Approximately 22 thousand children lost their lives in Israel's genocide in Gaza in 3 years

In the report titled "3 Years of the Genocidal War" prepared by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, data on the loss of life caused by the attacks, the situation of children and the destruction in the healthcare system were shared.

According to the report, 21 thousand 976 of those who lost their lives were children, 11 thousand 301 were women, 5 thousand 405 were elderly people and 35 thousand 555 were men. The share of children in the total loss of life is 29.6 percent.

Among the injured are 45 thousand 569 children, 24 thousand 537 women and 12 thousand 269 elderly people.

612 children born during the war were killed

The report stated that 1,125 of the children who lost their lives were under the age of one, and the death toll in children under the age of 5 reached 5,444.

It was reported that 612 children born during the war were killed and 1134 cases of limb loss in children were recorded.

While 71 thousand 846 children were orphaned in Gaza, 914 thousand 102 children were deprived of education and 1 million 204 thousand 102 children were deprived of food security.

It was noted that the mortality rate in children under the age of 5 increased from 13.6 per 1000 live births in 2022 to 33.4 in 2025.

466 people died due to malnutrition

It was stated that 466 people, 157 of whom were children, died due to malnutrition since the beginning of the monitoring period.

In children under 5 years of age, 40 thousand 32 cases of acute malnutrition were recorded in 2024, 94 thousand 86 in 2025 and 23 thousand 883 cases in the January-August period of 2026.

It was reported that 7 thousand 619 of these cases in 2024, 17 thousand 949 in 2025, and 3 thousand 148 in the first 8 months of 2026 were severe acute malnutrition.

All 38 hospitals in Gaza were targeted

According to the report, all 38 hospitals in Gaza were targeted. While 19 of the hospitals are out of service, the other 19 are partially operating.

There are also 12 field hospitals serving in the region.

It was stated that all 158 centers providing primary healthcare services were targeted, 64 of them were out of service and 94 were partially functioning.

It was reported that 1723 healthcare workers lost their lives and 362 were detained. It was noted that health facilities were targeted 825 times and ambulances 216 times.

44 percent of essential medicines are out of stock

The report stated that 44 percent of essential pharmaceutical items and 54 percent of medical consumable items were out of stock.

It was reported that the shortage rate in laboratory test materials reached 83 percent and in laboratory consumables it reached 71 percent.

In 2026, the average shortage rate for drugs used in heart surgeries was recorded as 96 percent, for eye surgery drugs as 85 percent, and for drugs for cancer and blood diseases as 59 percent.

2 thousand 27 patients waiting for treatment abroad lost their lives

It was reported that 21 thousand patients registered in Gaza were waiting for treatment abroad, 5 thousand 803 of them were children and 4 thousand 800 were tumor cases.

It was stated that among those waiting for treatment, there were 160 patients in need of life-saving intervention and 2,220 emergency cases.

It was reported that the number of patients who died while waiting for treatment outside Gaza reached 2,027, 264 of whom were children.

It was reported that 2,853 patients were evacuated out of Gaza for treatment purposes between February 2026 and the date the report was prepared.

- Research on young people's mental health was also included in the report.

The report also pointed out the research dated 2024 and pointed out that 98 percent of the young people who participated in this study were constantly worried about their lives.