New Gaza Health Numbers Show Israel Kills Two Babies Every Day

A 10-year-old girl, Fatima Jaafar Abdullah, was reportedly killed in today's pager attack on Lebanon.

Over 100 Palestinians are buried the mass grave in Gaza's Khan Younis. Photo: Mohammad Fayq, Anadolu via Getty Images

The Israeli military killed at least 710 Palestinian babies before they made it to their first birthday, the equivalent of two infants under one-year-old killed by Israel every day for nearly a year. That’s according to a 649-page document published by the Ministry of Health in Gaza on Sunday listing the names of tens of thousands Palestinians killed by Israel between October 7 and August 31. 

Of the 40,738 the ministry has confirmed dead, it has biographical information—including identification number, gender, date of birth, and age—for 34,344. Because the ministry does not have complete biographical information for the remaining 6,394, it has not listed their names. The list starts with the youngest victims. For the first 13 and a half pages, the age is listed as 0—those under one year old.  

Drop Site News converted the PDF document provided by the health ministry into a .CSV file available for download here.

A brief breakdown of the numbers killed:

Babies (Less that one year old): 710
Toddlers, 1-3: 1,793
Children, 4-12: 5,410
Children, 13-17: 3,442

Total number under 18 years old killed: 11,355

Men, 18-40: 10,396
Women, 18-40: 4,540

Men, 41-59: 3,341
Women, 41-59: 1,757

Men, 60 and over: 1,818
Women, 60 and over: 1,137

While the Biden administration, Israeli authorities, and others have repeatedly cast doubt on the health ministry’s figures, those numbers have proven accurate in past conflicts. Both the United Nations and even Israel’s intelligence services have accepted them. 

The health ministry managed to compile its latest data under trying circumstances. Only 15 of Gaza’s 38 hospitals remain functional, as daily casualties continue to rise. While the ministry works quickly to correct any discrepancies or errors in its numbers, the overwhelming volume of its data has proven accurate.

Each day, the ministry publishes a bulletin with the number of dead and wounded from the previous 24 hours. The latest bulletin published on September 17 brings the total number of Palestinians killed to 41,252 with an additional 95,497 wounded.

But the bulletins also note every day that many of the victims remain buried under rubble, making it impossible for ambulances or civil-defense crews to reach them. The true number of dead is far higher and remains unknown.