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Palestinian statistical record — research and verification report

Review date: 12 October 2026. This is the latest source review, not a common measurement date.

The page contains 114 records across 27 sections, including 79 newly added records. All 35 original cards retain their prior values in record history and the immutable September 19 archive. The earlier maternal/newborn cohort panel is also preserved. The live production data was retrieved before publication and matched that archive.

Scope and method

Research prioritizes OCHA, UN agencies, the Gaza Ministry of Health, PCBS, prisoners’ institutions and specialist monitoring organizations. Reported figures are attributed, not presented as independently adjudicated facts. Every card has a source, period and geographic scope, except the explicitly unverified former return-waitlist estimate. Dates and caveats are available in compact expandable source rows. No new visualizations were added.

This is a substantial expansion, not a claim that every requested statistic has a comprehensive current series. Missing means not verified in this review, not zero and not proof that no dataset exists. Numbers from different methods or periods are not added together. Dated older observations remain when no newer comparable value was verified.

What changed

Existing figures updated or clarified include deaths, injuries, functioning health facilities, patients awaiting evacuation, medical evacuation, malnutrition admissions, education, current detention, administrative detention, detained children and unlawful-combatant detention. Disability scope, return periods and the unsourced return-waitlist estimate were corrected. The table below records the exact before/after values; unchanged values retain their dated observation.

Editorial conflicts and limitations

Existing record audit

RecordSeptember 19Reviewed valueOutcome
Palestinians reported killed73,821 / 1,38674,382 / 1,493Value updated / qualified
Palestinians reported injured174,897 / 4,784175,416 / 5,299Value updated / qualified
Children reported killed21,700+ / 300+21,700+ / 300+Dated value retained
Explosive ordnance deaths283 / Not separately reported283 / Not separately reportedDated value retained
Explosive ordnance injuries1,209 / Not separately reported1,209 / Not separately reportedDated value retained
Explosive ordnance incidents625 / Not separately reported625 / Not separately reportedDated value retained
Newly acquired disabilities33,000 / 85333,000+ possible / 853Value updated / qualified
Patients medically evacuated12,913 / 3,072About 12,400 / 3,385Value updated / qualified
Children medically evacuated6,186 / Not separately reported6,186 / Not separately reportedDated value retained
People who left Gaza150,000 / About 10,500150,000 / About 10,500Dated value retained
People who returned to Gaza6,000+ / About 6,000About 6,000 / About 6,000Value updated / qualified
Potentially life-changing injuries43,000+43,000+Scope / source / period clarified
Health facilities functioning308 / 663315 / 670Value updated / qualified
Patients awaiting evacuation18,500+21,000+Value updated / qualified
People awaiting return115,000Not verifiedValue updated / qualified
Pregnant women in GazaAbout 50,000About 50,000Dated value retained
Births each dayUp to 180Up to 180Dated value retained
Reported miscarriages3,950+3,950+Dated value retained
Severe maternal complications82 / 1,00082 / 1,000Dated value retained
Pregnant women with anaemia57.1%57.1%Dated value retained
Caesarean deliveries49.2%49.2%Dated value retained
Change in recorded deliveries−3.2%−3.2%Dated value retained
Crisis-level hunger or worse1.4 million+1.4 million+Scope / source / period clarified
Children admitted for malnutritionAbout 3,0002,900+Value updated / qualified
Acute maternal malnutrition7.2%7.2%Scope / source / period clarified
Child stunting12.2%12.2%Scope / source / period clarified
People needing shelter assistance1.98 million1.98 millionScope / source / period clarified
Damaged or destroyed structures82%82%Scope / source / period clarified
Children without sustained formal schooling637,475658,000+Value updated / qualified
Households facing water insecurity91%91%Scope / source / period clarified
Wastewater treatment plants operating0 / 60 / 6Dated value retained
Palestinians held in Israeli prisonsAbout 9,350About 9,265Value updated / qualified
Administrative detainees3,1763,101Value updated / qualified
Children in detention350+350Value updated / qualified
Held under “unlawful combatants” law1,3931,419Value updated / qualified

Section inventory and new statistics

The human toll (gaza)

Reported deaths and injuries; subgroups overlap.

Health, Disease & Lasting Injuries (gaza)

Injuries, disease and health-service capacity.

Medical Evacuation & Return (gaza)

Patients, companions and border movements are different populations.

Existing records retained and reviewed; see the record audit and page source details.

