Data, January 1, 2025 – March 31, 2025 – The Gaza Strip

Adi Ronen Argov
Apr 1
3 min read

Updated: Apr 13

Palestinians killed

1. Since October 7, 2023:

‣ 50,810 persons killed (as of April 7th) in direct military action, NOT including dead due to disease or starvation:

◦ According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and among the bodies identified (as of March 22, 2025), 15,613 minors were killed, of them 13,037 schoolchildren.

◦ Minors counted by age:

Born and killed in the war	Under 1 year	1-5 years-old	6-12 years-old	13-18 years-old
274	876	4,110	5,745	4,882

(According to the Palestinian Central Statistics Bureau, 17,954 minors have

been killed including those not yet identified).

◦ 8,304 women;

◦ 3,839 elderly persons;

◦ 22,265 men;

◦ 1,402 medical personnel;

◦ 111 civil defense workers (rescue teams);

◦ 612 teachers;

◦ 210 journalists;

◦ 399 members of aid organizations.

2. Since March 18, 2025, when the ceasefire and hostage exchange agreement collapsed:

‣ 1,391 persons killed, including

◦ 505 minors;

◦ 271 women;

◦ 529 men;

◦ 86 elderly persons.

‣ 39,384 children orphaned of at least one parent;

‣ 17,000 orphaned of both.

Israelis killed

1. On October 7, 2023, 1,162 Israeli citizens and foreign nationals were killed, including 38 minors;

2. Since October 7, 2023, 407 soldiers have been killed in the military invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians wounded

1. Since October 7, 2023, 115,688 persons were wounded (as of April 7th), of them

‣ 33,900 children (as of March 22, 2025), 20,811 of them schoolchildren.

2. Since March 18, 2025, when the ceasefire agreement collapsed, 3,434 persons were wounded, of them

‣ 1,249 children;

‣ 661 women;

‣ 1,388 men;

‣ 186 elderly persons.

Israelis wounded

1. On October 7, 2023, about 5,400 persons were wounded.

2. Since October 7, 2023, and during the ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, 2,584 soldiers were wounded.

Captives

1. 59 captives are held hostage in Gaza, of them 24 alive and 35 declared dead.

2. The condition of the living as reported by released hostages, is bad both physically and mentally.

Palestinian prisoners

1. No exact information on the number of Gazans held in Israeli prisons.

2. Known is that since October 7, 2023, Israel has incarcerated 362 medical personnel, 3 of whom were tortured to death, and 26 first responders.

Humanitarian crisis

1. Displaced persons:

‣ Since October 7, 2023, 1.9 million of Gaza Strip’s population have been displaced. Over a million resided in tents, sometimes 10 persons in a single tent.

‣ Between the ceasefire coming into effect on January 19, 2025 and its collapse on March 18, 2025, some of them were concentrated in displaced persons camps and some went on to live among the rubble.

‣ When the ceasefire agreement collapsed in the night of March 18th, about 200,000 persons were displaced.

‣ 67% of the Gaza Strip is declared by the Israeli army as territory that needs to be evacuated.

◦ Evacuation orders have been issued Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia in the north;

◦ Rafah in the south, and east of Khan Yunis.

2. Siege:

‣ Since March 2, 2025, Israel has shut all crossings of humanitarian aid so there is no supply of food, medication, medical equipment or fuels;

‣ On March 18, 2025, the Rafah crossing was shut down for rescuing the ill and wounded. 11,000-13,000 ill and wounded persons await evacuation, of the 4,500 children;

‣ On April 2, 2025, all bakeries in the Strip were shut down due to lack of flour and fuels. The World Food Plan has declared there is supply left for less than two weeks;

‣ Israel has hit the central desalination plant south of Deir al-Balah;

‣ On March 27, 2025, the Israel Supreme Court rejected a petition to let in aid to the Gaza Strip.

3. Destruction data:

‣ 88.5% of the educational facilities are non-functional;

‣ 92% of the residences were utterly destroyed or uninhabitable;

‣ 34 hospitals have become non-functional;

‣ 80 health centers were destroyed;

‣ 15 civil defense (rescue) centers were destroyed;

‣ 81% of the road system have been destroyed.