Video: How many Palestinians were killed in Gaza?
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When we talk about the death toll, it’s worth asking: Who is counting, how are they counting, and what does this number actually include? What is the real ratio between combatants and civilians? Why does no one actually check the data before it becomes headlines? What are senior Israeli officials saying? And what do we really know about “how many Palestinians were killed in Gaza?”
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In The Media
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- The Israeli shift in direction -. accepting the Gaza Health Ministry’s figures. Ynet 30.1.2026
- The IDF accepts the Gaza Health Ministry’s estimate that around 70 thousand residents have been killed in the war. Haaretz 1.2.2026
- The false death toll figures published by the Gaza Health Ministry in the service of Hamas. Mako/Keshet 26.12.202
- The fraud known as the Gaza Ministry of Health. "Mida" 9.6.2024
- This is how the Gaza Health Ministry fabricates the number of fatalities in Gaza. Israel Hayom 8.3.2024
- The Palestinian Health Ministry = Hamas. Therefore, its reports are unreliable Maariv 11.11.2023
- 16.723 men have been killed in Gaza – even if all these were armed, this figure falls short of the IDF’s claim that 17,000 terrorists were killed Nir Hasson, Twitter/X 25.12.2024
- “Military intelligence bases its estimates of the civilian death toll in Gaza on data provided by Gaza’s Health Ministry.” Local Call (Sikha Mekomit) January 2024
- Members of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee discovered that the army’s estimates were lower, much lower…” Israel Hayom April 2024
- “It can’t be helped – every so often they need a Nakba so that they can feel the cost” Recording of Aharon Haliva, head of the Military Intelligence Directorate 15.8.2025
- The IDF was “forced” to inflate the number of terrorists killed so as to create a 2:1 ratio between terrorists and innocent civilians Shirit Avitan Cohen, Israel Hayom, 11.4.2024
Various claims and data presented in the video
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- The public statements to the contrary did not prevent Israel from relying on these figures and presenting them to senior IDF officers…
- Publication of the number of armed militants killed up to 2025.
- Doubts regarding the numbers reported within the Israeli system.
- The ratio of casualties between armed militants and innocent civilians. The Hottest Place in Hell
- The ratio of casualties between armed militants and innocent civilians. Bearing Witness
- Analysis of internal numbers from the Military Intelligence Directorate – around 83% of those killed were civilians.
- A comparison between the percentage of women and children killed in various wars over the past several decades
- A list of fatalities, translated into Hebrew. Haaretz
- A list of fatalities, translated into Hebrew Google Drive
Additional Sources - Statements by Senior Officials and Public Figures
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- Eylon Levy – “Hamas is inflating the numbers of women and children.”
- Ofer Winter – “Victory will be achieved when there are no more Arabs in Gaza.”
- Soldiers sing – “There are no innocents”
- Itamar Ben Gvir – “Now we must destroy, annihilate, demolish, shatter.”
- Yoav Gallant, Minister of Defense – “We are fighting human animals and we are acting accordingly.”
- Almog Boker – “There are no innocents in Gaza, everyone is implicated.”
- Aharon Haliva, head of the Military Intelligence Directorate – “It can’t be helped – every so often they need a Nakba so that they can feel the cost”
- Eyal Berkovic – “Gaza must be erased.”
- Kol BeRama radio station – “Anyone walking around there is considered a terrorist.”
- Noam Amir, military analyst – “Anyone who walks on two legs and is not a soldier”
- Herzi Halevi, Chief of the General Staff of the IDF 2023-2925 – “More than 10%”
- Noam Amir, military analyst – “I don’t think anyone is thinking about killing less.”
- Maj.Gen. Tamir Yadai, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the IDF - “70,000 terrorists have been killed here.”