Palestine-Israel Crisis: Day 68 Highlights

Day 68 of Israel’s War on Gaza

 Death Toll

• Palestinian death toll exceeds 18,412; 75% are children, women, and elderly (+8,000 children, 6,200 women).
• Over 8,000 Palestinians remain under rubble, including more than 4,700 children.
• Injuries have surpassed 50,100, predominantly among children and women.
• 1,644 massacres against families, 50 families completely erased from civil registry.
• 312 families lost over 10 members.
• 471 killed in Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital bombing on October 17.
• 32 civil defense rescue team members killed on duty.
• 133 UNRWA staff killed, 26 injured by Israeli forces.

Health Sector

• 300 medical staff killed, 236 injured; 38 kidnapped from hospitals.
• 26 out of 35 hospitals out of service, 56 healthcare centers stopped services.
• 137 health facilities damaged, 102 ambulances hit.
• Shortages in medicines and medical disposables.
• Daily healthcare needs for 4,800 patients, 1,043 in need of urgent dialysis.
• 50,000 pregnant women and 10,000 cancer patients’ healthcare disrupted.
• 150,000 chronic disease patients without regular health follow-up and medicines.
• Over 1,000 Hepatitis C cases detected since the war began.
• Health sector collapse, with key hospitals out of service.

Residential Buildings and Displacement

• Over 305,000 housing units damaged, 62,840 destroyed.
• More than 61% of houses in Gaza damaged.
• 1.8 million people displaced, including over one million in UNRWA schools.

Attacks on Journalists and Press Offices

• 87 journalists killed, 80 seriously wounded, two missing.
• 163 media and press offices destroyed.

Public Facilities

• 282 schools damaged, 100 destroyed.
• Over 126 government buildings and public facilities destroyed.
• 134 mosques and 3 churches severely damaged, 85 UNRWA facilities hit.
• All Gaza bakeries shut down, major bakeries bombed.
• Over 1,312 industrial facilities destroyed.
• 45,000 dunums of agricultural land destroyed.
• 70% of the electricity network damaged, 231 schools used as shelters.
• Estimated losses exceed $4 billion.

Israeli Occupation Army Attacks

• Dropped over 52,000 tons of explosives, akin to twice the Hiroshima bomb’s force.
• Over 100,000 artillery shells fired between October 27 and December 5.

Utilities and Infrastructure

• Palestinians in Gaza living in darkness due to cut-off electricity and fuel supplies.
• Water supply cut off, networks destroyed, causing a humanitarian catastrophe.
• 800,000 Palestinians under siege, facing potential famine.

Aggression on the West Bank

• 18,106 Israeli violations since October 7.
• 282 Palestinians killed, including 26 students.
• Over 3,300 injuries reported.
• Approximately 3,810 Palestinians detained, including 67 students.
• 624 assaults by Israeli settlers.
• 1,166 Palestinian homes stormed, 2,699 incursions by Israeli forces.

Casualties from Israel Side

• 113 Israeli soldiers reported dead from ground offensive.
• 1,200 people killed, 240 taken hostage.

Sources:

• Palestine Media Office in Gaza
• Israeli Defense Forces Briefing