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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

United Nations body managing response to complex emergencies

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Dec 14, 2025
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How many children have been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023 according to UN and human rights groups?

UN agencies and human-rights groups report that child casualties in Gaza since 7 October 2023 run into the tens of thousands when combining killed and injured: UNICEF said “more than 50,000 children h...

Jan 14, 2026
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actual deaths in palestine

Reliable counts of Palestinian deaths in the decade-spanning Gaza–Israel violence vary by source but converge on very high figures: Gaza health authorities and allied organizations report tens of thou...

Jan 27, 2026
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How many palestinians have been murdered by israel from 1948 to present day

Available official and civil-society tallies place the number of Palestinians killed in connection with —from 1948 through the present day—at roughly according to Palestinian authorities, while UN, Is...

Nov 15, 2025

How many Israelis were killed since October 7

Different reputable trackers and official Israeli counts give different figures for Israelis killed since the October 7, 2023 attacks: many sources place the immediate October 7 death toll at roughly ...

Dec 15, 2025

What are the latest UN and WHO death toll estimates for Gaza (December 2025)?

The most recent UN-linked tallies cite Gaza fatalities in the tens of thousands and track with the Gaza Ministry of Health’s running count used by UN agencies: OCHA and UNRWA have relayed MoH figures ...

Jan 29, 2026

How have Gaza death tolls changed over time during the current conflict (timeline of casualties)?

’s death toll has risen dramatically since the Oct 7, 2023 outbreak of hostilities, moving from early counts in the tens of thousands to multiple competing estimates that by late 2025 place fatalities...

Nov 15, 2025

How many women and children were killed in Palestine since October 7?

Available sources give multiple, differing tallies for Palestinians killed since 7 October 2023 and breakouts for children and women vary by publisher and methodology: the Gaza Ministry of Health repo...

Jan 23, 2026

How many palestinien have been killed since 1948-October 6th 2023

Available public tallies disagree but converge on a grim range: authorities and reports place total Palestinian deaths since the 1948 Nakba in the mid‑six‑figure range (roughly 134,000–136,000), thoug...

Jan 16, 2026

which source is the most accurate for deaths in gaza

The Gaza Ministry of Health (MoH) is the single most frequently cited and institutionally accepted source for the overall death toll in Gaza and is treated as the primary daily tally by the UN and WHO...

Dec 12, 2025

how many children were killed in gaza

Exact counts for children killed in Gaza vary across agencies and reporting periods: UNICEF and Gaza health ministry figures are cited in multiple sources showing child deaths in the many thousands (f...

Jan 12, 2026

How many Israelis were killed on October 7

Most mainstream, post-event tallies place the number of people killed in Israel on October 7, 2023, at roughly 1,200; official Israeli statements and multiple international outlets summarize the death...

Dec 17, 2025

What are the UN and WHO reported civilian vs. combatant death breakdowns in Gaza as of December 2025?

Available UN/WHO-linked reporting and independent analyses show no single, fully verified civilian-vs.-combatant breakdown for Gaza as of December 2025. UN OCHA and WHO relay Gaza ministry figures but...

Jan 25, 2026

How have UN agencies changed their casualty reporting practices during the Gaza conflict and why?

UN agencies—principally and agencies that aggregate figures—shifted from relaying unqualified aggregate counts toward separating “reported” totals from a smaller subset of fully identified casualties,...

Dec 1, 2025

What is the current population of Gaza as of 2024?

The best official Palestinian estimate for Gaza’s population at the end of 2024 is about 2.1 million people, a decline of roughly 160,000 (−6%) from 2023, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau o...

Jan 25, 2026

What risks and transit routes do Somali migrants commonly face en route to the US in 2025?

seeking routes that might eventually lead to routinely travel along multiple, overlapping corridors through , and or via the “Eastern Route” toward and the Gulf, and they face a pattern of extreme dan...

Dec 4, 2025

what are the actual casualties in the Israeli - hamas conflict

Current reporting shows a wide gap between Israeli and Palestinian tallies: Palestinian health authorities and UN-linked counts place Gaza deaths in the tens of thousands (e.g., 66,288 to ~84,000 in d...

Nov 6, 2025

How many Palestinian casualties have been reported since 2021?

Since 2021 the published accounts portray : limited but verifiable West Bank figures count in the low thousands, while Gaza figures tied to the October 7, 2023 war run from depending on the reporting ...

Dec 4, 2025

How many Palestinians have been killed in conflicts with Israel since 1948 by year?

Comprehensive, year-by-year fatality tallies for Palestinians since 1948 are not provided in the available sources; modern, systematic counting in the public record begins in the sources around 2000–2...

Jan 18, 2026

What territories are commonly referred to as the Occupied Palestinian Territory and why?

The term "Occupied Palestinian Territory" (OPT) most commonly refers to the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip—lands captured by Israel in the 1967 Six‑Day War and treated by the ...

Jan 14, 2026

UN announces 100% of Gaza food needs has been met

The UN announced that the January round of humanitarian food assistance to Gaza meets 100% of the minimum caloric standard for the first time since October 2023, with partners reporting sufficient sto...