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

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • 3 days ago
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Palestinian Killed

‣ All killed figures refer to violent death resulting from direct military action. They do not include deaths from starvation, medical neglect, weather conditions, or disease.

Where figures in parentheses appear, they include those buried under the rubble whose death has been confirmed with certainty.


1. Since the beginning of June: 66 killed.

2. During May (currently considered the deadliest month since the ceasefire was declared in October 2025), 119 people were killed:

Children

Women

Men

19

10

90

3. Since the beginning of 2026, 566 people killed, including:

Children

Women

Elderly

Journalists

Paramedics

Detainees

Over 100

Over 42

13

7

4

2






Bodies held by Israel

‣ 39 people, including 22 children, died from weather conditions (building collapses, hypothermia, etc.) during the winter of 2025/2026.


4. Since October 11, 2025 (ceasefire), 1,003 people killed, including:

Children

Women

Men

Elderly

253

109

614

27

Including 48 killed in incidents where victims were children only

Up to age 60. Including 15 killed in incidents where victims were women and children only


Women and men

‣ 32% of those killed died near the Yellow Line. Israel frequently alters the Yellow Line's position.

‣ Breakdown by cause of death:

Guided missile strike

Small arms fire

Artillery and other means

69%

15%

16%


5. Since October 7, 2023, 72,993 (81,000) people killed, including:

‣ 21,683 (23,429) children (updated to end of February 2026), of whom:

On the day of their birth

Under one year of age

Under five years of age

17

1,080

5,263

‣ 18,988 women and elderly (updated to end of April 2026):

Women

Elderly

13,059

5,179

‣ Others:

Detainees

Aid workers

Healthcare workers

Civil Defense

Journalists

Sports

53

594

1,722

146

324

565

Including 3 senior physicians



Search & rescue


Athletes and coaches

6. Not included in the killed count:

‣ 157 children died from starvation and 25 from hypothermia since October 7, 2023.

‣ 8,000 missing whose deaths have been officially declared (783 bodies recovered to date).

‣ 4,000 missing whose whereabouts or survival status are unknown.


7. Families and orphans:

‣ Approximately 58,000 children orphaned of at least one parent since October 7, 2023 (64,616 total in the Strip), as of December 2025.

‣ As of January 2026: 2,700 families entirely wiped out.


Israeli and Migrant Worker Killed

1. On October 7, 2023, 1,195 people were killed, including 828 civilians, among them 36 children.

2. 85 hostages killed, 41 of them during captivity.

3. 472 soldiers during military operations in Gaza.


Palestinian Wounded

1. Wounded by timeline:

During June

During May

Since start of 2026

Since October 2025

Since October 7, 2023

311

500

1,998

3,122

173,230




Including 866 children, 555 women, and 136 elderly


2. Since the ceasefire in October 2025, 3,644 patients and wounded have been evacuated — 24% of the agreed quota (150 evacuees per day).



3. Injuries and special needs:

‣ At least 43,000 of the wounded suffer from life-altering injuries; 25% of them are children.

‣ Over 5,000 amputees, including 990 children. Gaza is defined as having the highest concentration of child amputees.

‣ More than 10,000 of the wounded require complex and advanced surgeries.

‣ 15% of Gaza's children (7% before October 7, 2023) suffer from disability, special needs, or a life-altering injury. 90% of them are displaced; 80% require an assistive device that is unavailable.


Israeli and Migrant Workers Wounded

1. Approximately 8,500 wounded since October 7, 2023.

‣ 3,004 of them soldiers during military operations.


Palestinian Detainees and Hostages

‣ Israel does not provide organized information regarding detainees who are Gaza residents.

1. According to B'Tselem, as of December 2025, Israel held 1,477 detainees from Gaza, including 50 journalists and 14 physicians, without indictment.

‣ 1,968 detainees were released upon the signing of the ceasefire agreement in October 2025.

‣ 95 people have been arrested since the ceasefire agreement.



2. Torture and humiliation:

‣ Among released journalists, 3% reported rape and 29% reported sexual abuse and humiliation.

‣ Physicians for Human Rights reports in April 2026 that "testimony from detained medical personnel paints a disturbing picture of degrading detention conditions, severe medical neglect, starvation, and abuse amounting to torture in Israeli detention facilities."

