Children, Women and Elderly Make Up Over Half of Gaza War Dead, Ministry Data Shows

Children, women and elderly people accounted for more than 52 percent of those killed in the Gaza Strip during the war, according to demographic data issued by Gaza’s Health Ministry.

The figures cover the period from October 7, 2023, to September 8, 2026, and put the total number of people killed at more than 73,000.

The demographic breakdown shows that the three groups together represented a majority of the reported deaths. The supplied figures do not give separate totals for children, women or elderly people.

That distinction limits comparisons between the groups: the combined percentage does not establish which suffered the highest number of deaths individually.

The data nevertheless highlights the scale of the war’s toll on children, women and older residents, who together account for more than half of the ministry’s reported total.