Data, January 1, 2026 - April 12, 2026 – The Gaza Strip

Palestinian Killed

1. Breakdown by timeline:

Since February 28, 2026 (beginning of the regional war)	Since the beginning of 2026	Since October 11, 2025 (ceasefire in the Gaza Strip)	Since October 7, 2023
125	334	750	72,329
Including approx. 20 children		Including 225 children and 86 women	Including 21,524 children

‣ Since December 31, 2025, data on the number of women, men and elderly killed has not been updated.

2. Orphans:

Total since October 7, 2023	Lost both parents
58,550	2,693

3. Breakdown of fatalities by sector, since October 7, 2023:

Journalists	Medical staff	Aid organizations	Rescue and emergency
262	1,700	589	142

Israeli Killed

1. No reports of Israeli fatalities in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of 2026.

2. Since October 7, 2023, 1,162 Israelis and migrant workers killed, 472 of them soldiers during the ground invasion of the Strip.

Palestinian Injured

1. Breakdown by timeline:

Since February 28, 2026 (beginning of the regional war)	Since the beginning of 2026	Since October 11, 2025 (ceasefire in the Gaza Strip)	Since October 7, 2023
397	937	2,090	172,192
			Including 42,283 children

2. Evacuation of patients and injured:

‣ 21,367 injured and patients, including 4,000 children, on the waiting list for evacuation for medical treatment outside the Gaza Strip. Since the opening of the Rafah crossing, only 420 evacuated.

In critical condition	Died while waiting for evacuation
195	1,517

3. Breakdown by type of injury, since October 7, 2023:

Amputees	Hearing damage	Head and spine	Oncology patients
5,000	35,000	1,268	4,100
Including 984 children	Children	Children	Including 300 children

Israeli and Migrant Workers Injured

1. Approx. 8,500 injured since October 7, 2023, including 3,004 soldiers during the ground invasion. For details and breakdowns, see previous report.

Palestinian Detainees

1. Israel does not provide figures for detainees in the mass arrests carried out since October 7, 2023. According to estimates:

Arrested in the Gaza Strip	Gaza workers arrested in Israel
3,500	4,000–5,000

2. Held in detention since October 2023:

Died in prisons	Medical personnel detained
52	38
As far as known	In serious condition

‣ According to released detainees, detainees are subjected to torture, humiliation, starvation, sexual assaults and medical neglect.

‣ By April 2025, 1,700 detainees had been released.

Israeli and Migrant Workers Captives

1. For details and breakdowns, see previous report.

Humanitarian Crisis

1. Scale of destruction:

‣ Breakdown by percentage of damage (partial or total):

Buildings	Pumping, sanitation and desalination facilities	Road network
81%	89%	77%

Heritage sites	Agricultural water reservoirs	Agricultural land
145 sites	86%	87%

2. Aid:

‣ Since the regional war began on February 28, 2026, Israel has closed the Rafah crossing and the Zikim crossing, and significantly reduced movement through the Kerem Shalom crossing. Toward the end of March, Rafah crossing partially reopened.

‣ Number of aid missions that actually entered out of requests submitted, by timeline since the beginning of 2026:

	January	February	March	First week of April
Requests submitted	194	231	132	31
Entered in practice	117	120	60	13

3. Health system:

‣ In early April, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza published a report warning of the collapse of the health system:

‣ Of 21,367 awaiting evacuation, only 579 patients and injured evacuated since the beginning of 2026 (excluding accompanying persons);

‣ Reports of increase in rodent and pest bites, lice, scabies and skin diseases:

◦ 80% of displacement camps reported lice;

◦ 48% of displacement camps reported skin diseases.

‣ Medicines and medical equipment:

◦ 50% shortage of medicines;

◦ 71% shortage of laboratory testing equipment;

◦ 61% shortage of oncology medications;

◦ Shortage of fuel, oil and spare parts for hospital generators, putting critical departments at risk of closure.

‣ Functioning of hospitals and clinics:

	Medical centers	Hospitals	Field hospitals
Total	212	37	18
Partially functioning	114	19	13

4. Education system:

‣ 93% of educational institutions damaged, with most learning taking place in tents.

‣ 60% of students face difficulty reaching the learning centers that have been opened.

5. Food:

‣ Since the beginning of the regional war on February 28, 2026, there has been a sharp decline in the variety of food available for sale alongside rising prices.

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Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA OPT, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Rosa News, Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, West Bank Notifications, yNet, Zirat War.