The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel






A week of fighting has left more than 200 people dead in Israel and the Palestinian territories, the vast majority of them Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.










Deaths in Israel and the Palestinian territories


















Deaths in the Palestinian territories




10 people were killed


in Hamas rocket and


missile attacks.




2 people died in


civil unrest.




20 people have been killed related to clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank.




Israeli airstrikes killed


at least 212 people


in the Gaza Strip.






The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



Deaths in the Palestinian territories




10 people were killed in Hamas rocket and missile attacks.




2 people died in civil unrest.




20 people have been


killed related to clashes


with Israeli security forces in the West Bank.




Israeli airstrikes killed


at least 212 people


in the Gaza Strip.






The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



Deaths in the Palestinian territories




10 people were killed


in Hamas rocket and


missile attacks.




2 people died


in civil unrest.




20 people have been killed related to clashes with


Israeli security forces in


the West Bank.




Israeli airstrikes killed


at least 212 people


in the Gaza Strip.






The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



Deaths in the Palestinian territories




20 people have been killed related to clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank.




10 people were killed


in Hamas rocket and


missile attacks.




2 people died


in civil unrest.




Israeli airstrikes killed


at least 212 people


in the Gaza Strip.
















Note: Eight deaths in the Gaza Strip and three deaths in the West Bank could not be located. And one person was killed by Israeli forces on Israel’s border with Lebanon, according to Lebanese authorities. | Sources: Palestinian Center for Human Rights; United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; Palestinian Ministry of Health; Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs




The violence has intensified over the past eight days as diplomatic efforts have stalled and Israel has scaled up its bombing campaign against Hamas.



The war is being fought on multiple fronts. According to the Israeli Air Force, Hamas, the militant group that rules the Gaza Strip, has fired more than 3,300 rockets toward Israeli cities and towns, killing at least 10 people. Israeli forces and settlers have killed 20 Palestinians during unrest in the West Bank, a Palestinian human rights group said. And a wave of mob attacks hit at least one mixed Arab-Jewish city in Israel.



But the worst devastation is in Gaza, a densely packed coastal enclave of about two million people. Israeli forces have struck homes, refugee camps, medical facilities and other buildings.



Israeli officials have said the assault is aimed at Hamas military officials and a network of underground tunnels used by Hamas to move people and equipment. But the strikes have killed at least 212 people, including at least 61 children, according to local health authorities, drawing international condemnation.










Deaths in Gaza
















The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



An airstrike destroyed a high-rise building that housed media organizations.




More than 40 Palestinians, including at least 10 children, were killed in a strike that destroyed several homes.




Two young boys were killed


when a missile struck while they were playing outside their home.




An Israeli airstrike that hit a house in a refugee camp killed at least 10 people from the same extended family, eight of them children.






The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



Two young boys were killed when a missile struck while they were playing outside their home.




More than 40 Palestinians, including at least 10 children, were killed in a strike that destroyed several homes.




An Israeli airstrike that hit a house in a refugee camp killed at least 10 people from the same extended family, eight of them children.






The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel














Note: Twelve deaths in the Gaza Strip could not be located. | Source: Palestinian Center for Human Rights




On Saturday, an Israeli airstrike destroyed a well-known tower that housed some of the world’s leading news media organizations, including The Associated Press and Al Jazeera. The strikes have destroyed in Gaza and left 2,500 people homeless, according to Palestinian officials.










Towers destroyed in Gaza City
















The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



al-Johara tower, May 12


A nine-story building was


struck by multiple missiles


but did not collapse.




al-Shorouq tower, May 12


An Israeli airstrike destroyed


a 14-story building.




al-Jalaa tower, May 15


A 12-story building housing


the offices of The Associated


Press and Al Jazeera was


destroyed.




Hanadi tower, May 11


A 13-story tower with a mix of


residential apartments and


commercial offices was destroyed.






The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



al-Johara tower, May 12


A nine-story building was


struck by multiple missiles


but did not collapse.




al-Shorouq tower, May 12


An Israeli airstrike destroyed


a 14-story building.




al-Jalaa tower, May 15


A 12-story building


housing the offices of


The Associated Press


and Al Jazeera was


destroyed.




Hanadi tower, May 11


A 13-story tower with a mix


of residential apartments


and commercial offices was


destroyed.






The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



al-Shorouq tower, May 12


An Israeli airstrike destroyed


a 14-story building.




al-Johara tower, May 12


A nine-story building was


struck by multiple missiles


but did not collapse.




al-Jalaa tower, May 15


A 12-story building housing the offices of The Associated Press and Al Jazeera was destroyed.




