By SCM Staff Writer I Tuesday, Sept 30, 2025
GAZA CITY — The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported a stark rise in the total death toll from the ongoing conflict with Israel, stating that 66,097 people have been killed and 168,536 injured since the start of the current aggression on October 7, 2023.
The update, issued by the Ministry on September 30, 2025, highlighted the immediate human cost of the fighting, noting that 42 martyrs and 190 injuries had arrived at hospitals across the Gaza Strip in the preceding 24 hours alone.
The report paints a dire picture of the humanitarian situation, emphasizing that an unknown number of victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads}, as ambulance and civil defense crews are currently unable to reach them.
This difficulty in retrieval often leads to victims succumbing to their injuries before help can arrive.
Rising Casualties Among Aid Workers The Ministry’s statistics also brought into focus the extreme danger faced by those attempting to secure basic necessities. The report stated that in the last 24 hours, 5 martyrs and 48 injuries were recorded among people engaged in aid distribution.
This brings the total number of recorded martyrs “from aid distribution” to 2,571 with more than 18,817 injured since the conflict began.
A separate section of the report detailed the mounting fatalities related to the territory’s severe hunger crisis.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza now records 453 deaths due to famine and malnutrition, a figure that includes 150 children. Since the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) issued a famine declaration in Gaza,175 deaths have been recorded, of which 35 were children. The latest figures come as the conflict has entered a protracted stage, with the Ministry specifying that the casualty toll from March 18, 2025, until today—a period of just over six months—has reached 13,229 martyrs and 56,495 injuries.
The casualty figures provided by the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is run by Hamas, cannot be independently verified but have been cited by United Nations agencies and international organizations as a general indication of the death toll.
