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Families of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their supporters attend a demonstration marking 500 days of their relatives being in Hamas captivity and calling for the completion of the hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, outside the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel, 17 February 2025. /VCG

Palestinians killed in Gaza: Over 48,200. (This figure from the Gaza Health Ministry does not distinguish between combatants and civilians, but the ministry says more than half of the casualties were women and children.)

Palestinians wounded in Gaza: Over 111,600.

Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, 2023: 846.

Number of rockets fired at Israel from Gaza since October 7, 2023: Over 10,000.

Percentage of Gaza's population displaced: Around 90 percent.

Palestinians who have crossed into northern Gaza since the ceasefire began: 586,000.

Israelis displaced by attacks from Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon at their peak: Over 75,500.

Housing units damaged or destroyed in Gaza: Over 245,000.

Primary roads damaged or destroyed in Gaza: Over 92 percent.

Health facilities damaged or destroyed in Gaza: Over 84 percent.

Relatives of freed Palestinian prisoners, released as part of the sixth hostage-prisoner exchange, await their arrival at the European Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 15, 2025. /VCG

Monday is the 500th day of the war triggered by Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel.

A fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip has held for nearly a month. But with the current phase of the truce set to expire in early March, uncertainty remains over whether the sides will extend it, begin negotiations for a long-term truce or resume fighting.

Here are some numbers that show the scale of death and devastation. Sources include the Israeli government, the Gaza Health Ministry and UN agencies.

People killed in Israel on October 7, 2023: Around 1,200.

Hostages taken into Gaza: 251.

Hostages remaining in Gaza: 73, including three taken before October 7, 2023.

Hostages in Gaza believed to be dead: 36, including one from before October 7, 2023.

A Palestinian man reacts at the site of an Israeli strike in the Shejaiya suburb east of Gaza City, September 12, 2024. /VCG

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking alongside U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Jerusalem, said on Sunday that Israel and the United States are working "in full cooperation" on issues concerning the Gaza Strip.

Netanyahu highlighted the "very productive" discussion he had with Rubio about U.S. President Donald Trump's "bold vision for Gaza's future," which proposes relocating Gaza's Palestinian population to neighboring countries and turning the enclave into the "riviera" of the Middle East.

According to Rubio, Trump "has been very clear that Hamas cannot continue as a government (governing body) or military force," arguing that as long as the group remains in power, "peace becomes impossible."

"It must be eradicated, it must be eliminated," he said.

(With input from agencies)