The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry reported Monday a cumulative death toll of 73,035 and 173,368 wounded in the Strip since October 7, 2023. The figures, which the ministry updates periodically, are not independently verified and do not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry updated its cumulative casualty figures Monday afternoon, reporting 73,035 deaths and 173,368 wounded since October 7, 2023. This represents an increase of 32 deaths and roughly the same number of wounded from the ministry's previous update six days ago, as The Zioneer reported last Thursday.
The ministry's figures are released periodically and are not independently verified. They do not differentiate between combatants and civilians — a category that includes Hamas and other armed group operatives killed in Israeli operations. Israel's military has not commented on the latest figures.
The update comes amid a fragile ceasefire in the Strip that began in October 2025, during which the ministry has continued to report further casualties from what it describes as IDF fire. The previous count of 73,003 cumulative deaths was published on June 15, with the ministry then attributing 992 additional deaths since the ceasefire took effect.
No new ceasefire-period breakdown was included in today's report. The figures remain a commonly cited but contested metric in international assessments of the war's human cost.
- DevelopingGaza Health Ministry reports 73,003 cumulative deaths since October 7
- DevelopingHamas releases casualty and aid figures for Gaza ceasefire period since October 2025
- DevelopingGaza Health Ministry: 1,500 patients died awaiting evacuation, 16,500 still trapped
- StrongLebanese Health Ministry reports 3,884 killed, 11,856 wounded since March 2
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