As of 2025-10-07, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported 67,160 Palestinian deaths and nearly 170,000 wounded in the war in Gaza; the ministry stated it does not differentiate between civilians and combatants and that more than half of the deaths were women and children, and the ministry is part of the Hamas-run government; the United Nations and many independent experts consider the ministry’s figures to be the most reliable estimate of wartime casualties.
October 07, 2025
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temporal
Official casualty reporting and assessments of reliability for wartime figures in Gaza.
By Oct. 7, 2025, reporting attributed that Israel's military offensive in Gaza had killed more than 67,000 people, displaced around 90% of the Gaza Strip's roughly 2,000,000 residents, and created a humanitarian crisis with experts saying Gaza City was experiencing famine.
October 07, 2025
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temporal
Aggregate casualty, displacement, and humanitarian condition estimates cited in reporting about the Gaza conflict as of October 7, 2025.
United Nations estimates indicate the Darfur conflict killed about 300,000 people and displaced approximately 2.5 million people.
October 06, 2025
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statistical
Widely cited UN casualty and displacement estimates for the Darfur conflict period (2003–2020).
Deliberate attacks on power and heating infrastructure are used as a strategy to deprive civilian populations of heat, light, and running water ahead of winter, with the aims of eroding public morale and disrupting industrial and military manufacturing.
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process
Describes a general tactic of targeting civilian energy services in wartime, particularly before cold seasons.