In numbers: Casualties across Gaza and occupied West Bank
As Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza continues, alongside ongoing settler and Israeli military violence in the occupied West Bank, here is a closer look at the figures since October 2023 shared by the Palestinian Health Ministry:
Gaza Strip
- At least 71,455 Palestinians killed
- More than 171,347 Palestinians wounded
- Since the ceasefire in October 2025, at least 463 Palestinians killed and 1,269 wounded.
Occupied West Bank
- More than 1,106 Palestinians killed and 10,904 wounded
- Nearly 21,000 Palestinians arrested
- About 9,300 currently held in Israeli jails, with 3,385 Palestinians detained without charge or trial.
UN chief condemns Israel’s closure of UNRWA health centre in East Jerusalem
The UN secretary-general has strongly condemned Israel’s entry into a UN facility in occupied East Jerusalem and the temporary closure of a key health centre run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.
In a statement, Guterres said Israeli authorities “unlawfully” entered the UNRWA Jerusalem Health Centre on January 12, ordering it shut. The facility provides primary healthcare to hundreds of Palestinian refugees each day and is, for many, their only access to medical services, the statement added.
Guterres said he had raised “grave concerns” directly with Israel’s PM and alerted the UN General Assembly and Security Council.
He also warned that UNRWA had been informed that electricity and water supplies to several of its facilities in occupied East Jerusalem could soon be cut.
Palestinian man wounded by Israeli fire in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian man and detained another late on Thursday near the entrance to the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.
A Palestinian man was also wounded in an attack by Israeli settlers in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, while another group stormed a local school with livestock.
Armed settlers from the Susiya settlement reportedly attacked Palestinian shepherds in the Wadi al-Rakheem area, injuring an elderly man.
