October 7th Mass Casualty Attack in Israel: Injury Profiles of Hospitalized Casualties

On Saturday, October 7th, approximately 3000 Hamas-led terrorists infiltrated Israel's southern border and attacked civilians and soldiers. Terrorists murdered close to 1200 people, abducted hundreds, and injured thousands. This surprise attack involved an unprecedented number of casualties. Th...

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Published in:Annals of surgery open 2024-09, Vol.5 (3), p.e481-e481
Main Authors: Goldman, Sharon, Lipsky, Ari M, Radimislensky, Irina, Givon, Adi, Almog, Ofer, Benov, Avi, Katorza, Eldad
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Language:English
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Summary:On Saturday, October 7th, approximately 3000 Hamas-led terrorists infiltrated Israel's southern border and attacked civilians and soldiers. Terrorists murdered close to 1200 people, abducted hundreds, and injured thousands. This surprise attack involved an unprecedented number of casualties. This article describes the injuries and outcomes of the hospitalized casualties. Hospitalized trauma casualties with an injury date of October 7 to 8, 2023, and with ICD9 E-codes E979 and E990 through E999, were extracted from the Israel National Trauma Registry. Demographic, injury, and hospital resource-use data were analyzed. A total of 630 hospitalized casualties (277 civilians and 353 soldiers) suffered from gunshot wounds (90%), explosion-related wounds (19%), and multiple injury mechanisms (16%). The median age for civilians was 33 years (ages
ISSN:2691-3593
2691-3593
DOI:10.1097/AS9.0000000000000481