Adi Ronen ArgovAug 93 min read

Data, October 7, 2023 - July 20, 2025 – The Gaza Strip

Palestinian Killed

‣ This data report is partial, focusing on fatalities and the worsening hunger crisis brewing in the Gaza Strip. A more comprehensive report will be posted at the beginning of next month.

Palestinians killed

1. 59,895 Palestinians killed (as of July 20, 2025) since October 7, 2023. This does NOT include about 11,000 missing persons or whoever died of illness, medical neglect or starvation. This datum includes only those killed by direct military action. Among them:

‣ 17, 921 children (17,948 including unidentified persons), namely 31% of the total persons killed:

Up to 6-months-old	Up to 1-year-old	Up to 5-years-old
574	953	4,680
3.2%	5.3%	26%

◦ 800 children were killed and identified between June 14 and July 15, 2025.

‣ Women, men and elderly persons killed:

Women	Men	Elderly persons
9,496	26,655	4,307
16%	46%	7%

‣ 1,624 members of medical, rescue, aid and journalism teams:

Medical team members	Aid worjers	Rescue team members	Journalists
366 nurses	483	131	228
259 paramedics
157 doctors
Total 782
48%	30%	8%	14%

‣ Families:

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2. Since March 18, 2025 (date of the violation of the ceasefire agreement) – 8,066 persons killed.

Since the beginning of July, 2025 – 2,360 persons killed.

Israelis killed (on the Gaza Strip front alone)

‣ 1,649 persons killed since October 7, 2023, of whom

◦ 38 were minors;

◦ 449 were soldiers, killed since the ground invasion began.

Israeli hostages

‣ 251 were kidnapped on October 7, 2023.

Freed alive	Returned dead	Still in the Gaza Strip
146	56	5027 of whom are established dead

Palestinians wounded

‣ 140,980 as of July 20, 2025.

◦ 7,338 since the beginning of July, 2025.

◦ 28,934 since March 18, 2025.

‣ Over 10,000 awaiting medical evacuation.

Israelis wounded

‣ About 5,400 on October 7, 2023.

2,809 since October 7, 2023 (male and female soldiers)

The Hunger Crisis

‣ The GHF organization operates 4 compounds – 3 in Rafah and one near Nuseirat refugee camp (opened on May 27, 2025). The Israeli army attacks people waiting outside these compounds and the organization’s security guards attack inside them.

◦ According to the UN, during the week between July 9 and 15, 2025, 29 aid delegations entered the Strip (14 to the North and 15 to the South). In most cases the trucks are looted, and the Israeli army attacks those waiting for aid.

◦ On July 20, 2025, people waiting for aid in the north-western part of the Strip (Ziqim area) were attacked, 88 persons were reported killed (in an initial count).

‣ So far 922 people seeking aid have been killed, and 5,861 wounded.

‣ 92% of the children under the age of two and pregnant or nursing women do not receive the nutrition they need.

‣ 290,000 children under the age of 5 and 150,000 pregnant women need food supplements.

‣ According to Doctors Without Borders, their clinics in Gaza City are treating 700 pregnant and nursing women, 500 children (326 of them under the age of 2). They all suffer from malnutrition, a rise of 400% since last May.

‣ According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, as of July 20, 2025 –

86 (76 children) cases of death by starvation have been reported, 18 of them in the past 24 hours.