Today Marks Two Years of Israel's Genocide in Gaza

Here are the statistics breakdown of the last two years.

For the past two years, Gaza has endured one of the most devastating humanitarian crises of our time — a relentless assault that has left entire communities shattered. What began as waves of violence has turned into a sustained campaign of destruction, displacement, and death, targeting civilians in unimaginable numbers.

The statistics that follow reveal the true scale of this atrocity — the lives lost, families uprooted, and futures erased in what the world now recognize as an unfolding genocide.

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Death Toll

[As of 1 Oct 2025]

Estimated range of total deaths:
The total genocide death toll is estimated between 198,675 and 993,375 people.
This is equivalent to 8.64% - 43.19% of Gaza’s pre-genocide population of 2.3 million.

How this estimate is calculated
Exact numbers are impossible due to collapsed infrastructure, mass graves, missing under rubble, and blocked access. This means we have no authoritative figure for total deaths.

Historically, most genocide victims are killed by indirect causes, such as the destruction of healthcare, food distribution systems, and essential infrastructure. Based on recent conflicts, as cited in the Lancet letter, the total death toll can be estimated by using a multiplier between 3 and 15 on the direct death toll.

Minimum direct deaths (Ministry of Health, Gaza)

As of 1 October 2025, the Gaza Ministry of Health reports 66,225+ Palestinians killed directly, including 19,424+ children, and 168,938+ injured

• These are deaths that were recorded in hospitals or reported directly by families.

• This figure does not include those under the rubble, in mass graves, or killed by indirect causes.

On average, a child has been killed every 52 minutes

People missing or trapped under rubble
Estimating this is extremely difficult due to the collapse of infrastructure and lack of recovery equipment. Different estimates include:

• 8,000–11,000 missing, mostly women and children (UN, 2025)

• 13,000+ missing under rubble or in mass graves (Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, 2025)

• 17,000–21,000 children missing (Save the Children, 2025)

Independent estimates

• → A forensic article by Dr. Richard Hil and Dr. Gideon Polya estimates the total death toll in Gaza at 680,000 by April 2025 (12–14x higher than most reported figures).

Starvation

[As of September 2025]

• Severe food insecurity: 1.98M people (~94.3% of Gaza’s current population of 2.1 million)

  • 641,000 at IPC Phase 5 – Catastrophe/Famine: starvation, destitution, death

  • 1.14M at IPC Phase 4 – Emergency: extreme food gaps, high acute malnutrition

  • 198,000 at IPC Phase 3 – Crisis: food consumption gaps, malnutrition rising

• Deaths due to starvation: 440

  • Including 147 children

• 540 aid workers killed since October 7, 2023

The IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) is the UN-backed scale for global famine monitoring. Phase 5 is the highest level; it means populations are already dying from hunger.

Bombing and Destruction

• 100,000+ tons of bombs dropped on Gaza, surpassing the combined bombings of Dresden, Hamburg, and London in WWII as of [May 2025]

  • These bombs collectively unleashed 7x the explosive force of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb.

• The Israeli army is demolishing ~300 residential units daily in Gaza City and Jabalia, using unmanned robotic bulldozers. [as of September 2025]

• 78% of Gaza’s estimated 250,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed since the start of the genocide [as of 2 Oct 2025].

• ~61 million tonnes of debris [as of 2 Oct 2025] — a volume so vast it would take decades to remove under current conditions.

• Over 93% of poultry farms are destroyed. Remaining farms have ceased operation entirely.

Children

As of [4 September 2025]

• Orphans: 56,320

• Children injured: 40,176

• Children deprived of education: 914,102

• Children deprived of food: 1,204,102

• Children needing medical evacuation abroad: 4,912

• The number of children killed in Gaza in just 4 months exceeded the total number of children killed in 4 years of all global conflicts combined

Journalists and Media

• 270+ journalists and media workers killed in Gaza since October 7

• The Gaza Genocide is the deadliest episode for journalists in all of recorded history. More journalists have been killed in Gaza than the US Civil War, WW1, WW2, the Korean War, Vietnam War, ex-Yugoslavia wars, and the US War on Afghanistan — all combined

U.S. Military Aid to Israel Amid Genocide

• Total Aid and Military Sales Since October 7, 2023: Over $51.5 billion as of [May 2025]

• Annual Military Aid: Under a 10-year agreement (Oct. 2018- Sept. 2028), Israel receives an annual minimum of $3.8 billion

Our friends at Let’s Talk Palestine, a collective of activists for Palestine spent weeks gathering all statistics above, and have done extensive research compiling a breakdown of Israel’s genocide from the last two years. Give them a follow and support their work here.