Data, January 1, 2026 – May 15, 2026 – The Gaza Strip

Name: Palestinian Fatalities Since October 7, 2023
Creator: Ministry of Public Health – Gaza

Adi Ronen Argov
May 15
5 min read

Palestinian Fatalities

‣ The data refers to fatalities resulting from military action (excluding deaths from diseases, lack of medical care, and starvation), unless otherwise stated.

1. Since the ceasefire on October 11, 2025:

	May 1–22, 2026	April 2026	Since the beginning of 2026	Since October 11, 2025
Children	3	19	98	288
Women	No data	8	42	159
Men	No data	84	352	391
Elderly	No data	3	13	52
Total	67	114	505	890
Journalists		3	7	11
Prisoners			1	1

2. Since October 7, 2023:

	Fatalities whose identification was completed	Including those buried under the rubble whose deaths were declared but who have not yet been recovered
Children	21,783	23,429
Women	13,059	13,646
Men	32,762	38,475
Elderly	5,179	5,450
Total	72,783	81,000

‣ Distribution by status:

Prisoners	Aid workers	Health workers	Rescue and emergency workers	Journalists
53	594	1,722	145	324

‣ Missing persons:

Missing persons declared dead	Missing children	Missing persons whose fate remains unknown
Approximately 8,000	2,900	4,000
777 bodies have so far been recovered from beneath the rubble.	Of them, 2,700 are likely buried under the rubble. Another 200 disappeared, most of them while on their way to aid distribution points.

‣ Fatalities not included in the official count:

Building collapses	Hypothermia	Bodies held by the Israeli military
30	11	50

‣ Families and orphans:

Orphans	Families completely wiped out
55,167	2,700
	As of January 2026.

Israeli and Migrant Worker Fatalities

1. There have been no reports of Israeli fatalities in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of 2026.

2. 85 dead hostages, of whom 41 were killed during their captivity.

3. Since October 7, 2023, 1,162 Israelis and migrant workers have been killed. Of them, 472 were soldiers during the ground invasion of the Strip.

Palestinian Injuries

1. Since the ceasefire on October 11, 2025:

	May 1–22, 2026	April 2026	Since the beginning of 2026	Since October 11, 2025
Injured	361	388	1,509	2,677

2. Since October 7, 2023:

‣ 172,779 injured, including approximately 44,500 children;

‣ At least 43,000 life-altering injuries, 25% of them children;

‣ More than 10,000 of the injured require complex and advanced surgeries;

‣ More than 5,000 amputees, including 990 children.

◦ Gaza is defined as the place with the highest concentration of child amputees in the world;

‣ More than 18,600 sick and injured people are awaiting evacuation, including 4,000 children. Only 1,176 have been evacuated since the beginning of 2026.

Israeli and Migrant Worker Injuries

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

Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees

‣ Israel does not provide organized information regarding detainees from Gaza.

1. According to the organization B’Tselem, as of December 2025 Israel was holding 1,477 detainees from Gaza, including 50 journalists and 14 doctors.

‣ Among the journalists who were released, the following were reported:

Cases of rape	Sexual abuse and humiliation
3%	29%

2. Physicians for Human Rights reported in April 2026: “The testimonies of detained medical personnel paint a grim picture of appalling detention conditions, severe medical neglect, starvation, and abuse amounting to torture in Israeli detention facilities.”

‣ In an earlier report from March 2024, they pointed to sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians in detention facilities.

3. An article recently published in The New York Times (PDF format here) and based on detainee testimonies points to systematic sexual abuse of detainees.

Israeli and Migrant Worker Hostages

1. For details and breakdowns, see previous reports.

2. There are no hostages or bodies of the dead being held in Gaza.

Humanitarian Crisis

1. Destruction of Infrastructure

‣ The data refers to the percentage destroyed or significantly damaged within each category.

‣ Public infrastructure and housing:

92% of commercial and industrial buildings	74% of road and highway infrastructure destroyed 13% damaged
88% of desalination, sanitation, and water pumping facilities	76% of heritage or cultural institutions
90% of energy infrastructure, including electricity	81% of communications and technology institutions
76% of housing units

Bani Suheila

‣ Agricultural and water infrastructure:

86.7% of agricultural water wells	79.5% of greenhouses
87% of agricultural lands	89% of orchards
90% of olive trees	88% of field crops
80% of vegetables

2. Infrastructure Reconstruction

‣ 850,000 people require shelter;

‣ 68 million tons of rubble, of which less than 1% has been cleared. According to estimates by the United Nations Development Programme, the task will require 7 years to complete. The cost of rubble removal is estimated at more than 1.7 billion dollars.

‣ Reconstruction costs are estimated at 71 billion dollars.

3. The Healthcare System

‣ According to the World Health Organization, more than 1,800 medical centers have been damaged.

‣ Medicines and medical equipment:

70% of medical equipment depleted	50% of essential medicines unavailable
40% of emergency life-saving medicines depleted	87% of laboratory testing materials depleted
6 patients die every day due to lack of adequate medical care and limited evacuation approvals	60–70% of Gaza’s children suffer from anemia, and approximately 68% of pregnant women

‣ UNRWA reported (on May 21, 2026) 125,000 cases of skin diseases (viral, bacterial, or parasitic) since the beginning of 2026, at a rate of 400 new patients per day. This is due to living conditions and lack of adequate medical treatment.

‣ The World Health Organization reported a rodent and pest epidemic in more than 160 shelters. Reports include bites, stings, and infections due to overcrowding and poor hygiene conditions.

4. The Education System

‣ According to UNICEF, 60% of Gaza’s children (637,475 children) cannot regularly attend educational frameworks (in-person learning).

‣ 64,000 kindergarten children cannot regularly attend kindergarten.

‣ 93% of educational institutions have been destroyed or significantly damaged.

5. Water, Sanitation, and Food

‣ Water:

◦ According to Médecins Sans Frontières, Israel is deliberately preventing access to water (through destruction of infrastructure and facilities beyond the yellow line). Thus, 49% of households receive less than the minimum daily average of 15 liters per person. Of them, 70% receive less than 6 liters per person per day.

82% of households report difficulties in water supply	92% of households reported difficulties accessing hygiene materials
70.5% reported difficulty accessing sanitation facilities	48% reported solid waste accumulation near their living areas
52% reported flooding from undrained sewage near their living areas

◦ (Sanitation data based on a survey conducted by the UN WASH Cluster)

‣ Food:

1.9 meals per day was the average reported in the survey	19% of families reported one meal per day
3% reported a full day without a meal	77% of the population relies on aid truck supplies to obtain food
46% of children under the age of two suffered from severe lack of dietary diversity necessary for them

Sheikh Radwan

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

◦ 25,000 infants under six months old, 101,000 children under five, and 120,000 children aged 5–17 are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in 2026 (forecast based on December 2025 data).

6. Aid:

‣ Number of aid missions that reached the Haftsan district out of the total number of requests since the beginning of 2026: