Although an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Hamas halted the latest round of bloodshed, aid organizations say the region's humanitarian crisis has only just begun. Residents in Gaza are still experiencing shortages of clean drinking water and medicine, and families are slowly returning to find their homes reduced to rubble. As the United Nations appeals for outside aid, here’s a look at the conflict’s aftermath.
242: The number of Palestinians, including 66 children and 38 women (four of them pregnant), who were killed during the 11-day conflict, the United Nations says. According to the UN’s human rights office, OCHA, civilians accounted for at least 129 of those killed. Israel, on the other hand, says at least 225 of the dead were militants, many of them senior Hamas commanders.
