Over 90% of Gaza’s infrastructure lies in ruins after three years of conflict
A Gaza government report says over 90% of the Strip’s property and infrastructure has been destroyed. Tens of thousands have been killed and millions displaced.
According to a Gaza government report translated by the Palestinian Cultural Organisation Malaysia, more than 90% of the Strip’s property, infrastructure and public services have been destroyed since the conflict began in October 2023. The death toll stands at 74,250, including 21,976 children, with an additional 9,500 individuals reported missing beneath collapsed structures. Over 230,000 tonnes of explosives were deployed, and about 80% of the area is now under Israeli control, with repeated attacks on the Al-Mawasi safe zone.
Health facilities are crippled, with 38 hospitals and 96 primary care centres rendered inoperable, while 97% of schools are damaged. The housing sector suffers the greatest losses, with 410,000 residential units destroyed, leaving more than 350,000 families without shelter and over two million people forcibly displaced.
Why it matters
The figures illustrate the massive scale of human loss and infrastructure collapse in Gaza, underscoring an urgent humanitarian emergency.
How this story developed
- Sep 17 Gaza families face new evacuations and food shortages a year after ceasefire
- Sep 28 A six‑storey apartment block collapsed, killing 21 people and prompting a lengthy rescue effort.
- Oct 6 Israel's Consul General in New York, Ofir Akunis, has asked Mayor Zohran Mamdadi to attend a screening of an IDF-produced film about the Oct. 7 Hamas assault.
- Oct 8 Israel’s ambassador issued a public rebuke of the mayor’s remarks while his son was in intensive care.
- Oct 9 Mayor Mamdani was booed at a Union Square vigil and confronted by anti‑Israel demonstrators at a city memorial.
- Oct 9 Field reports recorded at least 19 Israeli settler assaults on Palestinians by midday Friday, targeting farmers, trees and livestock during the olive harvest.
- Oct 10 Israeli forces issued new evacuation orders for multiple Gaza neighborhoods.
- Oct 12 A Gaza resident died of liver cancer after prolonged delays in medical evacuation.
- Oct 16 A settler was observed firing a gun during the latest assault.
- Oct 16 Israeli airstrikes on the cease‑fire anniversary caused new civilian fatalities.
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