How many people have died in Gaza since October 7, 2023?

US president Joe Biden dismissed the figures accounting for the number of people killed in Gaza. The density of the small enclave, the frequency of bombardment, and the kind of weapons used, all point to the likelihood of staggering numbers of people killed, injured, or missing. Images of destructed homes and full neighborhoods in an enclave where more than 2.2 million people live also points to unprecedent level of deaths in Gaza. 

Gaza Strip is a 41 km (25 miles) long and 10 km wide, bounded by the Mediterranean Sea on west and walled off from Israel by a "the smart, anti-tunnel wall" Israel built along its border with Gaza, and fenced off by another barrier along the border with Egypt. Since 2008, it became the most besieged, isolated community in the world.

Journalist Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber reported that "despite Biden's doubts, humanitarian agencies consider Gaza toll reliable." UN, too, said that Gaza Health Ministry death tolls, in this war, as it were in previous wars, "credible". 

So. what is Gaza's death toll?

Media reports concluded that "Gaza civilian deaths outpacing those of other conflict zones." 

UN called Gaza "a children's graveyard." UNICEF documented horrific stories of killed and orphaned children.

Possible sources for finding information about Gaza Body Count:

• Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza
• Social media sites: 
• Gaza Shaheed  a social media account that published names and photos of Gazans (and sometime persons from West Bank) killed. 
• News Outlets: AP reporting on the conflict often provides updates about death toll.
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Note: If you are aware of a reliable source for Gaza Body Count, please share it and this list will be updated to include new sources.

   

Updated Figures:

Gaza Body Count Update (May 13, 2024)

[Figures as provided by the authorities in Gaza]:

The Government Media Office published a new update on the most prominent statistics of the genocidal war waged by the occupation since October 7, 2023, on the Gaza Strip for today (220): 

◻️ (220) days since the genocidal war started. 

◻️ (3,123) massacres committed by the occupation army. 

◻️ (45,091) martyrs and missing persons. 

◻️ (10,000) missing. 

◻️ (35,091) martyrs who arrived in hospitals. 

◻️ (15,103) child martyrs. 

◻️ (31) They were martyred as a result of famine. 

◻️ (9,961) female martyrs. 

◻️ (492) martyrs of medical staff. 

◻️ (69) Civil Defense martyrs. 

◻️ (143) martyred journalists. 

◻️ (7) Mass graves established by the occupation inside hospitals. 

◻️ (520) martyrs were recovered from 7 mass graves inside hospitals. 

◻️ (78,827) wounded and injured. 

◻️ (72%) of the victims are children and women. 

◻️ (17,000) children live without their parents or one of them. 

◻️ (11,000) wounded people need to travel for treatment to undergo operations. 

◻️ (10,000) cancer patients face death and need treatment. 

◻️ (1,095,000) infected with infectious diseases as a result of displacement. 

◻️ (20,000) cases of viral hepatitis infection due to displacement. 

◻️ (60,000) pregnant women are at risk due to lack of access to health care. 

◻️ (350,000) chronic patients are at risk due to preventing the introduction of medications. 

◻️ (5,000) detainees from the Gaza Strip during the genocidal war. 

◻️ (310) cases of arrest of health personnel. 

◻️ (20) cases of arrest of journalists whose names are known. 

◻️ (2) million displaced people in the Gaza Strip. 

◻️ (186) government headquarters destroyed by the occupation. 

◻️ (103) schools and universities were completely destroyed by the occupation. 

◻️ (311) schools and universities were partially destroyed by the occupation. 

◻️ (247) mosques were completely destroyed by the occupation. 

◻️ (326) mosques partially destroyed by the occupation. 

◻️ (3) Churches targeted and destroyed by the occupation. 

◻️ (86,000) housing units were completely destroyed by the occupation. 

◻️ (294,000) housing units partially destroyed by the occupation. 

◻️ (75,000) tons of explosives dropped by the occupation on the Gaza Strip. 

◻️ (33) hospitals that were taken out of service by the occupation. 

◻️ (55) health centers that the occupation took out of service. 

◻️ (160) health institutions targeted by the occupation. 

◻️ (126) ambulances were targeted by the occupation. 

◻️ (206) archaeological and heritage sites destroyed by the occupation. 

◻️ (33) billion dollars, the direct initial losses of the war of extermination on the Gaza Strip.