*Research Assistant, Data Analyst, Collaborator with the Center for Middle East Studies, Jordan. **Data Science Researcher.
This report aims to provide comprehensive information on the human toll in the ongoing Israel war on Gaza until June 20, 2024. Israeli forces suffered higher human losses than in previous wars, with the number of its soldiers killed reaching 664, according to official sources, and around four thousand injured, as announced. However, the Palestinian resistance reported more than 900 deaths and targeted more than 1100 tanks, whose crews are estimated to be over five thousand soldiers. The resistance also announced the accomplishment of more than four hundred armed confrontations and ambushes resulting in hundreds of injuries and deaths.
By tracking the Israeli army’s announcements about its operations in Gaza, it revealed that 135 men were killed as Hamas fighters, in addition to over 500 posts claiming to have killed many or dozens or hundreds of fighters. The army announced the killing of 1600 resistance fighters on October 7. The Israeli army provided estimates on the number of resistance fighters killed, representing at least 47% of the estimated number of resistance fighters before the war.
Conversely, the number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip approached forty thousand, with ninety thousand injured. The percentage of martyrs among women, children, and the elderly was 74%. Reports showed that the percentage of men aged 18 to 60 years among the martyrs (29%) is close to the demographic percentage in Gaza, which is 26%, confirming the accuracy of the numbers and percentages announced by Palestinian official bodies and highlighting the indiscriminate nature of the targeting. The report pointed out the high error rate in the AI targeting systems used by the Israeli army in identifying targeted individuals, accepting the occurrence of over a hundred civilian casualties per individual. The report noted several investigations and media skepticism questioning the statistics of the Ministry of Health in Gaza regarding the number of victims. However, the World Health Organization confirmed that most of the victims and their civil data had been verified.
Israeli official and media sources reported conflicting numbers regarding human losses among the Israeli forces. Additionally, there was a notable absence of any investigative reports on the number of killed or injured in Israeli media or official civilian bodies such as hospitals and medical associations after December 2023, which was a significant limitation for providing further information in the report.
Keywords: 7thOctober, Hamas, Israel, Human Toll, Resistance, Qassam
