Destruction of the Gaza Strip 

The Gaza Strip has sustained widespread devastation as Israel's military bombards the Palestinian enclave of 2.3 million people in relation for Hamas' attack on October 7

Gaza Strip 
ISRAEL
West Bank

Population 
Refugee camps 
Crossing points

1 Beit Hanoun 
Israel bombing has put hospital out of commission - only medical facility for 36,000 people 

2 Jabalia refugee camp 
116,011 registered refugees* registered* with United Nations

3 Gaza City
Palestine Tower: 14-storey residential block in Rimal district destroyed

4 Shati refugee camp
90,713 refugees. Oct 9: Israeli strikes destroy Yassin Mosque

5 Al-Shifa hospital
Gaza’s largest hospital is overflowing with both living and dead

6 Al-Ahli Arab hospital
Oct 17: Missile hits facility, killing nearly 500 people

7 Wadi Gaza
Oct 13: Israel warns civilians to evacuate south of river

8 Gaza power plant
Oct 11: Sole power plant runs out of fuel

9-12
Refugee camps
Nuseirat: 85,409 refugees
Burei: 46,629 refugees
Maghazi: 33,255 refugees
Deir el-Balah: 26,674 refugees

13 Khan Younis
Continuous attacks – population of city has swelled
from 400,000 to 1.2 million

14 Khan Younis refugee camp
88,854 refugees

15 Rafah refugee camp
133,326 refugees

16 Rafah crossing
Oct 20-onwards: Crossing with Egypt opened, allowing entry of 74 trucks carrying water, food
and medical supplies. Entry of fuel remains banned by Israeli authorities

Before hostilities, an average of 500 truckloads
entered Gaza every working day

North Gaza 440,000
Erez (closed Oct 7)
Beit Lahiya
Gaza City 750,000
Gaza city
Salah Al Deen
Al Rashid
Wadi Gaza
Deir el-Balah 320,000
Deir el-Balah
Khan Younis 430,000
Khan Younis
Rafah
Sufa (closed 2008)
Rafah 275,000
Rafah crossing
Keres Shalom (closed 2023)
EGYPT
ISRAEL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

16,441 Residential units destroyed 
219 Educational facilities damage
34 Medical facilities attacked 
24 Ambulances damaged
11 Water facilities destroyed 
31 Mosques demolished

5km 3 miles


Sources: Al Jazeera, Council on Foreign Relations, ReliefWeb, Reuters, United Nations Relief and Works Agency

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