By ANTARA News,
Jerusalem : Israel on Saturday announced a unilateral halt to a 22-day-old war on Hamas in Gaza, the Jewish state’s deadliest offensive ever on the Palestinian enclave launched in response to rocket fire from the territory.
Herewith some figures from the offensive:
Palestinian victims, according to Gaza medics:
— 1,205 killed, including:
— 410 children (under 16)
— 108 women
— 113 elderly men
— 14 medics
— 4 journalists
— 5,300 wounded
Israeli victims, according to medics:
— 13 killed in combat and rocket attacks, including:
— 10 soldiers (nine in combat, one in rocket attack)
— three civilians in rocket attacks
— dozens wounded
— 2,500 targets hit by Israeli air force and navy inside Gaza, including:
— four UN-run schools
— a compound of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees
— two media buildings
— 16 medical centres
— 16 ambulances
— 778 rockets and mortars fired by Gaza militants into Israel, with most of the projectiles that landed inside the Jewish state hitting houses, but also hitting several schools and a kindergarten.
Damage in Gaza: (figures from Palestinian statistics bureau)
— 475.9 million dollars of damage to infrastructure
— 500 million dollars in estimated clean-up costs
— 4,000 residential buildings destroyed
— 16,000 residential buildings damaged
— 1,500 commercial facilities damaged, including factories, shops, metal
workshops
— 51 government buildings destroyed, including ministries and police
— 18 schools and other education buildings
— 20 mosques destroyed
— 50 kilometres of roads destroyed.
AFP reported from Jerusalem.