‣ In a prior report from March 2024, they documented sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians in detention facilities.

A recently published New York Times investigation based on detainee testimony points to systematic sexual abuse of prisoners.


Israeli and Migrant Worker Hostages

1. No hostages or bodies of fallen captives are being held in Gaza.

‣ For details see previous reports.


Humanitarian Crisis

1. Destruction and ceasefire violations:

‣ 80,000 tons of explosives dropped on the Strip since October 7, 2023.

‣ Since the ceasefire in October 2025, 3,256 violations by Israel have been documented (as of June 12, 2026):

Live fire

Vehicle strikes

Airstrikes

Home demolitions

Resident arrests

1,242

126

1,466

361

61

‣ Destruction percentages (completely destroyed or significantly damaged):

92%

of commercial and industrial structures

76.6%

of housing units (850,000 in need of shelter)

74%

of road infrastructure destroyed;

13%

significantly damaged

88%

of above-ground pumping, desalination, and sanitation facilities;

76%

of underground

83%

of the coastal strip

76%

of heritage and cultural institutions

90%

of energy infrastructure

81%

of communications, information, and technology institutions

86.7%

of agricultural water wells

79.5%

of greenhouses

88.4%

of field crops;

89%

of orchards;

90% of olive trees

80.4%

of vegetable crops


2. Education system:

‣ Students, pupils, teachers, lecturers, and education workers killed:

School pupils

University students

School teaching staff

University lecturers

19,101

1,379

802

246

‣ Students, pupils, teachers, lecturers, and education workers wounded:

School pupils

University students

School teaching staff

University lecturers

28,416

3,017

3,291

1,493

‣ 179 government schools and 105 UNRWA-run schools completely destroyed.

‣ 93% of schools require rebuilding.

‣ 63 higher education institution buildings destroyed.

‣ 637,475 school pupils and 64,000 kindergarten children denied access to in-person learning.


3. Healthcare system:

‣ Approximately 66% of households surveyed reported skin diseases in the month prior to the survey.

‣ 6 patients die every day due to inadequate medical care and insufficient evacuation permits.

‣ 19,000 patients and wounded are awaiting evacuation. Under the ceasefire agreement, Israel was required to allow 150 evacuations per day. In practice, only 24% of the agreed quota has been fulfilled (34% since October 7, 2023).

‣ 11,000 cancer patients in Gaza, almost without medical treatment. 33% are awaiting evacuation approval.

‣ Operational rates:

298

medical institutions operational out of 678.

Only 32 fully operational

70%

of medical equipment depleted

50%

of basic medications unavailable

40%

of life-saving emergency medications

87%

of laboratory testing materials depleted

60–70%

of Gaza's children suffer from anemia; approximately 68% of pregnant women

4. Water and food:

‣ Water:

◦ According to Médecins Sans Frontières, Israel is deliberately blocking access to water (destruction of infrastructure and facilities beyond the Yellow Line). As a result: 43% of households receive less than the minimum daily average of 15 liters of water per person; 62% receive less than 6 liters of drinking water per person per day.

70%

dependent on tanker truck supply

78%

of households report difficulty in water supply

98%

of households reported difficulty accessing hygiene materials

87%

reported difficulty accessing sanitation facilities

48%

reported solid waste accumulation near their living environment

52%

reported untreated sewage flooding near their living environment

◦ (Sanitation data based on a survey conducted by WASH Cluster, the body overseeing sanitation and water in Gaza.)


‣ Food:

◦ 2 meals per day is the average reported in the survey.

◦ 37,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women are expected to suffer from malnutrition during 2026.

◦ 3,500 children under five were treated for malnutrition symptoms during April 2026 (compared to 2,800 in March), including 600 with acute malnutrition symptoms (compared to 400 in March).

17%

of families reported one meal per day

5%

reported a full day without a meal

77%

of the population depends on aid truck supply for food

46%

of children under two years of age suffered from a severe deficiency in necessary food variety



5. Aid:

‣ Under the agreement signed in October 2025, Israel was required to allow 600 trucks per day to enter, including 50 fuel tankers. In practice, 36% of the agreed amount entered: 28,327 aid trucks, 22,601 commercial trucks, and 1,794 fuel tankers.

Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Matan Golan, 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 Lebanon, 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, Reuters, 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.


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