If 40,000 people joined hands, standing far apart, to form a human chain, they could encircle the entire island of Manhattan.
Israeli attacks have killed more than 40,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the 320 days since October 7.
This figure includes nearly 17,000 children, or 2.6 percent of all children currently dead in Gaza.
At least 53 children have been killed every day since October 7, and 72 men and women have been killed in Israeli strikes every day.
At least 10,000 people are missing under the rubble, most presumed dead.
Visualize 40,000 people
Madison Square Garden in New York is a premier multi-purpose arena with a total capacity of 19,500 people.
The number of people killed in Gaza would fill Madison Square Garden twice.
If 40,000 people were to stand next to each other in Paris, the first person would be at Notre Dame and the last at Versailles. The queue would be 24 kilometres long.
If 40,000 people joined hands, standing far apart, to form a human chain, they could encircle the entire island of Manhattan.
It would take an average person walking at 5 km per hour 12 hours to travel from the start to the end of this chain.
To cover these 60 kilometers, it would take a sedan driving at 50 kilometers per hour 72 minutes to travel the entire line. That’s more than an hour’s journey.
Of the 40,000 people killed, 18.4% were women and 33% were children.
Before October 7, of Gaza’s two million inhabitants, nearly half were children.
Of the more than 40,000 people killed, nearly 17,000 are children. They could fill 550 classrooms.
More than 500 schools used as shelters have been targeted by Israel, most of them damaged and destroyed.
During the ten months of war, Palestinian children in Gaza missed an entire school year.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza. @ajlabs puts into perspective the scale of the massacres ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/DlHP9d90lh
— Tel Aviv Tribune English (@AJEnglish) August 26, 2024