Death toll in Gaza Strip rises to 65,174 since October 7

CAIRO – 19 September 2025: The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced on Friday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 65,174 martyrs and 166,071 wounded since October 7, 2023.

The Ministry clarified in a statement that 33 martyrs were recovered from under the rubble, and 146 new wounded arrived at Gaza Strip hospitals in the past 24 hours.

It indicated that a number of victims remain under the rubble and on the streets, where ambulance and civil defense crews are unable to reach them at this time.

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip also recorded four deaths due to famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours, including one child, bringing the total number of deaths due to malnutrition to 440, including 147 children.

Since 7 October 2023, Israeli airstrikes and ground offensives have killed 65,174 people and injured 166,071 people.

Israeli forces have also continued attacks near humanitarian aid distribution centers operated by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).

Of the total fatalities, 2,513 people have been killed and 18,414 more have been injured while seeking humanitarian aid.

An analysis by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) found that over 500,000 people are currently trapped in famine conditions, and projected that by the end of September, famine could spread across the entire enclave.

It further warned that by June 2026, more than 100,000 children under the age of five will be at risk of death due to acute malnutrition.

Meanwhile, Israel has intensified its military operations in Gaza, launching a ground invasion of the famine-stricken Gaza City, home to nearly half of the enclave’s 2.2 million residents, despite international condemnation.

Israeli forces have flattened buildings, killed scores of Palestinians, and ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate southward to a so-called "safe zone" in Al-Mawasi.