Data, October 7, 2023 - February 7, 2026 – The Gaza Strip

‣ This data report is an update to previous reports. For detailed data of 2025, the hunger crisis and destruction dimensions, please refer to the previous report.

General

‣ Even after signing the ceasefire agreement in October 2025, Israel continues its daily bombing, shelling or gunshot practices inside and outside the Yellow Line areas, as well as continuing to blow up and demolish buildings in order to destroy infrastructures.

‣ Since the signing of the agreement, 1,520 violations by Israel have been documented.

Palestinians Killed

1. Since the beginning of 2026, 175 were killed, including 37 children.

2. Since the ceasefire agreement signed on October 11, 2025, 591 were killed, including 136 children. In addition, 720 bodies were recovered from the rubble.

‣ Under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, Israel has so far returned 414 unidentified bodies and another 66 boxes with unidentifiable body parts.

‣ 27 persons died due to weather conditions (hypothermia and building collapse), including 12 children dying of hypothermia (most of them under the age of one year).

3. Since October 7, 2023, 72,045 were killed, all of them as a result of direct military action, namely not including hunger, medical neglect, illness, hypothermia etc. The actual number of killed is much higher but based only on estimates. The killed according to population groups is not up-to-date and therefore not accurate at present.

‣ Breakdown by sectors:

Aid organization workers	Medical staff	Rescue team members	Journalists	Educators
588	1,725	142	258	792
	physicians and paramedics

‣ Among those killed, about 22,000 children. Until the ceasefire, the daily average of children killed was 29.

‣ Widows and orphans (as of October 2025):

Orphans losing at least one parent	Orphans losing both parents	Widows
58,554	2,693	22,057

‣ Families:

Families losing at least one parent	Families losing at least one family member	Families with a single survivor	Families totally wiped out
20,966	38,034	Above 6,000	2,700
		Updated January 2026	Updated January 2026

‣ 461 died of malnutrition;

‣ 20 babies under the age of one year died of hypothermia;

‣ 457 babies died within 24 hours of birth, a rise of 50% compared to time prior to October 7, 2023.

‣ Life expectancy in the Gaza Strip has decreased by 46% (as of the end of 2024, according to medical journal Lancet):

Among men	Among women
35.6 years ↓	47.5 years ↓

‣ About 10,000 missing persons are buried under the rubble and cannot currently be recovered due to lack of appropriate equipment and Israeli army fire.

‣ About 5,000 missing persons’ fate is unknown.

Israelis Killed

1. Since October 7, 2023, 1,672 persons were killed. Of these:

Soldiers	Soldiers who committed suicide	Civilians	In parties at Re’im and Nirim
472	48	245	400
following October 7, 2023, and during ground invasion		in their own homes during the massacre of October 7, 2023

‣ 83 of the 251 captives were killed on October 7, 2023 or thereafter.

‣ Data about the children killed on October 7, 2023:

Under one year	2-9	10-17
2	7	28
killed in captivity

‣ On October 7, 2023 – 116 children were orphaned, 20 of them of both parents.

‣ 643 are orphaned since October 7, 2023.

Palestinians Injured

1. Since the beginning of 2026, 425 persons injured.

2. Since the ceasefire agreement on October 11, 2025, 1,578 persons injured.

3. Since October 7, 2023, 171,686 persons injured.

‣ 18,500 injured and ill persons await evacuation. Of these:

Life-saving action	Cancer patients	Approved for evacuation
440	5,000	4,000
officially defined as life-threatened cases	Out of 11,000 cancer patients	still delayed

‣ Since the opening of Rafah Crossing (February 2026), 397 injured, ill and accompanying persons were evacuated out of the expected 1.600;

‣ Over 50% dialysis patients died for lack of treatment;

‣ 1,288 of those awaiting medical evacuation died while waiting.

