53 Days of Destruction - Israel's Genocide in Gaza
Prepared By: Bishara A. Bahbah / Arab America Featured Columnist
OCTOBER 7 – NOVEMBER 29, 2023
KILLED: 1 OUT OF EVERY 158 GAZA CIVILIANS
- 14,534 Palestinian civilians exterminated by Israel
- Equivalent to 0.63% of Gaza’s Palestinian population
- Equivalent to 210,567 American deaths in proportion
- Equivalent to 57,799 Israeli deaths
CHILDREN AND WOMEN KILLED IN THE GAZA WAR
- 6,000 children & 4,000 women killed
- One child is killed every 10 minutes
- 1,800 children missing or presumed dead
- 9,000 children injured
WOUNDED AND MISSING CIVILIANS IN GAZA
- 35,000 – Among them, 26,250 are women and children
- 6,800 – Many are presumed dead
DESTROYED
- 45,000 – Houses while 233,000 face partial destruction
- 26 hospitals & 55 health centers – rendered Without Service
- 56 ambulances attacked
- 266 schools destroyed
- 85 mosques destroyed: 174 mosques damaged; 3 churches attacked
JOURNALISTS
- 64 journalists killed (56 Palestinians, 6 Lebanese, 4 Israelis)
- 11 missing
- 31 arrested (By Israel in the West Bank)
About the Author: Bishara A Bahbah is Arab America’s featured columnist. He is the former vice president of the US Palestine Council. Bahbah was the associate director of Harvard’s Middle East Institute. He taught at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and was a teaching fellow at Harvard’s Departments of Government and Economics.
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