The Grim Statistics After A Week Of War
The post The Grim Statistics After A Week Of War appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline The Israel-Hamas conflict reached its one-week mark Saturday after days of violence claimed the lives of thousands, leveled communities and displaced large numbers of citizens from Gaza as assaults from both sides continue without an end in sight. Tanks move in formation near Israel’s border with Gaza on Saturday. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images Key Facts More than 400,000: The number of displaced people in the Gaza Strip, a fraction of the 1.1 million Gaza residents in the South told by Israel to evacuate—an order the U.N. called “extremely dangerous – and in some cases, simply not possible.” Nearly 12,000: The approximate number of those wounded on both sides, with those in Gaza accounting for a majority (more than 8,714). More than 3,500: That’s the estimated cumulative death toll caused by the conflict, with Israel accounting for 1,300 and Gaza accounting for at least 2,215, according to CBS. About 800: That’s the rough number of people who left Gaza and entered Egypt on Monday before Egypt closed the Rafah border crossing—the sole crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. 150: The estimated number of hostages, civilians and military, Hamas had captive as of Thursday, according to NBC News. 140: The square mileage of the Gaza Strip, which has a population of about 2.1 million people and can be traversed from its southernmost point to its northernmost point in a little more than an hour with no interruptions. 70: The number of people killed after Israeli airstrikes hit Palestinian convoys heading south into Gaza after Israel’s evacuation order, NBC reported. 27: The number of Americans killed in Israel so far—a figure confirmed by the White House on Thursday. 18%: That’s how much of Israel’s population consists of Arab citizens, many of whom prefer to be…
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Topline The Israel-Hamas conflict reached its one-week mark Saturday after days of violence claimed the lives of thousands, leveled communities and displaced large numbers of citizens from Gaza as assaults from both sides continue without an end in sight. Tanks move in formation near Israel’s border with Gaza on Saturday. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images Key Facts More than 400,000: The number of displaced people in the Gaza Strip, a fraction of the 1.1 million Gaza residents in the South told by Israel to evacuate—an order the U.N. called “extremely dangerous – and in some cases, simply not possible.” Nearly 12,000: The approximate number of those wounded on both sides, with those in Gaza accounting for a majority (more than 8,714). More than 3,500: That’s the estimated cumulative death toll caused by the conflict, with Israel accounting for 1,300 and Gaza accounting for at least 2,215, according to CBS. About 800: That’s the rough number of people who left Gaza and entered Egypt on Monday before Egypt closed the Rafah border crossing—the sole crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. 150: The estimated number of hostages, civilians and military, Hamas had captive as of Thursday, according to NBC News. 140: The square mileage of the Gaza Strip, which has a population of about 2.1 million people and can be traversed from its southernmost point to its northernmost point in a little more than an hour with no interruptions. 70: The number of people killed after Israeli airstrikes hit Palestinian convoys heading south into Gaza after Israel’s evacuation order, NBC reported. 27: The number of Americans killed in Israel so far—a figure confirmed by the White House on Thursday. 18%: That’s how much of Israel’s population consists of Arab citizens, many of whom prefer to be…
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