Gaza: war death toll tops 74,643 since October 2023
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Presse de Tunisie
The death toll from the war in the Gaza Strip has reached 74,643 killed and 175,962 injured since 7 October 2023, according to medical sources cited by La Presse. Since the ceasefire of 11 October 2025, 1,613 people have died, and civil defence says most of its vehicles can no longer operate for lack of spare parts.
The death toll from the war in Gaza stands at 74,643 killed and 175,962 injured since 7 October 2023, according to medical sources cited in a report published on Monday. Hospitals in the Gaza Strip received 3 bodies and 15 injured people over the past 48 hours.
Since the ceasefire of 11 October 2025, the same sources count 1,613 dead and 5,833 injured, as well as 849 bodies recovered. A number of victims are reportedly still under the rubble or on the roads, as rescue teams and paramedics cannot reach them.
The General Directorate of Gaza’s Civil Defence announced that most of its vehicles are no longer able to operate, due to a lack of spare parts, whose prices are exorbitant on the local market, and a lack of fuel. In the central governorate, only one rescue vehicle remains in service after the breakdown of two fire engines from Al-Bureij and Al-Nuseirat and the ambulance from Deir al-Balah.
This announcement follows the day after a collapse of a sand embankment onto displaced people’s tents in Deir al-Balah, which killed five people.
