List of civilians killed in the Gaza war

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This is a list of notable civilians killed by Israel during the Gaza war and genocide. Included are numerous journalists who have been killed, from agencies including Al Jazeera, Associated Press, and Reuters, as well as photojournalists and freelance journalists. Professional athletes include two former international footballers, a volleyball player, and a karate champion expected to compete at the Olympics prior to her bombing in a refugee camp; among other civilians are poets, novelists, professors, doctors, social media personalities, and community volunteers. Some entries include families killed in airstrikes with the most deaths per family recorded at 54.

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NameDate of deathAgeOccupationMeans of deathRefs
Awni El-Dous7 October 202312–13Gradeschooler, YouTuber, gamer, computer enthusiastHome airstrike[1]
Mohammad Al-Salhi28–29Photojournalist, freelance media workerRefugee camp airstrike[2]
Omar Abu Shawish36Poet, journalist, social activist, novelistRefugee camp airstrike[3]
Abu Qouta family/19 family members, the youngest a baby under one year oldHome airstrike[4][5][6][7][8]
Wael Al Zard13 October 202350Islamic preacher, professorHome airstrike[9][10]
Omar Ferwana15 October 202367Gynaecologist, researcher, assistant professorHome airstrike[11][12]
Mohamed al-Dalou16 October 202354Sports worker, athleteHome airstrike[13][14]
Hiba Abu Nada20 October 202332Poet, novelist, nutritionist, women's rights activist, WikimedianHome airstrike[15][16]
Roshdi Sarraj22 October 202331Freelance journalist, filmmakerHome airstrike[17]
Ibrahim al-Astal23 October 202362Educational theorist, researcher, professorHome airstrike[18][19]
Duaa Sharaf26 October 202332Journalist, radio presenterHome airstrike[20][21][22]
Hammam Alloh12 November 202336NephrologistHome airstrike[23]
Ibrahim Qusaya14 November 202332Volleyball playerRefugee camp airstrike[24][25]
Mohammed Shabir77Politician, academicShot by sniper
Belal Jadallah19 November 202345Journalist, NGO directorNeighborhood airstrike
Ayat Khadoura20 November 202327Journalist, podcaster, Instagram activistHome airstrike
Al-Hasayna family23 November 2023/54 family membersHome airstrike[26][27]
Abu Sharia family/38 family members
Sufian Tayeh2 December 202352Scientist, president of the Islamic University of GazaHome airstrike
Refaat Alareer6 December 202344Writer, poet, professor, activistHome airstrike
Samer Abu Daqqa15 December 202345Al-Jazeera video journalistSchool airstrike
Khaled Nabhan 16 December 202354Social media personalityRefugee camp airstrike
Samar Anton50Catholic community volunteerShot in head by sniper
Nahida Anton70Catholic community volunteerShot 3 times by sniper
Zorob family19 December 2023/22 members of the Zorob family and other familiesHome airstrike
Hani Al-Masdar6 January 202442Athlete, sports coachVillage airstrike
Hamza Al-Dahdouh7 January 202427Al Jazeera journalistCar airstrike
Nagham Abu Samra12 January 202424Karate champion, sports icon, expected Olympic athleteRefugee camp airstrike
Hind Rajab29 January 20245[a]PreschoolerShot by tank
Sidra Hassouna12 February 20247GradeschoolerHome airstrike
Mohammed Barakat11 March 202439Former international footballer, nicknamed "the Legend of Khan Younis"Home airstrike[31][32][33]
Adnan al-Bursh19 April 202450Orthopedic surgeon, head of orthopedics at Al-Shifa HospitalTorture
Mohammad Bhar3 July 202424Man with Down syndrome, autismMauled by military dog
Ismail al-Ghoul31 July 202427Al-Jazeera journalist, correspondentRefugee camp airstrike
Medo Halimy26 August 202419Social media personality, bloggerStreet airstrike
Rashad Abu Sakhila2 September 202423Actor, poetSchool airstrike
Wafa Al-Udaini29 September 202438–39Freelance journalistHome airstrike
Shaban al-Dalou14 October 202419Software engineer student, PlayStation gamer, football fan, provider for familyMosque airstrike
Mahasen al-Khateeb18 October 202430–31Freelance artist, illustrator, character designerNeighborhood airstrike
Mahmoud Almadhoun 30 November 202433 Chef and founder of Gaza Soup Kitchen Drone strike while bringing food aid to hospital
Layla Al-Khatib25 January 20252None, toddlerShot in the head
Hossam Shabat24 March 202523Journalist, Al Jazeera correspondentCar airstrike[34]
Fatima Hassouna16 April 202525–26PhotojournalistHome airstrike
Yahya Sobeih7 May 202525–35Journalist, editor, reporterRestaurant airstrike
Hassan Aslih13 May 202525–35PhotojournalistHospital airstrike
Yaqeen Hammad23 May 202511Gradeschooler, social media influencer, humanitarian aid volunteerHome airstrike[35][36]
al-Najjar children/9 childrenHome airstrike
Ismail Abu Hatab30 June 202532PhotojournalistInternet café airstrike
Ibrahim Hajjaj30 July 202536–37PhotojournalistNeighborhood airstrike[37][38]
Suleiman Obeid6 August 202541Former international footballer, nicknamed "Palestinian Pelé"Shot waiting for humanitarian aid[39]
Anas Al-Sharif10 August 202528Al Jazeera Journalist, videographerMedia tent airstrike
Mohammed Salama25 August 202523–24Photojournalist, war correspondentHospital airstrike[40][41][42][43]
Moaz Abu Taha26–27Freelance video journalist
Ahmed Abu Aziz27–28Freelance journalist, correspondent
Mariam Dagga33Associated Press visual journalist
Hussam al-Masri48–49Reuters cameraman, photojournalist
Yahya Barzaq30 September 202534–35Freelance photojournalist, photographerCafe airstrike[44][45]
Ahmed Abu Mutair19 October 202537Broadcast engineer, described as talented repairman and technicianBroadcasting office airstrike[46][47][48]
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Analysis

