldiers and civilians being held hostage in Gaza
- 5 – Hostages released or rescued
- 421 – Aid trucks let into Gaza
- 33,960 – Residential units destroyed in Gaza.