For the seventh day in a row, Israeli war fighters continued to launch violent and intense raids on various areas of the Gaza Strip, including residential, civilian, government, security and commercial installations.

According to the latest statistics of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, these raids resulted in the death of 197 Palestinians, including 58 children, 34 women and 15 elderly people, in addition to the injury of 1,235 others.

During the seven days, Israel committed massacres that claimed the lives of a number of Palestinian families, some of which were completely wiped out.

These raids also changed the general appearance of the landmarks of several vital areas in Gaza City, turning them into ruins and piles of rubble and ashes.

The infrastructure in the various areas of the Gaza Strip, including water networks, sewage networks, and power lines, was extensively destroyed.

A father carrying his child, a martyr, among the ruins of an Israeli raid in Gaza (European)

Number of raids

Israeli war fighters have launched about 1,200 raids and attacks since the beginning of the aggression, on May 10, according to a statement issued by the government media office in Gaza.

These raids focused - according to the office - on homes and residential buildings, government headquarters, and infrastructure.

Total losses

The government media office stated that the total initial losses incurred by the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression amounted to 177 million and 500 thousand dollars.

He pointed out that the value of direct losses amounted to about $ 127 million, while the value of indirect losses was estimated at about $ 50 million and 500 thousand.

Rescue workers search among the rubble of a building destroyed by the Israeli strikes (Anatolia)

Destroyed installations

The office documented that more than 770 housing units were subjected to damage ranging from total to severe demolition, in addition to the damage of at least 4,976 other units, with moderate to partial damage as a result of the continuous bombardment, and the office also monitored the bombing of 97 residential buildings, and their complete demolition.

He said that the initial direct losses in the housing sector, of the total losses, amounted to $ 36 million.

The office indicated that the strikes caused damage to 36 schools, and a number of health facilities and primary care clinics, in a severe and partial way, as a result of the heavy bombing in their vicinity.

Excavator removes the rubble of a building after it was bombed by an Israeli (French) airstrike

Media facilities

Israel also destroyed the offices and headquarters of about 32 media institutions, by bombing several towers that host these institutions, including Al-Jawhara Towers, Al-Galaa, Al-Shorouk, Al-Sousi, Al-Walid and Al-Ruya.

The office added that the Israeli aggression resulted in the injury of 10 journalists, with various injuries, while they were covering the field events.

Among them, 3 journalists were injured when a reconnaissance plane targeted a vehicle belonging to the press.

The office indicated that the raids also hit the homes of 5 journalists in different areas of Gaza, causing the death of one of their family members.

The moment the Al-Galaa Tower, which housed the offices of media institutions, including Al-Jazeera and the Associated Press (European)

Governmental headquarters

The number of government headquarters and public facilities targeted by the Israeli warplanes reached about 65, according to the office.

These facilities varied between police and security headquarters and service facilities, with direct losses estimated at $ 16 million, out of the total losses.

Among the most prominent official headquarters that were targeted:

The headquarters of the Ministry of Interior and National Security, west of Gaza City, was completely destroyed and a number of neighboring government headquarters were severely damaged.

The headquarters of the Internal Security Agency in the governorates of Gaza, the north, and Khan Yunis (south), was also destroyed.

The Beit Lahia police station in the northern Gaza Strip was severely damaged as a result of the bombing.

Completely destroying the Ministry of Labor building.

The Ministry of Social Development building sustained major damage.

One of the towers in Gaza before and after it was destroyed by Israeli raids (Reuters)

Infrastructure, Energy and Economy

The media office said that targeting streets and infrastructure caused initial losses estimated at $ 14 million.

As for the energy sector, the office incurred losses estimated at about $ 10 million, as a result of the bombing of power networks, transformers and lines.

In the economic and commercial sector, the office monitored losses of $ 21 million, as a result of Israeli raids on 4 headquarters of local banks and factories.

According to the office, dozens of vehicles were also damaged completely and partially, with an estimated loss of $ 5 million.

Agriculture sector

The total initial losses of the Israeli aggression on the agricultural sector in Gaza exceeded $ 17 million.

The ministry said, in a statement on Sunday, that it expects to double the damage and losses in the agricultural sector, as a result of the continued intensive bombing of hundreds of lands and agricultural facilities, and directly targeting warehouses and warehouses for agricultural production inputs and requirements.