Israel-Hamas war in numbers as conflict reaches 100-day mark

A Palestinian woman mourns her child and her husband killed in an Israeli army bombardment of the Gaza Strip, outside the hospital in Khan Younis. File picture: AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File

Now 100 days old, the latest Israel-Hamas war is by far the longest, bloodiest, and most destructive conflict between the bitter enemies.

The fighting erupted on October 7 when Hamas carried out a deadly attack in southern Israel.

Since then, Israel has relentlessly pounded the Gaza Strip with air strikes and a ground offensive that have wrought unprecedented destruction, flattening entire neighbourhoods.

Here is a look in numbers at the toll of the Israel-Hamas war, sourced from Palestinian health ministry and Israeli officials as well as international observers and aid groups.

An injured Palestinian boy cries as rescuers try to pull him out of the rubble of a destroyed building following an Israeli airstrike in Bureij refugee camp, Gaza Strip. File picture: AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman

Total deaths 

Number of Palestinians killed in Gaza: 23,708 

Number of people killed in Israel: Over 1,300 

Number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank: 347 

Civilians 

Civilians killed in Gaza: The civilian toll of the war is unknown.

It is believed that two-thirds of those killed in Gaza are women and minors.

Number of civilians killed in Israel on October 7: 790 

UN staff killed in Gaza: 148 

Health workers killed in Gaza: at least 337 

Journalists killed in Gaza: 82 

Soldiers/Militants 

Number of Israeli soldiers killed on October 7: 314 

Number of militants killed by Israel: More than 8,000 

Number of Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza ground offensive: 187 

Number of Israeli soldiers killed on the northern front: Nine 

Number of Israeli soldiers killed by friendly fire or “accidents” in Gaza and the north: 29 

Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip arrive at a hospital in Khan Younis. Picture: AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman

Destruction/Humanitarian situation in Gaza 

Percentage of Gaza’s buildings likely damaged/destroyed: 45-56% 

Hospitals in Gaza partially functioning: 15/36 

Palestinian civilians facing “catastrophic hunger and starvation”: 576,600 (26% of the population) 

Percentage of school buildings in Gaza damaged: more than 69% 

Mosques damaged: 142 

Churches damaged: Three 

Ambulances damaged: 121 

Pupils out of school: 625,000 (100% of students) 

Injuries 

Palestinians injured in Gaza: 60,005 

Palestinians injured in West Bank: more than 4,000 

Total Israeli injuries: 12,415 

Israeli soldiers injured in ground offensive: 1,085 

Israeli soldiers injured since October 7: 2,496 

A Palestinian child walks past factories destroyed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Deir al Balah. Picture: AP Photo/Adel Hana

Displacement 

Number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza: 1.8 million (85% of Gaza’s population) 

Number of Israelis displaced from northern and southern border communities: 249,263 (2.6% of the population) 

Number of West Bank Palestinians displaced: 1,208 

Hostages/Prisoners Hostages taken by Hamas on October 7: around 250 

Hostages released: 121 

Hostages remaining in the Strip: 136 

Hostages who were killed or died in Hamas captivity: 33 

Palestinian prisoners released during weeklong pause in fighting: 240 

Munitions 

Number of rockets launched toward Israel: 14,000