- Death and missing toll exceeds 67,000 with over 2M displaced as losses surpass $62B ISTANBUL Israel has destroyed more than 88% of the Gaza Strip’s total area and displaced 2 million Palestinians since launching its genocidal war on Oct. 7, 2023, according to a statistical report released Friday by the Government Media Office in Gaza. The report, marking the 650th day of the war, estimates that Israel has dropped 125,000 tons of explosives on Gaza and caused more than $62 billion in losses.