In Numbers | The staggering toll of the Israel-Hamas war

The crisis between Israel and Hamas is approaching a month, and it has only gotten worse with no end in sight. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Israel will continue “until victory.” Israel continues to carry out airstrikes, including one on the Jabalia refugee camp on Gaza City’s outskirts on Tuesday, killing more than 195 people and injured around 777 others, according to the Hamas-run government media office. With this, the Israel-Hamas conflict has fast become the deadliest and most devastating of the five battles waged between the two sides since Hamas took control of Gaza from the Palestinian Authority in 2007. The fighting erupted on 7 October 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 at the war’s toll in numbers, according to updates by the Gaza Health Ministry and Israeli officials, as well as international observers and humanitarian groups: 8,805 Number of Palestinians killed in Gaza 130 Number of Palestinians killed in West Bank 1,400 Number of people killed in Israel 16 Number of soldiers killed in Israel's military 21,543 Number of Palestinians injured in Gaza 2,100 Number of Palestinians injured in the West Bank 5,431 Number of Israelis injured 250,000 Number of Israelis displaced Over 1.4 million Number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza At least 240 Soldiers and civilians being held hostage in Gaza 5 Hostages released or rescued 272 Aid trucks let into Gaza 33,960 Residential units destroyed in Gaza With inputs from AP