Palestinians killed
‣ According to the Palestinian Health Ministry based on killed persons brought to hospitals – 45,717 Palestinians. Of these:
◦ About 17,000 children, of them 13,319 identified;
◦ 12,035 schoolchildren killed;
◦ 492 teachers;
◦ 1,091 babies, of which:
- Over 800 were less than 1-year-old;
- 238 were born and killed in the war.
◦ 363 members of aid organizations;
◦ 1,057 medical staff members;
◦ 94 rescue staff;
◦ 193 journalists;
‣ 1,410 families totally wiped out (as of October 2024);
‣ 11,000 persons missing;
‣ 35,000 orphans;
‣ 4,797 bodies unidentifiable.
Israelis killed
‣ 1,593 killed, of them 36 minors in the Israeli territory near the Gaza Strip. Of them:
◦ 393 soldiers killed in ground warfare (825 since October 7, 2023);
◦ 74 of the kidnapped hostages, 36 killed and still held in captivity.
Palestinians wounded
‣ 108,856 persons wounded. Of these:
◦ 21.026 schoolchildren;
◦ 2,865 teachers;
◦ Over 54,238 persons wounded who are unidentifiable or not registered.
Israelis wounded
‣ About 8,000 persons wounded since October 7, 2023. Of these:
◦ 5,575 soldiers (2,528 in ground warfare).
Israeli kidnapped hostages
‣ 251 kidnapped hostages (and another 4 kidnapped previously);
◦ 117 kidnapped hostages returned alive;
◦ 74 killed;
◦ 38 bodies returned;
◦ 100 still kept in captivity, 36 of them known with certainty as killed;
‣ Reports of returnees about starvation, sexual assault and violence.
Palestinian detainees
‣ No precise number;
‣ Reports vary between 4,000 and 6,500 detainees.
Destruction and displaced persons
‣ 69% of total buildings hit;
‣ 92% of total residences;
‣ 80% of commercial structures;
‣ 68% of traffic routes;
‣ 53% of hospitals shut down;
‣ 62% of clinics;
‣ 130 ambulances hit;
‣ 88% of educational facilities;
‣ 92 institutions of higher learning;
‣ 90% of total fowl;
‣ 20,000 beehives;
‣ 87% of the flocks;
‣ 68% of tended farmland;
‣ 52% farming water reservoirs;
‣ 44% of the greenhouses;
‣ 72% of the fishing fleet.
‣ 1.9 million displaced persons (90% of the population);
‣ 80.5% of the Gaza Strip are defined under pending eviction orders;
‣ Over 450,000 persons are in places endangered with flooding;
‣ 945,000 lack protective winter gear;
‣ 1,452 tents swept away or flooded during the stormy rainy days in the end of December 2024;
‣ 6 babies froze to death in 72 hours;
‣ 1.5 sq.m. are the average living space of displaced persons in shelters.
Humanitarian crisis
‣ During December 2024, out of 569 applications for coordinating aid delegations, only 33% were actually filled. None of the north of Gaza City (the area under siege for 85 days now);
‣ According to forecasts:
◦ 91% of the Strip inhabitants suffer lack of nutrition security level 3 or higher (out of 5);
◦ 876,000 are on level 4;
◦ 345,000 are on the highest level – 5;
◦ Over 96% of children age 6 to 23 months-old do not receive adequate nutrition;
◦ 290,000 children under 5-years-old do not receive adequate nutrition;
◦ 150,000 pregnant and nursing women do not receive adequate nutrition;
◦ 60,000 children need treatment, suffering severe malnutrition;
◦ 14,000 children need medical evacuation. Since May, only 378 children evacuated (since Rafah Crossing was closed);
◦ 7,700 1-day-old babies are prevented medical life-saving treatment due to vast damage of health system infrastructure, especially neonatal wards;
◦ 658,000 children with no access to formal schooling since October 7, 2023.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA OPT, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO.
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