A person is evacuated from the site of an Israeli rocket attack in the western Shati refugee camp in the western Gaza Strip on October 12, 2023
The number of deaths in Israel due to the attack by the Islamic fundamentalist organization Hamas According to medical sources cited by the local press, the number of deaths last Saturday the 7th has now reached 1,300, while the total number of deaths caused by Israeli bombings in Gaza Strip is 1,354, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health. A total of 3,268 hospitalized injuries were also recorded in Israel, of which 28 were in critical condition, 348 were in severe condition and 581 were in moderate condition, according to the latest data from the Israeli Ministry of Health. On the Gaza side, in addition to the 1,354 dead, many of them civilians, there are 6,049 injured to varying degrees, and 31 dead in the West Bank, in addition to around 180 injured. In addition to casualties on both sides, there are about a thousand dead between Hamas militants and security forces on Israeli territory, where fighting still occurs sporadically. According to Israeli army spokesman Richard Hecht, five militiamen were killed yesterday.
The spokesman confirmed that the armed forces have so far informed affected families of the deaths of 220 fallen Israeli soldiers, a preliminary number that could rise. Nothing is yet known about the fate of the people kidnapped by Hamas and taken as hostages to Gaza, who according to Israeli estimates could be around 200 people. Hamas and Islamic Jihad say they have about 130 hostages from both groups, and the Israeli government confirmed the identities of 97 of them and notified their families, another army spokesman, Daniel Hagari, announced today.
*With information from EFE