Hanadi tower, May 11


A 13-story tower with a mix


of residential apartments


and commercial offices


was destroyed.
















Satellite images from Planet Labs




The conflict exploded into daily bouts of violence on May 10, after the Israeli police raided the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, one of Islam’s holiest sites, and Hamas militants fired rockets toward Jerusalem.







Eight days of violence






Day 1 May 10 | Israeli airstrikes began Monday after Hamas militants fired a salvo of rockets toward Jerusalem.




Day 2 May 11 | By Tuesday night, more than 30 Palestinians had been killed, including 10 children.




Day 3 May 12 | Waves of mob violence between Jews and Arabs spread across Israeli cities as rockets and missiles streaked overhead.




Day 4 May 13 | Israel intensified its campaign of airstrikes against Hamas, pulverizing buildings, offices and homes.




Day 5 May 14 | Violence erupted in several places on the West Bank, as Israeli soldiers fired on demonstrators, some of whom threw stones and lit fires.




Day 6 May 15 | Israel destroyed a building housing the offices of two major news media outlets, thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and Hamas militants fired more rocket barrages toward the Tel Aviv area.




Day 7 May 16 | In the conflict’s most lethal episode so far, dozens of Palestinians were killed early Sunday morning in an airstrike on several apartments in Gaza City.




Day 8 May 17 | The Israeli Army released 110 rockets and bombs on some 35 targets in a predawn bombardment that lasted about 20 minutes.









Sources: Palestinian Ministry of Health; Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs




Underneath the military battle in the skies, erupted in the city of Lod, where rival Arab and Jewish groups attacked people, cars, shops, offices and hotels early last week. Two people died of their injuries.










Reports of civil unrest in Israeli cities
















The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



Acre, May 12


A Jewish-owned hotel was ransacked by an Arab mob.




Umm al-Fahm, May 12


Israel’s national medical


service said an ambulance


crew was attacked.




Jaffa, May 14


A Molotov cocktail thrown through the window of a home injured two Arab children.




Bat Yam, May 12


A Jewish mob pulled an Arab man from his car and beat him unconscious.




Lod, May 12


Israel declared a state of emergency after sectarian violence swept through the city.




Jerusalem, May 10


Israeli police armed with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-tipped bullets burst into the Aqsa Mosque for the second time in three days.






The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



Acre, May 12


A Jewish-owned hotel was ransacked by an Arab mob.




Umm al-Fahm, May 12


Israel’s national medical


service said an ambulance


crew was attacked.




Jaffa, May 14


A Molotov cocktail thrown through the window of a home injured two Arab children.




Bat Yam, May 12


A Jewish mob pulled an Arab man from his car and beat him unconscious.




Lod, May 12


Israel declared a state of emergency after sectarian violence swept through the city.




Jerusalem, May 10


Israeli police armed with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-tipped bullets burst into the Aqsa Mosque for the second time in three days.






The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



Acre, May 12


A Jewish-owned hotel was ransacked by an Arab mob.




Umm al-Fahm, May 12


Israel’s national medical


service said an ambulance


crew was attacked.




Jaffa, May 14


A Molotov cocktail thrown through the window of a home injured two Arab children.




Bat Yam, May 12


A Jewish mob pulled an Arab man from his car and beat him unconscious.




Lod, May 12


Israel declared a state of emergency after sectarian violence swept through the city.




Jerusalem, May 10


Israeli police armed with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-tipped bullets burst into the Aqsa Mosque for the second time in three days.






The Toll of Eight Days of Conflict in Gaza and Israel



Acre, May 12


A Jewish-owned hotel was ransacked by an Arab mob.




Umm al-Fahm,


May 12


Israel’s national medical service said an ambulance crew was attacked.




Jaffa, May 14


A Molotov cocktail thrown through the window of a home injured two Arab children.




Bat Yam,


May 12


A Jewish mob pulled an Arab man from his car and beat him unconscious.




Lod, May 12


Israel declared a state of emergency after sectarian violence swept through the city.




Jerusalem, May 10


Israeli police armed with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber-tipped bullets burst into the Aqsa Mosque for the second time in three days.

















The violence is the worst since 2014, when Israel’s seven-week invasion of Gaza and Hamas’s rocket fire ultimately claimed 2,200 lives, rendered large areas of the Gaza Strip uninhabitable and paralyzed Israel’s south. It took nearly three months for Israelis and Palestinians to reach a cease-fire.




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