Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 58,573 Palestinians since October 2023
Since the war on Gaza began on October 7, 2023, Israeli attacks on the enclave have killed 58,573 people and wounded 139,607, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. In the latest 24-hour reporting period, 94 people have been killed and 252 injured.
Since March 18 when Israel broke the January ceasefire, at least 7,750 Palestinians have been killed and 27,566 have been wounded.
UN says 10 children per day lose their legs in Gaza
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) has said that “10 children per day lose one or both of their legs,” in Gaza.
In total, “134,105 people including over 40,500 children have new war-related injuries,” OHCHR said in a post on X.
This includes more than 35,000 people “believed to have significant hearing damage due to explosions”.
In Gaza, 134,105 people including over 40,500 children have new war-related injuries. 25% are estimated to have new disabilities requiring acute and ongoing rehabilitation. 35,000+ people are believed to have significant hearing damage due to explosions.https://t.co/DQtaDRn1WF
— UN Human Rights Palestine (@OHCHR_Palestine) July 15, 2025
Countries hesitant to take in medical evacuees from Gaza since Trump back in office: MSF
More than 10,000 people in Gaza urgently require medical evacuation, according to the World Health Organization. However, Israel often blocks their passage abroad while severely limiting critical supplies getting to hospitals and attacking medical facilities.
Hani Isleem – a project coordinator with Doctors Without Borders, known by its French acronym MSF – told Al Jazeera that before Donald Trump was re-elected as US president, many countries were open to accepting medical evacuees but Israel prevented the vast majority of them from leaving the Strip.
“Most of the time, they were denied, and even if the patient was allowed to leave, they were refusing their companion, and there were no clear reasons behind these refusals and no justification,” he said.
Isleem said that after Trump was re-elected and he floated plans to remove Palestinians from Gaza, many countries became reluctant to accept medical evacuees in principle.
“That made a lot of countries who were willing to take people from Gaza hesitate and change their plan because of the political stance,” he said.
Isleem said it is not only those wounded in attacks who require evacuation but many people with chronic conditions such as cancer, renal failure and cardiovascular problems also need treatment abroad.
“The situation in Gaza is beyond catastrophic,” he said.