Pregnancy, Birth & Newborn Care (gaza)

Dated maternal indicators and earlier cohort research.

Existing records retained and reviewed; see the record audit and page source details.

Hunger & Malnutrition (gaza)

Separate observations, treatment admissions and forecasts.

Existing records retained and reviewed; see the record audit and page source details.

Displacement & Daily Survival (gaza)

Shelter, water, sanitation and physical destruction.

Attacks on Healthcare (gaza)

Attacks are incidents, not a count of distinct facilities.

Incomplete: Unique attacked hospitals/clinics, worker injuries and detention, ambulance damage, patients dying awaiting treatment and current specialist-care gaps remain incomplete.

Education & Children (gaza)

Children’s needs and education loss.

Incomplete: Current teacher/university student casualty and detention counts, and a unified damaged-school denominator, remain incomplete.

Economic Destruction & Loss of Livelihoods (gaza)

Measured indicators and estimates retain their original baseline.

Incomplete: Current measured unemployment/poverty, unique job losses, livestock, and economic-loss attribution remain incomplete. Gaza household labour survey interruption prevents a like-for-like annual comparison.

Cultural Heritage & Religious Sites (gaza)

Verified damage is not synonymous with complete destruction.

Violence Against Women & Girls (gaza)

Service reports cannot establish population prevalence.

Incomplete: Current comprehensive deaths/injuries by sex, widowhood, maternal deaths and family-separation counts remain incomplete. Maternal cohort research describes 2023–2024, not current prevalence.

Humanitarian Access & Aid Restrictions (gaza)

Access restrictions, logistics and funding are distinct drivers.

Incomplete: Complete delivered/denied aid totals by cause and aid-worker injury/detention figures remain incomplete.

Deaths & Injuries (west-bank)

West Bank including East Jerusalem unless explicitly narrowed.

Incomplete: Full-period sex/age, journalists, medical staff, disability, withheld bodies, demonstration/checkpoint/demolition deaths, and a compatible post-October-2025-ceasefire subtotal remain unverified. Available 2025–2026 child and perpetrator breakdowns are shown separately.

Military Incursions & Operations (west-bank)

Prolonged operations and individual raids are not added together.

Incomplete: No deduplicated territory-wide raid total, homes entered, arrest breakdown by operation, facility raids, curfew hours or school/ambulance obstruction series was verified. Camp figures must not be attributed entirely to Israeli forces where the source includes Palestinian forces.

Settler Violence & Attacks on Palestinian Communities (west-bank)

OCHA incidents involve casualties or property damage; severity varies.

Incomplete: No complete breakdown of attacks on homes, arson, businesses, mosques, churches, schools, livestock or water assets was verified. Tree and vehicle totals include pre-October-2023 context. OHCHR documents state participation/enabling; incident-level responsibility still requires case evidence.

Settlements, Land Seizure & Territorial Fragmentation (west-bank)

Approvals, outposts, land declarations and construction are distinct.

Incomplete: The latest stock verified here is end-2024; a current stock, since-October-2023 additions, completed housing units, military seizure orders, threatened homes and inaccessible farmland area remains incomplete. Jordan Valley impacts are covered by the OCHA community register, not an invented regional total.

Forced Displacement & Destruction of Homes (west-bank)

Repeat displacement is possible. Structures are not all homes.

Incomplete: Evictions, displaced women/children by cause, schools demolished, unique people repeatedly displaced, and families still unable to return need further disaggregation. Assessments of destruction during operations are incomplete.

Checkpoints & Restrictions on Movement (west-bank)

Physical barriers, access incidents and affected people are separate measures.

Incomplete: No complete totals for people unable to work, patients delayed, ambulance denial incidents, emergency-care deaths, or unique Palestinians excluded from East Jerusalem verified. Religious access example is historical, not a 2026 attendance count.

Economic Destruction & Loss of Livelihoods (west-bank)

West Bank measures; no combined Gaza and West Bank percentages.

Incomplete: Jobs lost, business closures, farmers displaced, livestock losses, current poverty/extreme poverty and measured losses specifically caused by restrictions need comparable territorial series. Forecasts have not been presented as measured outcomes.

Attacks on Healthcare (west-bank)

WHO incident definitions include obstruction of medical access.

Incomplete: Current 2026 comprehensive attacks, worker deaths/injuries, clinic closures and untreated patient totals require WHO series retrieval. Earlier annual figures are retained with dates.

