In numbers: 440 days of Israeli-American genocidal war on Gaza Strip

By Press TV Website Staff

The Israeli-American genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip completed 440 days on Thursday, December 19, and there are still no signs of the murderous aggression ending or slowing down.

From dead bodies lying scattered on the streets to hospitals and schools razed down to children orphaned and millions rendered homeless, the gory events unfolding in the coastal Palestinian territory represent a textbook case of genocide and ethnic cleansing, according to human rights groups.

The death toll in the territory since the Israeli regime launched its indiscriminate aerial and ground on October 7, 2023, has surpassed 45,000, most of them children and women.

Almost all medical facilities in the territory have become defunct due to infrastructure damages as well as the lack of electricity and fuel to keep the essential services running.

There are no “safe zones” anymore and people are either putting up in makeshift shelters or refugee camps in both the northern and southern Gaza Strip, which are frequently exposed to Israeli attacks.

The 440 days of Israeli genocide in Gaza until December 19, 2024, based on the data released by the Gaza Media Office on Thursday, is as follows: 

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

45,129 – the total number of fatalities in Gaza since Oct. 7

9,941 – the number of massacres committed by the regime since Oct. 7 in total

7,172 – the number of massacres targeting Palestinian families since Oct. 7

56,289 – the number of people killed or missing since Oct. 7

11,160 –  the number of people missing since Oct. 7

3,467 – the number of families reduced to a single survivor since Oct. 7

1,413 – the number of families completely erased from the civil registry with all members killed

17,803 – the number of children killed since Oct. 7

238 – the number of infants born and martyred since October 7

853 – the children under the age of one killed since Oct. 7

12,224 – the number of women killed since Oct. 7

44 – the number of people who died due to starvation since Oct. 7

1,060 – the number of doctors and paramedics killed since Oct. 7

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

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

723 – the number of police and aid security personnel killed since Oct. 7

7 – the number of mass graves created by occupation forces inside hospitals

520 – the number of people retrieved from mass graves inside hospitals

70 – the percentage of child and women victims of the war since Oct. 7

107,338 – the number of wounded individuals who arrived at hospitals since Oct. 7

399 – the number of journalists wounded since Oct. 7

214 – the number of shelter houses targeted by the Israeli forces since Oct. 7

35,060 – the number of children who have lost one of their parents since Oct. 7

3,500 – the number of children at risk of death due to malnutrition and lack of food

12,125 – the number of widows

226 – the number of days of total closure of all Gaza crossings

12,650 – the number of injured people who need to travel for treatment

12,500 – the number of cancer patients who face the risk of death

3,000 – the number of patients with other diseases in need of treatment abroad

2,136,026 – the number of people battling with infectious diseases due to displacement

71,338 – the number of cases of hepatitis infections due to displacement

60,000 – the number of pregnant women at risk due to lack of adequate healthcare

350,000 – the number of chronic patients at risk due to the prohibition on entry of medicine

6,500 – the number of people detained from the Gaza Strip amid the genocidal war

319 – the number of health practitioners who have been arrested

88 – the number of journalists detained whose names have been identified

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

110,000 – the number of tents torn and rendered unsuitable for displaced persons

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

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

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

12,780 – the number of students killed by the occupation since Oct. 7

785,000 – the number of students deprived of school education since Oct. 7

755 – the number of teachers and education staff killed by the occupation since Oct. 7

146 – the number of scholars, university professors and researchers killed by the occupation

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

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

19 – the number of cemeteries completely or partially destroyed out of a total of 60 cemeteries

2,300 – the number of bodies stolen by the occupation from various cemeteries in Gaza

161,500 – the number of housing units completely destroyed since Oct. 7

82,000 – housing units rendered uninhabitable by the occupation

194,000 – the number of housing units partially destroyed since Oct. 7

88,000 – tons of explosives dropped by the occupation on Gaza since Oct. 7

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

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

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

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

206 – the number of archaeological and heritage sites destroyed since Oct. 7

3,130 – the kilometers of power grid destroyed by the occupation

125 – the number of ground-level power transformers destroyed

330,000 – the linear meters of water networks destroyed by the occupation

655,000 – the linear meters of sewage networks destroyed by the occupation

2,835,000 – the linear meters of roads and streets destroyed by the occupation

42 – number of sports facilities destroyed by the Israeli occupation

717 – the number of water wells destroyed and put out of service

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