Israel-Gaza war death toll: Live tracker

Here are the latest casualty figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza as of August 19, 2025:

• Confirmed killed: at least 62,004 people, including at least 18,430 children
• Injured: at least 156,230 people

Since Israel broke the ceasefire on March 18:

• Confirmed killed: at least 10,460 people, including more than 3,000 children.Injured: at least 44,189 people

The number of killed includes:

• 266 killed due to starvation, including 122 children

Limited humanitarian aid allowed into Gaza

The attacks came on top of a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

On March 2, Israel blocked all humanitarian aid into Gaza after the first phase of the ceasefire expired, cutting off food, medicine and fuel.

This raised global condemnation, with European nations warning the blockade could breach international humanitarian law. Conditions worsened as aid trucks were stranded outside Gaza, resulting in a rising risk of hunger and malnutrition.

On July 29, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global hunger monitoring system, warned that the “worst-case scenario of famine” is now unfolding in Gaza, as Israel continues to severely restrict aid entering the Gaza Strip.

Mounting evidence shows a rise in hunger-related deaths. Famine thresholds for food consumption have been reached in most of Gaza, and for acute malnutrition in Gaza City.

Since the announcement of tactical pauses, countries like France, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates have tried airdropping aid into Gaza. Much of it falls into unsafe or inaccessible areas and, in some tragic cases, people have been injured or killed trying to retrieve it.

Displacement

Israel has announced preparations to forcibly displace Palestinians from “combat zones” to southern Gaza from August 17, days after it announced a new offensive to seize control of Gaza City, the enclave’s largest urban centre.

The statement comes less than a week after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the military had been given a green light to “dismantle” what he described as two remaining Hamas strongholds: Gaza City in the north and al-Mawasi along the southern coast.

Israel killed more than 170 during the ‘ceasefire’

On January 15, Israel and Hamas reached an agreement on a three-phase ceasefire deal to halt more than 460 days of war that has devastated Gaza.

The deal, which took effect on January 19, included a ceasefire to halt the destruction inflicted on Gaza, the release of captives held in Gaza in exchange for thousands of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel, and the possibility for displaced Palestinians to return to their homes.

However, Israel violated the ceasefire numerous times from January 19 to March 17, killing at least 170 people in Gaza, averaging nearly three deaths a day.

During that time, some 2,000 bodies were either recovered or people died from their injuries.

Gaza authorities have documented more than 350 violations by Israel, including military incursions, gunfire, air raids, intensified surveillance and the obstruction of aid.