Rafah is the southernmost district of Gaza with a population of about 275,000. At its centre is the Khan Younis refugee camp, where about 90,000 people live. Khan Younis is home to about 430,000 people. Gaza’s only operating power plant is located along the district’s boundary with Gaza City. It is also home to four refugee camps: Nuseirat, Bureij, Maghazi and Deir el-Balah. Remal, Shujayea and Tal al-Hawa are among its most well-known neighbourhoods.Īt the heart of the Remal neighbourhood is al-Shifa Hospital – the largest medical facility in the Gaza Strip.ĭeir el-Balah is one of Gaza’s largest agricultural producers. Gaza City is the largest and most populous city with more than 750,000 residents. North Gaza is home to the Jabalia refugee camp, the largest in the Gaza Strip. North Gaza extends for 10km (six miles) and shares the only crossing into Israel through Beit Hanoon, also known as the Erez crossing. The Gaza Strip comprises five governorates: North Gaza, Gaza City, Deir el-Balah, Khan Younis and Rafah. Israeli air attacks continued late into the night as did rocket fire into southern Israel. Gun battles continued between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in several areas of southern Israel. Hamas’s surprise attack came after Israeli settlers had stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and after a record number of Palestinians had been killed by Israel at that point in 2023.Īt 9:45am (06:45 GMT), blasts were heard in Gaza and at 10am (07:00 GMT), Israel’s military spokesperson said the air force was carrying out attacks in Gaza. Most fighters entered through breaches in security barriers separating Gaza and Israel. Israel’s military said 2,500 rockets were fired.Ībout an hour later, fighters crossed into Israel in an unprecedented multipronged operation through land, air and sea. The group said it launched 5,000 rockets in the initial barrage.

On the morning of October 7 about 6:30am (03:30 GMT), Hamas fired a huge barrage of rockets into southern Israel with sirens heard as far away as Tel Aviv and Beersheba. Since 2007, Israel has maintained strict control over Gaza's airspace and territorial waters and restricted the movement of goods and people in and out of Gaza.Īfter Hamas's October 7 attacks in southern Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to turn Gaza into a “deserted island” and warned its residents to “leave now”. The Gaza Strip has a population of about 2.3 million people living in one of the most densely populated areas in the world and is located between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean coast. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), 86 Palestinian, three Lebanese and four Israeli journalists have been killed. *Based on the first six days of the war, according to the Israeli armyĪs of January 12, at least 93 journalists, mostly Palestinians, have been killed since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7. 15 people are killed - six are children.However, leaflets ordering evacuations are inconsistent with online warnings, which has confused residents.įurthermore, several Gaza residents have no reliable way to access the map with little access to electricity or the internet since the blockade of the 365sq-km (141sq-mile) strip has resulted in a collapse of telecommunications infrastructure. It asked Gaza’s civilians to identify the block corresponding with their area of residence and evacuate when ordered. The Israeli army published an online map of the Gaza Strip on December 1, dividing the enclave into more than 600 numbered blocks. More than half of Gaza’s homes - 359,000 residential units have been destroyed or damaged.IsraelĪccording to the latest data from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Palestinian government as of January 9, Israeli attacks have damaged: In Israel, officials revised the death toll down from 1,405 to 1,139.

Killed: at least 347 people, including more than:.The latest figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the occupied West Bank are as follows: Occupied West Bank

Injured: more than 60,317, including at least:.

Killed: at least 23,843 people, including more than:.

Here are the latest casualty figures as of January 14 at 11:00pm in Gaza (09:00 GMT): Gaza Israel has continued its attacks across the Gaza Strip, including near hospitals and in the south of the besieged enclave, where ground operations are intensifying.

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