According to the National Insurance Institute (NII) on Sunday, about 885 civilian casualties were added to the total number of victims of the terrorist attack. The total number does not include members of the security forces or emergency standby forces.
Seven of the victims of the Jaffa terrorist attack were added just last week, but were not included in the NII findings.
There were 878 victims, of whom 578 were men and 300 were women. Of these, 53 were children and adolescents under the age of 18, including 4 between 0-3 years, 2 between 3-5 years, 3 between 5-8 years, 9 between 8-12 years, and 12-3 years old. There were eight 14-year-olds and 27 14-year-olds. 18. Additionally, 72 of the victims were foreigners.
Of the victims, 803 were from the south, 29 from the north and 26 from the center.
Three people have been killed outside of Israel this year, all in shootings in Alexandria, Egypt. Just one day after the war began, Egyptian police opened fire on them as they visited the ruins. View of the National Insurance Institute (bituach leumi) office in Jerusalem, October 26, 2020 (Credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
Since the start of the war, a total of 921 people, 479 men and 442 women, have been orphaned. Of these, 291 are under the age of 18.
In addition, 226 people have become widows as a result of the current war.
The NII report found that 1,078 bereaved families had lost a child, of which 119 were parents who had lost all of their children. Moreover, none of the 1,880 citizens had any siblings left.
In addition, 12 families experienced multiple losses (e.g., father and son or two parents were murdered, rather than the entire family murdered).
Hostages currently being held in Gaza
Since October 7, 217 civilians who are not members of the security forces have been abducted to the Gaza Strip.
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Approximately 143 civilians were returned from captivity, of which 116 hostages (92 Israeli citizens and 24 foreigners) were released, and the bodies of 27 civilian hostages (26 Israeli citizens and 1 foreigner) were recovered. was buried in Israel.
The number of civilian hostages stands at 74 (73 of them during the war, and another civilian, Elizabeth Tsurkov, was abducted by Kataib Hezbollah in Baghdad in July 2023).
Of these, 52 civilians (45 Israeli citizens, 7 foreigners) were taken hostage, and 22 civilians (19 Israeli citizens, 3 foreigners) remain in Gaza and are considered missing. has been done.
Currently, 101 hostages are being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
More than 70,000 victims of hostilities have been treated since the war began, including 12 amputees. Of the total number of victims, 647 were foreign nationals who were injured on October 7th.
Over the past year, Israel has experienced the largest mobilization of its reserve forces ever known.
NII said that of the many subsidies and payments sent to various people over the past year, more than NIS 21.6 billion was paid as compensation to people serving in the reserves.
According to NII, this is the first time in Israel’s history that reservists have had an “accelerated monthly payment plan” in which they receive payments at the beginning of each calendar month rather than at the end of their service period as previously. war. ”
