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 on October 7th 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 is a look in numbers at the toll of the war as of October 27th, sourced from the Gaza health ministry and Israeli officials as well as international observers and aid groups:
– 1,400
Number of Israelis killed
– 8,005
Number of Palestinians killed in Gaza
– 116
Number of Palestinians killed in West Bank
– 5,431
Number of Israelis injured
– 20,242
Number of Palestinians injured in Gaza
– 2,000
Number of Palestinians injured in the West Bank
– 250,000
Number of Israelis displaced
– 1.4 million
Number of Palestinians displaced in Gaza
– 239
Soldiers and civilians being held hostage in Gaza
– 4
Hostages released
– 117
Aid trucks let into Gaza
– 27,781
Residential units destroyed in Gaza
