Six months of the Israel-Gaza war: A timeline of key moments

April 7, 2024 at 2:00 a.m. EDT
(Video: The Washington Post)

Six months into the war in Gaza, the human cost has been devastating.

Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, including more than 300 soldiers, and says 256 soldiers have been killed since the start of its military operation in Gaza.

More than 33,000 people have been killed and 75,000 injured in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants and says the majority of the dead are women and children.