Seventy-nine people have been killed in terrorist-related incidents since last year’s Remembrance Day, the National Insurance Institute reported on Thursday.
The institute said that since the start of the Israel-Hamas War, 934 Israeli civilians have been murdered; some 778 were murdered during the October 7 massacre.
Since the start of the war in Gaza, 58 children, 319 women, 615 men, and 76 foreign nationals have been killed.Overall, 5,229 civilians have been murdered in terrorist attacks since the establishment of the Jewish settlement in Israel in 1851, the agency said; approximately 800 of them were minors, and 211 of the people killed were also foreign nationals.
Israel's population hits 10 million
The Defense Ministry reported that the number of Israeli military casualties from the year 1860 to the current date stands at 25,417.
In contrast, by Remembrance Day, Israel’s population reached 10 million people.
A Central Bureau of Statistics release said that in 2024, 174,000 babies were born, and 28,000 immigrants arrived. Conversely, some 50,000 people died, and 56,000 Israelis moved abroad.
It noted that the current population of Israel is 12 times what it was at the state’s establishment.
Significantly, the National Insurance Institute numbers included cases such as Yaakov Avitan, a civilian who was killed by IDF fire in Gaza, or Idan Shtivi, whose body is being held captive in Gaza.
It should also be noted that the number of casualties does not include security forces and emergency standby squad personnel.