The Gaza Crisis: Essential Data Overview (2020-2025)

Medical Supplies and Care

• There are severe shortages of essential drugs (around 52% at zero stock) and medical disposables (around 68% at zero stock).[1][4]

• Delivery of Aid is facing major delays, an average aid box reaching Gaza from Egypt is taking four to five weeks in 2024.[1][2]

Injuries

• As per the reports over 169,000 people have been injured out of which many are suffering life-altering wounds (Around 42,000 people) [1][3][5][6] in that, one in four are children.[1][2][5]

• As per UNICEF’s estimation, around 3,000 to 4,000 children in Gaza have lost one or more limbs.[1][3] and that is why Gaza has the world’s largest cohort of child amputees per capita.[1][5]

Diseases and Malnutrition

• As of August 2025, Gaza Governorate confirmed Famine and predicted to expand.[1][2][3][4]

• A Catastrophic conditions of over half a million people in the Gaza Strip described by starvation and death as of September 2025.[1][4]

• Malnutrition of children surged and over 12,000 were found acutely malnourished in July 2025, which is six times higher than at the start of the year.[1][3]

• As of September 5, 2025, 361 Palestinians, including 130 children, have died due to malnutrition.[1][4]

• As of October 7, 2025, at least 459 people, including 154 children, have died due to starvation.[2][4]

Infectious Diseases

• The official reported cases of infectious diseases were over 700,000, in January 2024, likely an undercount.[1][6]

• Cases among children under five years of age, include over 179,000 acute respiratory infections and more than 136,400 diarrhea cases.[1][6]

Maternal Health

• Due to the collapse of the healthcare system an estimated 50,000 pregnant women and girls were deprived of proper care, leading to a 300% increase in miscarriages.[2][3]

Table 1: Health System Status and Impact (October 2023 – October 2025)

Humanitarian Toll: Loss of Lives & Injuries in Gaza

The Gaza conflict has taken an unprecedented toll on human lives. Around tens of thousands of lives lost and many more injured, disproportionately affecting civilians, especially a large number of children and women.

Total Casualties

• As of October 3, 2025, around over 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in this conflict, and around over 169,000 have been injured since October 7, 2023.[2][4][5][6]

• Other reports reveal that at least 67,074 Palestinians are killed as of October 4, 2025.[1][5]

• The Gaza Ministry of Health has reported over 44,000 are killed and 104,000 are wounded since October 7, 2023, by late November 2024.[2][3]

• It is estimated that 1 out of every 33 people in Gaza has been killed.[1][3]

• These figures are probably undercounts due to bodies under rubble and indirect deaths.[1][3][4][5][6]

Children and Women

• As per a September 2025 report, it is projected that by October 2025, at least 20,000 children will have been killed, with one child killed every hour for the past 24 months.[1][3]

• As of September 2025, children account for at least 30% and women about 16% of total casualties.[2]

• Roughly 70% of verified fatalities were women and children.[2][3]

Missing Persons

• The no. of people reported missing under the rubble is around 7,780.[1][6] 

Health and Aid Workers

• The no. of health workers, who have lost their lives is around 1,722, during the war.[1][2][3]

• Around 317 UNRWA team members have been confirmed killed, between 7 October 2023 and 25 June 2025.[2][4]

Table 2: Loss of Lives and Deaths (October 7, 2023 – October 2025)

Mass Displacement & Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

Almost the entire population of Gaza has been displaced forcibly multiple times, aggravating the humanitarian crisis and overwhelming limited shelter and aid resources.

Mass Displacement

• Around 90% of the Palestinian population of Gaza, which is approximately 2.3 million, have been forcibly displaced during the war. [2][4]

• Many people in Gaza have been displaced repeatedly, some 10 times or more.[2][4]

Restricted Areas

• As of June 2025, within the Israeli-militarized zone of the Gaza Strip, 82.6% were under displacement orders, or where these overlap. [2][4]

Evacuation Orders

• In October 2023, Israel ordered to evacuate over 1 million people in northern Gaza within 24 hours. [2][3][5]

• By May 2024, more than half of Gaza’s population was crammed in Rafah (a city in Palestine), which was then attacked, forcing over 1.4 million to flee again. [2][5]

• Between March 18 and May 27, 2025, approximately 632,700 people were forcibly displaced again.[3][5]

Table 3: Displacement and Shelter (October 2023 – May 2025)

Occupation, Infrastructure Destruction & Conflict Effects

The Gaza conflict has led to record destruction of civilian infrastructure, residential areas, essential services, and educational facilities, during this crisis, the aid access still remains severely restricted.

Infrastructure Destruction

• A large part of Gaza has become uninhabitable due to the unprecedented destruction by Israel, leveling entire cities, and destroying hospitals, religious/cultural landmarks, educational facilities, agricultural land, and cemeteries.[3][4]

• Over 60% of residential units were destroyed or partially damaged.[1][6]

• More than 87% of schools and all universities have been damaged or destroyed in Gaza. [2][3]

Aid Restrictions

• Israel has been accused of deliberately blocking and delaying the humanitarian aid including large-scale food, health, and other supply.[1][4]

• Between March 2 and May 18, 2025, for 77 days, Israel systematically blocked the entry of all goods and humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.[3][5]

Education

• Since October 7, 2023, more than 10,000 students and 441 educational staff were killed in Gaza.[2][3]

Detention

• Over 12,000 Palestinians have been detained. [3][4]

• At least 53 Palestinians died in detention as of July 2025. [2][3]

Table 4: Occupation and Conflict Impact (October 2023 – October 2025)

Unemployment

• Unemployment in Gaza climbed to 80% by the end of 2024.[2][5]

• The rate of total unemployment in Palestine rose to 51% in 2024.[5]

Food Insecurity

• In Gaza, around 1.95 million people face crisis-level food insecurity, with 345,000 facing catastrophic food insecurity as of March 2025. [2][5]

Inflation

• Inflation in Gaza surged due to extreme supply shortages, by over 230% in 2024.[2][5]

Damage and Reconstruction

• In Gaza. the physical damages alone are equivalent to 1.8 times the annual GDP of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with housing being the hardest hit sector ($15.8 billion).[3][4][6]

• Reconstruction and recovery in Gaza, requires an estimated $53 billion. [5][6]

Trade

• All commercial exports from Gaza have ceased since October 7, 2023.[3][5]

Fiscal Situation

• The fiscal deficit of Palestinian Authority reached around $2.1 billion in 2024.[3][5]

Table 5: Economic Indicators (2024 – 2025)

Conclusion

Data of last five years, particularly the post October 2023 shows a clear picture of an increasing humanitarian devastation in Gaza. The complete collapse of the healthcare system and major loss of life and mass displacement of almost the entire population. The systematic destruction of infrastructure and severe economic damage highlight the need for the urgent full intervention and long-term recovery plan and efforts. This data also shows the amount of severe ongoing suffering of millions under terrible humanitarian conditions on the ground in Gaza.