Palestinian correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher, Hossam Shabat, was one of over two hundred journalists killed in the Gaza war.[49][34]
These paragraphs are an excerpt from Casualties of the Gaza war § Civilians.[edit]

The Gaza Strip suffered significant civilian casualties from Israeli bombardments in the beginning of the war.[50][51]

On 3 November 2023, at least 10 cemetery workers were killed by an Israeli airstrike while working at a graveyard in Beit Lahia.[52] On 4 November, an unnamed Israeli official said that around 20,000 people had been killed in Gaza, "most of them terrorists."[53] On 14 November, two volleyball players, Hassan Zuaiter and Ibrahim Qusaya, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Jabalia refugee camp.[54] As of 1 December, 102 UNRWA employees in Gaza had been killed in Israeli airstrikes.[55] On 29 December, UNRWA reported 308 people had been killed in UNRWA shelters.[56] Euro-Med Monitor reported that the IDF was taking and holding Palestinian bodies from Gaza, prompting calls for an international investigation on organ theft suspicions.[57] The organization further stated that Israel had systematically killed hundreds of tech specialists, including "programmers, information technology experts, and computer engineering analysts".[58] In March 2024, Al Jazeera English's news blog reported that Israeli forces conducted a pattern of killing entire families by targeting the homes they were sheltering in.[59] An entire family, including both parents and four sons, were shot dead by the IDF in December 2023.[60]

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 50 people were killed by Israeli strikes on Jabalia on 31 October and 1 November.[61] Significant civilian casualties were reported following the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion, the Jabalia camp airstrike on 31 October, and the Fakhoora school airstrike on 4 November. Other mass casualty events included the Church of Saint Porphyrius airstrike and the al-Shati refugee camp airstrike, as well as numerous attacks on refugee camps, schools, and healthcare facilities. The United Nations stated they had recorded seven mass casualty incidents just between 24 and 29 October 2024 in the Gaza Strip.[62]

By late-June 2024, a Palestinian NGO reported that as many as 10,000 Palestinians had been disabled by injuries related to the war.[63] According to public health experts, such as chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Devi Sridhar, the death tolls in the Gaza Strip are likely an undercount.[64]

In September 2025, The Guardian citing data from independent conflict tracker ACLED, that is backed by western governments and the UN, reported a vast majority of Palestinians killed were civilians since Israel's renewed offensive earlier in March. Over a six-month period, ACLED had tracked reports on losses inflicted on Hamas and allied armed groups from "reliable local and international media", Israeli military statements and statements from Hamas and found that Israel's claim of combatants killed had exceeded what could be independently verified. ACLED report wrote, "Since 18 March, Israel claims it killed more than 2,100 operatives, though Acled data indicates that the number is closer to 1,100, and includes Hamas’ political figures, as well as fighters from other groups".[65] Earlier in August 2025, The Guardian cited a classified Israeli military internal report, noting that, if the data was accurate, approximately 83% of Palestinians killed would have been civilians. This ratio of civilian to combatants among dead, is considered unusually high for modern warfare even when compared with conflicts like Sudanese and Syrian Civil War, renown for their indiscriminate killings. The Israeli military had rejected the analysis, arguing that militant deaths may have been undercounted, but did not release alternative casualty figures or a detailed methodology to support its position.[66][67]

Investigative reports by +972 Magazine and Local Call, as well as reporting by Haaretz, indicates that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have, at times, misreported or classified a high number of civilian deaths as militants. For example, +972 and Local Call reported that an Israeli battalion stationed in Rafah, recorded around 100 Palestinians as militants. However an officer in that battalion later stated that only two of the 100 Palestinians were armed. In a separate case, Haaretz reported that an IDF spokesman stated that all 200 Palestinians who had crossed into the Netzarim Corridor and were killed by the 252nd Division were "terrorists". But only 10 of the 200 individuals were subsequently verified as Hamas operatives.[67] In April 2024, members of Israeli Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee had expressed doubt on the figures given to them by the army and later found the army had inflated the militant casualties "in order to create a 2:1 ratio" of civilian to militant deaths. An Israeli intelligence source told The Guardian, +972, Local Call that they had used figures based primarily on officer testimonies, which likely overcounted Hamas deaths. In contrast, the figures in Israel's internal intelligence database are the only numbers that the army could rely on with "a high degree of certainty" as it uses person-by-person analysis; however, this method may also undercount the number of Hamas deaths.[67][68]

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Notes

  1. [a]
    Most media sources reported Rajab's age at death as six years old. Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor[28] and CNN[29] reported that Rajab was five years old. A list released by the Gaza Health Ministry in September 2024 of people killed during the Gaza war with their ID number, age, gender, and birthdate list Rajab as having been 5 years old.[30]

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