JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest Israel-Hamas war has quickly become the deadliest and most destructive of the five wars fought between the sides since Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 from the Palestinian Authority.
The fighting erupted Oct. 7 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 neighborhoods.
Here’s a look in numbers at the toll of the Israel-Hamas war as of Oct. 27, sourced from the Gaza Health Ministry and Israeli officials as well as international observers and aid groups:
1,400Number of Israelis killed
7,326Number of Palestinians killed
5,431Number of Israeli's injured
18,967Number of Palestinians injured
250,000Number of Israelis displaced
1.4 millionNumber of Palestinians displaced in Gaza
229Soldiers and civilians being held hostage in Gaza
4 84Aid trucks let into Gaza
27,781Residential units destroyed in Gaza
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Sources: Associated Press reports, Gaza Health Ministry, Israeli military, U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Palestinian Red Crescent
