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A report published by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, titled "Three Years of the Genocide War," has documented the human toll and the damage to the health system since Israel's campaign in the Gaza Strip began. According to the report, 74,237 Palestinians were killed and 175,267 were wounded over the three-year period.

Children made up 21,976 of the dead, or 29.6 percent of the total, along with 11,301 women, 5,405 elderly people and 35,555 men. Of the children killed, 1,125 were under one year old and 5,444 were under five. The report also recorded 612 children born during the war who were killed, 1,134 child limb amputations and 71,846 children left orphaned. It said 914,102 children were cut off from education and 1,204,102 lacked food security, while 157 children were among 466 people who died of malnutrition.

The report said all 38 hospitals in Gaza were struck, with 19 put out of service and 19 operating partially, alongside 12 field hospitals. It recorded 1,723 health workers killed and 362 detained. The ministry said 21,000 patients were awaiting treatment abroad, including 5,803 children, and that 2,027 patients, among them 264 children, died while waiting. A cited study found 98 percent of surveyed young people constantly feared for their lives.

Key Takeaways

• The report puts the death toll at 74,237, including 21,976 children, with 175,267 people wounded.
• All 38 Gaza hospitals were targeted; 19 stopped functioning and 19 work only partially, the ministry said.
• 2,027 patients died while awaiting treatment abroad, including 264 children, according to the report.