Education & Children (west-bank)

Dated needs estimates and documented local disruptions.

Incomplete: Comprehensive killed/injured/detained teacher totals, university damage and student detention, school demolition threats and separated-child totals remain unverified; appeal figures differ within the source.

Cultural Heritage & Religious Sites (west-bank)

Damage, access restrictions and threats are recorded separately.

Incomplete: No current comprehensive UNESCO damage inventory for West Bank/East Jerusalem was verified. Individual mosque arson is documented by UNAOC (20 July 2026); no territory-wide destruction total inferred.

Violence Against Women & Girls (west-bank)

Separate dated incident counts from population estimates.

Incomplete: No comprehensive current sex-specific injury/displacement, maternal death, miscarriage, stillbirth, malnutrition, widowhood or female-headed household series verified. Service reports and incident examples cannot supply prevalence.

Humanitarian Access & Aid Restrictions (west-bank)

Aid access and delivery gaps.

Incomplete: Aid-worker casualties/detention, convoy obstruction, inaccessible communities and supplies delayed by cause remain incomplete; assistance delivered is not a measure of unmet need.

Arrests, Detention & Imprisonment (detention)

Current prison counts and cumulative arrest events are distinct.

Imprisoned Mothers, Childbirth & Family Separation (detention)

Verified dated reporting; no extrapolation to all detained mothers.

Incomplete: No comprehensive count of births, newborn deaths, children separated from detained parents, or women denied reproductive care verified. Named cases establish occurrence only.

Deaths in Custody & Reported Abuse (detention)

Human rights documentation is distinguished from judicial findings.

Incomplete: No comprehensive denominator for torture, medical denial, sexual violence, incommunicado detention, enforced disappearance or family-visit denial verified. Claims and documented testimonies must not be relabelled judicial findings.

Historical comparisons and calculations

Additional consequences audit

Beyond headline deaths and injuries, this review adds communicable-disease consultations, laboratory destruction, life-altering injuries, parental loss, psychosocial needs, cultural damage, gender-based violence service reports, food affordability, aid reductions caused by funding, permit denials, farm access and young graduates’ unemployment. Remaining cross-cutting gaps include missing persons, long-term rehabilitation access, chronic disease treatment, environmental contamination, household debt, disrupted civil registration and family reunification. None is assigned an unsupported total.

Coverage still requiring further research

The section-level gaps above cover the requested thirteen research areas. In particular, full-period age/sex and occupational casualty breakdowns, unique raid totals and operation-specific arrests, detailed settler asset damage, repeated displacement, current territorial poverty, current healthcare attacks, education staff losses, West Bank heritage damage, comprehensive reproductive-health outcomes, and detention conditions lack a complete verified series here. East Jerusalem is explicitly included where a source includes it; separate figures are only shown where available. Named incidents and selected weekly observations do not stand for territory-wide totals.

Source and link audit

Sources were inspected through their websites, indexed primary-source text and PDF extraction; core OCHA statistical PDFs were also visually inspected. Automated HTTP checks measure reachability, not factual accuracy. A successful HTTP response can still be a challenge page. Some sites block automated requests or redirect repeatedly; their links are retained when indexed source content supports the record.

Supporting graphics

Following the expansion, 27 records gained a compact Graphic link beside Source & details. The links open OCHA’s original PDF infographics in a new tab: the 30 September Gaza impact snapshot (13 records), the West Bank August snapshot (8 records), and the settler violence map through August (6 records). The same links also appear where those records are repeated in the overview. Each is matched to the card’s measure and period; derived totals are explained in the source details. No graphic is attached to the newer Gaza headline casualty totals using the older September snapshot. These are publisher infographics, not independently verified photographic evidence. No video was added.

Maintenance and quality improvements

Keep an immutable snapshot before each update, record changed definitions as well as values, and rebuild both the HTML fallback and the JSON-backed view together. Geographic tags are prepared for future filters; no filter interface was added in this phase. A compact future “changed since last review” option would help returning readers without adding height to every card.

Browser validation passed at 1440, 768, 390 and 320 pixels with no horizontal overflow, script errors or missing assets. Section jumps and source disclosures work. The HTML fallback preserves all 114 records plus six overview cards when JSON refresh is invalid. All ten existing internal site-navigation destinations returned HTTP 200. Detailed results are saved locally in research/validation.json. The page retains a readable HTML fallback if JSON refresh fails. The publication scope excludes News and its independent archive/removal ledger.

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