Two years of war: Unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza

On the eve of the second anniversary of the historic Al-Aqsa Flood operation and the ensuing war waged by the Zionist regime against Gaza, the Government Media Office in the Strip released last night the most prominent statistics on the genocidal crimes committed against civilians.

The office stressed that the updated figures present a tragic picture of the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe and the widespread destruction affecting all aspects of life in Gaza — from residents, martyrs, and the missing, to the sectors of health, education, agriculture, economy, and infrastructure.

According to the report, documented data and statistics on the genocidal war waged by the Zionist regime from October 7, 2023 until Sunday, October 5, 2025, are as follows:

1. Population Data and General Context

• 2.4 million people in Gaza are subjected to genocide, starvation, and ethnic cleansing.
• 90% of Gaza has been destroyed in Israeli attacks.
• 80% of Gaza has been subjected to bombardment, fire, and forced displacement.
• The occupiers bombed Al-Mawasi in southern Gaza 136 times, despite claiming it was a “humanitarian safe zone.”
• 200,000 tons of explosives were dropped on the Strip.

2. Martyrs, Missing, and Killings

• Total number of martyrs and missing since the start of the war: 76,639.
• Of these, 67,139 bodies reached hospitals.
• 9,500 remain missing, including those under rubble or unaccounted for.
• Over 20,000 children have been killed, including 19,415 whose bodies reached hospitals.
• Over 12,500 women killed, with 10,160 reaching hospitals.
• Over 9,000 mothers killed.
• 22,426 fathers killed.
• 1,015 infants under one year old killed.
• Over 450 newborns were born during the war and then killed.
• 1,670 medical personnel killed.
• 140 civil defense workers killed.
• 254 journalists killed.
• 176 municipal employees, including four mayors, killed.
• Over 787 police and security forces killed.
• 894 athletes from various sports killed.
• 39,022 families massacred.
• Over 2,700 families (8,574 members) completely annihilated from civil registry records.
• More than 6,020 families reduced to a single surviving member, with 12,917 killed.
• Over 55% of martyrs are children, women, and elderly.
• 460 deaths caused by malnutrition and starvation, including 154 children.
• 23 killed due to air-dropped aid packages.
• 42% of kidney patients died due to lack of food and healthcare.
• Over 12,000 miscarriages recorded due to lack of food and medical care.
• 17 people, including 14 children, died from cold in displacement camps.

3. Wounded, Detainees, and Other Humanitarian Issues

• Total wounded who reached hospitals: 169,583.
• Over 19,000 require long-term rehabilitation.
• Over 4,800 amputations, 18% of them children.
• 1,200 cases of permanent paralysis recorded.
• 1,200 people completely blinded.
• 433 journalists wounded.
• Over 6,700 civilians abducted by Israeli forces.
• 362 medical personnel abducted.
• 26 civil defense members abducted.
• 21,193 women widowed.
• 56,348 children orphaned.
• Over 2,142,000 cases of infectious diseases caused by displacement.
• Over 71,338 cases of viral hepatitis recorded.

4. Health Sector

• 38 hospitals bombed, destroyed, or put out of service.
• 96 clinics and health centers destroyed or rendered inoperable.
• 197 ambulances targeted.
• 788 attacks on health facilities and services documented.
• 61 civil defense vehicles, including rescue and firefighting trucks, destroyed.

5. Education and Academic Institutions

• 95% of schools in Gaza damaged.
• 90% of school buildings require complete reconstruction.
• 668 schools directly attacked (80% of all schools).
• 165 schools, universities, and educational institutes fully destroyed.
• 392 partially destroyed.
• Over 13,500 students killed.
• Over 785,000 deprived of education.
• Over 830 teachers and staff killed.
• Over 193 scientists, academics, and researchers killed.

6. Religious Sites and Cemeteries

• Over 835 mosques completely destroyed.
• 180 mosques partially destroyed.
• 3 churches repeatedly attacked.
• 40 of Gaza’s 60 cemeteries destroyed.
• 2,450 bodies stolen from cemeteries.
• 7 mass graves dug inside hospitals.
• Bodies of 529 martyrs recovered from these hospital graves.

7. Housing, Displacement, and Attacks on Shelters

• 268,000 housing units completely destroyed.
• 148,000 housing units severely damaged/uninhabitable.
• 153,000 units partially damaged.
• 288,000 families left homeless.
• Over 125,000 tents (of 135,000) for displaced people are worn out and uninhabitable.
• 2 million civilians forcibly displaced.
• 293 shelters and displacement centers attacked.

8. Starvation and Denial of Aid

• 220 days of total closure of Gaza crossings.
• Occupiers prevented entry of over 120,000 trucks of humanitarian aid and fuel.
• 47 food warehouses attacked.
• 61 food distribution centers attacked as part of starvation policy.
• 540 aid workers killed.
• 128 aid convoys and shipments targeted.
• In so-called “US-Israeli aid distribution centers,” described as death traps: 2,605 killed, 19,124 wounded, and 200+ missing.
• 650,000 children face risk of death from malnutrition.
• 40,000 infants under one year face severe starvation due to lack of formula.
• 250,000 cartons of infant formula seized monthly and blocked.
• Over 22,000 patients needing treatment abroad denied exit.
• Over 5,200 children require urgent lifesaving treatment.
• Over 17,000 patients already approved for referral denied travel.
• 12,500 cancer patients face death without treatment.
• 350,000 chronic disease patients at risk due to medicine blockade.
• 3,000 patients in need of specialized treatment abroad.
• 107,000 pregnant and nursing women at risk due to lack of healthcare.

9. Infrastructure and Public Utilities

• 725 central water wells destroyed.
• 134 desalination projects targeted; massacres in this sector killed over 9,400 people, mostly children.
• 5,080 km of power grid destroyed.
• 2,285 transformers destroyed.
• 235,000 electricity meters destroyed.
• Gaza residents deprived of 2,123 billion kWh of electricity.
• Over 700,000 meters of water networks destroyed.
• Over 700,000 meters of sewage networks destroyed.
• Over 3 million meters of road networks destroyed.
• 292 sports and recreation facilities destroyed.
• 208 archaeological and cultural heritage sites targeted.

10. Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries

• 94% of 178,000 dunums of farmland destroyed.
• 1,223 agricultural wells destroyed.
• 665 livestock and poultry farms destroyed.
• Farmland for vegetables reduced from 93,000 dunums to 4,000.
• 85% of greenhouses destroyed.
• Annual vegetable production fell from 405,000 tons to 28,000 tons.
• 100% of fisheries destroyed.

11. Direct Initial Damage Across 15 Vital Sectors

• $70 billion in total direct initial damages.
• Health sector losses: $5 billion.
• Education sector: $4 billion.
• Housing: $28 billion.
• Religious sector: $1 billion.
• Industry: $4 billion.
• Commerce: $4.5 billion.
• Agriculture: $2.8 billion.
• Telecommunications/Internet: $3 billion.
• Municipal and service sector: $6 billion.

Note: These are initial estimates; precise figures require further assessments.