Israelis Injured

1. On October 7, 2023, 5,400 persons were reported injured.

2. Since October 7, 2023, 3,013 soldiers were injured. According to the Rehabilitation Department of the Ministry of Defense data, 22,000 injured persons have been added in the past two years (from all fronts, no specifics). Of these:

Mental injury	Wheelchair-bound	Amputees	Vision loss	Disability over 100%
58%	132	88	5	64
of all injured

Palestinian abductees and incarcerated

‣ No official data of the number of captives and detainees.

1. As of October 7, 2025, over 6,600 estimated, of whom:

Rescue team members	Medical staff
27	362

‣ 1,700 were released during the captives exchange deal of October 11, 2025;

‣ 1,249 detainees defined as “Illegal combatants”, mostly Gazans, detained without indictment, and according to testimonies suffered harsh starvation, torture, medical neglect and sexual assaults;

‣ According to a report by the Committee against Torture, there is considerable decline in the judiciary or administrative systems’ involvement in the detentions;

‣ 54 Gazans are known to have died in custody, (in Israeli prison or military detention facilities), due to torture and medical neglect. However, the estimate is much higher since thousands are still missing;

‣ According to testimonies of those released, they suffered physical and psychological torture, sexual assaults and starvation.

Israelis in Captivity

‣ No more Israeli or foreign nationals left in the Gaza Strip.

1. On October 7, 2023 – 251 Israelis and foreign nationals were kidnapped, including 36 children. In addition, prior to October 7, 2023, there were 4 Israelis in the Gaza Strip – 2 killed, 2 captives.

‣ 83 of the captives were killed on October 7, 2023 or in captivity, including a baby and a toddler. 85 bodies were returned.

‣ 166 captives were released alive, almost all in deals of captive exchange (8 living captives were rescued without a deal);

‣ According to testimonies of those released, they suffered starvation, physical violence and sexual assaults.

Humanitarian Crisis

1. Health:

Only 3 of the hospitals are fully operational	Only 18 of 36 hospitals are partly operational
Only 12 of 27 field hospitals are partly operational	Only 2000 hospital beds available for 2 million persons, with bed capacity of 150%

‣ Epidemics:

Meningitis epidemic

Harsh influenza epidemic

‣ Aid and medication:

◦ Israel has blocked entry of aid organizations including Médecins Sans Frontières (Physicians Without Borders) and UNRWA;

◦ Shortage of 75% of laboratory test materials (chemistry), 72% of bacterial culture test materials, there is no equipment for endocrinological, oncological, kidney transplant, blood salts, and CBC tests;

◦ 64% of medication for cancer treatment have totally run out;

◦ 70% of dialysis treatment medication have totally run out;

‣ Births and Neonates:

Low birth weight	Silent births	Death within the first 24 hours of life
4,900	415	457
60% ↑	100% ↑	50% ↑

2. Humanitarian aid:

‣ The Rafah Crossing was ostensibly opened in early February, but even with the opening of the crossing, Israel is imposing severe restrictions on those who try to cross.

‣ Since the closure of the crossing in April 2025 until its opening in February 2026, 3,100 sick and injured were evacuated;

‣ Since its opening, only 397 persons (including accompaniers) have crossed. It is estimated that at least a year is needed to complete evacuation;

‣ The testimonies of those returning to Gaza raise serious claims of harm, threats, interrogations, pressure to prevent their return, and confiscation of equipment by the Israeli army;

‣ Since signing the ceasefire agreement in October 2025, 31,178 aid trucks have crossed into the Gaza Strip out of the 72,000 expected (43%), a daily average of 260 out of the expected 600.

3. Displaced persons:

‣ The entire population of the Gaza Strip, including 1.1 million children, have been displaced at least once;

‣ 1.4 million displaced persons live in about 1,000 sites, in harsh crowded conditions, mostly in tents;

‣ 85,000 households are at risk of harm due to weather conditions;

‣ 230 families live in buildings at high risk of collapse;

‣ During January 2026, 44 single children were reunited with relatives or their parents. An additional 74 were placed in foster families.

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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), Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, yNet, Zirat War.