In Numbers: 170 days of Israeli war on Gaza leaves trail of death and destruction

By Press TV Website Staff

From innocent civilians killed in cold blood to hospitals and schools razed down in aerial blitz to women sexually abused to young boys arrested and brutally interrogated.

The events that have been unfolding in the besieged and bleeding Gaza Strip in the past six months are a textbook case of genocide and ethnic cleansing, with the death toll already topping 32,000.

The genocidal war, which was launched on October 7 last year, completed 170 days on Sunday.

The 2.3 million people in the besieged territory face a catastrophic humanitarian crisis amid relentless bombings and crippling siege imposed by the Israeli regime with the backing of the US.

Here are the important statistics of 170 days of war waged by the Israeli occupation on Gaza, as released by the Gaza Government Media Office:

170 – the number of days of the latest genocidal war on Gaza

32,226 – the total number of fatalities in Gaza since Oct. 7

74,518 – the number of wounded persons in Gaza since Oct. 7

2,848 – the number of massacres committed by the regime since Oct. 7

39,226 – the number of people killed or missing since Oct. 7

32,226 – the number of people who were declared dead in hospitals

14,280 – the number of children killed since Oct. 7

9,340 – the number of women killed since Oct. 7

364 – the number of doctors and paramedics killed since Oct. 7

48 – the number of civil defense personnel killed since Oct. 7

136 – the number of Palestinian journalists killed since Oct. 7

73 – the percentage of children and women killed since Oct. 7

11,000 – the number of injured people who need to travel for treatment

10,000 – the number of cancer patients who face the risk of death

700,000 – the number of people with infectious diseases due to displacement

8,000 – the number of cases of viral hepatitis due to displacement

269 – the number of health practitioners who have been arrested

2 million – the number of displaced people in the Gaza Strip

168 – the number of government buildings destroyed since Oct. 7

100 – the number of schools and universities completely destroyed since Oct. 7

305 – the number of schools and universities partially destroyed by the occupation

224 – the number of mosques completely destroyed since Oct. 7

290 – the number of mosques partially destroyed since Oct. 7

3 –  the number of churches targeted and destroyed since Oct. 7

69,300 – the number of housing units completely destroyed since Oct. 7

290,000 – the number of housing units partially destroyed since Oct. 7

70,000 – tons of explosives dropped by the occupation on Gaza since Oct. 7

32 – The number of hospitals taken out of service by the occupation since Oct. 7

53 – the number of health centers that have become non-functional since Oct. 7

158 – the number of health institutions partially destroyed since Oct. 7

126 – the number of ambulances destroyed by the occupation army since Oct. 7

200 – the number of archaeological and heritage sites destroyed since Oct. 

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