The government media office in Gaza published this evening, Sunday, October 22, 2023, the numbers and statistics of the ongoing Gaza war for the 16th day in a row.
Highlights of the press conference of the head of the Government Media Office, Salama Maarouf, regarding the daily update on the Israeli occupation’s aggression against the Gaza Strip, which continues for the 16th consecutive day:
Tens of thousands of displaced people returned to their areas of residence in Gaza City and the northern Gaza Strip after their displacement to the southern regions, and the occupation deliberately targeted them in their places of displacement, which it claimed were safe areas.
The number of casualties since the start of the Israeli occupation aggression on October 7 reached 14,245 citizens, while 4,651 martyrs died, including 3,600 martyrs who died because the occupation committed 574 massacres.
165,000 damaged housing units were identified, and 50% of the housing units in the Gaza Strip were damaged due to the bombing, and approximately 20,000 housing units were completely demolished by the occupation or became uninhabitable.
72 government headquarters and dozens of public and service facilities were destroyed by the occupation and caused significant damage.
Water, electricity, and sewage networks were severely damaged, while the occupation continues to target educational institutions, as 176 schools were subjected to various damages, including 30 schools that were out of service.
The total number of displaced people reached about 1,400,000 citizens, half of whom are in the 220 shelter centers, and the others are in hosting gatherings of relatives, friends, public facilities, and others.
20 trucks of basic needs entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah land crossing in the south of the Strip, 16 days after the aggression, while before that 500 trucks entered daily.
The occupation deliberately targets gatherings of citizens present in and around markets, bakeries, and shelter centers, destroying homes above the heads of their residents, and targeting churches and mosques, where 31 mosques were demolished, and 3 churches were damaged.
The average number of victims of the occupation's aggression since the beginning of the aggression reached 50 cases per hour, between injured and martyred.
Fuel is the backbone of work for all service and economic sectors, and with the sector entering a stifling humanitarian crisis, we make an urgent appeal for the necessity of bringing fuel supplies into the sector to stop the disaster that threatens hospitals, water pumping stations, sewage treatment, and all sectors in light of the continuing power outages.
