At least 2,506 Israeli citizens were injured after the Hamas attack, the Israeli Ministry of Health said in a statement.
Report informs via TASS that according to the information, 353 wounded are in serious condition, another 486 received moderate injuries.
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The death toll among Israelis after the Hamas attack has risen to 800, with 2,400 injured, Report informs citing foreign media.
Among the victims of the conflict were participants in a music festival taking place in the south of Israel - it was from this side that Hamas militants attacked Israel. At least 260 people were found dead there.
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Israel formally declared a state of war on Sunday as the death toll from an unprecedented Hamas attack a day earlier rose above 700 and was expected to rise further, with the fate of over a hundred people abducted and taken to the Gaza Strip still unclear, Report informs via The Times of Israel.
The Government Press Office, a body that operates under the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, said that the number of hostages in Gaza was at over 100. Hamas and Islamic Jihad boasted Sunday night that they were holding some 130 Israeli hostages, claiming this included high-ranking army officials.
Officials estimated Sunday that over 700 people were killed in the massive assault launched by Hamas terrorists in Israeli communities near Gaza and by the thousands of rockets fired into Israel, making it the bloodiest day in the nation’s history, according to reports.
The Health Ministry said that the number of wounded in hospitals had reached 2,243, including 22 in critical condition and 343 seriously wounded.