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It’s October 7 today. Just a year ago, Hamas, an Iran-backed Palestinian terrorist group, attacked Israel forcing Benjamin Netanyahu-led government giving a fitting response. In this one year, Israeli forces launched offensive strike in the Gaza Strip, followed by the West Bank and Lebanon.
The one year of Israel-Hamas war comes with Israeli troops engaged in a fresh war in Lebanon against Hezbollah.
Israel’s year-long offensive in Gaza, launched in response to October 7 Hamas’ attack, has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and caused widespread destruction in the besieged coastal enclave.
According to a report by Times of Israel, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday published a data on its operation in the Gaza Strip.
As per IDF, some 17,000 Hamas operatives and members of other terror groups have been killed by them in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war. This was in addition to some 1,000 terrorists inside Israel on October 7.
In its data, IDF said that the Israeli troops have killed eight Hamas brigade commanders and those of an equivalent rank, as well as more than 30 battalion commanders. Over 165 Hamas company commanders and operatives with a similar rank have also been killed, according to the data.
“Some 40,300 targets have been struck in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war, and troops have located some 4,700 tunnel shafts,” the IDF said.
In Lebanon, the IDF said that it has eliminated more than 800 terror operatives, mostly members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah. The number included 90 Hezbollah commanders.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsNearly 11,000 Hezbollah positions have been struck by the military, the IDF detailed.
The IDF went on to say that a total of 728 soldiers, reservists, and local security officers have been killed and another 4,576 have been wounded in the war since October 7. Of them, 346 were killed and 2,299 were wounded during the ground offensive in Gaza.
It also mentioned that 56 soldiers killed due to friendly fire in Gaza and other military-related accidents.
As Israel marks one year in war with Hamas, here’s a look at the scale of death and devastation.
October 7 attack
Number of people killed in Israel: Around 1,200
Number taken hostage into Gaza: 251
Number of living hostages in Gaza: 66, including 2 from before October 7
Number of captives in Gaza believed to be dead: 35, including 2 from before October 7
Israel-Hamas war
Number of Palestinians killed in Gaza: Over 41,000
Number of Palestinians wounded in Gaza: Over 96,000
Number of militants the Israeli military says it has killed: Over 17,000
Number of Israeli soldiers killed since October 7: Over 720
Number of rockets fired at Israel from Gaza since Oct. 7: Over 9,500
Displacement
Number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza: Around 1.9 million
Percentage of Gaza’s population that have been displaced: Around 90 per cent
Number of Israelis displaced by attacks from Gaza at their peak: Over 58,000
Number of Israelis currently displaced from the south: Around 5,300
Percentage of Gaza’s territory placed under Israeli evacuation orders: Around 90 per cent
Destruction in Gaza
Number of structures moderately damaged or destroyed: Over 120,000
Number of housing units damaged or destroyed: Over 215,000
Percentage of structures damaged or destroyed: 66
Total estimated cost of damage from the war’s first three months: $18.5 billion
Highest GDP ever reported in the West Bank and Gaza, in 2022: $19.17 billion
Damage to Gaza’s infrastructure
Percentage of primary roads damaged or destroyed: Over 92
Percentage of health facilities damaged or destroyed: Over 84
Percentage of water and sanitation facilities damaged or destroyed: 67
Daily amount of untreated water and sewage flowing into the sea from Gaza: 60,000 cubic meters
Length of electrical grid destroyed: 510 kilometers (320 miles)
With inputs from The Associated Press.