Gaza toll climbs to 64,803 with 47 killed, 205 injured in 24 hours
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Gaza’s Health Ministry says 47 were killed and 205 injured in the past day of Israeli attacks, bringing the war’s toll to 64,803 dead and 164,264 wounded.
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Displaced Palestinians in the Mediterranean Sea near the port of Gaza City, Tuesday, September 2, 2025. (AP)
Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Saturday that 47 people were killed and 205 others wounded over the past 24 hours as Israeli attacks continued across the enclave. Officials warned that many victims remain trapped under rubble or in streets that rescue teams cannot yet access due to ongoing bombardment.
The latest figures bring the overall toll of "Israel’s" genocide, launched on 7 October 2023, to 64,803 Palestinians killed and 164,264 injured, according to the ministry’s daily report. Since 18 March 2025 alone, 12,253 people have been killed and 52,223 injured.
The ministry said five people were killed and 26 injured while trying to collect aid during the last day, raising the number of so-called “livelihood martyrs” to 2,484 dead and more than 18,117 wounded since the start of the war.
Hospitals also recorded seven deaths linked to famine and malnutrition in the past 24 hours, including two children. That brings the total number of starvation-related deaths to 420, among them 145 children, since the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared famine in Gaza. At least 142 of those deaths, including 30 children, occurred after the famine alert was issued.
Health officials reiterated appeals for safe access for emergency crews and the delivery of food and medical supplies to stem what they called a deepening humanitarian disaster in the besieged territory.
Halevi says more than 200,000 casualties in Gaza
Former Israeli occupation forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi has acknowledged that more than 200,000 Palestinians have been killed or injured since the start of the war on Gaza, making him the first senior Israeli figure to cite a toll close to figures released by Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Speaking at a community meeting in the settlement of Ein HaBesor this week, Halevi said that “not once” during 17 months of operations did legal advisors restrict military actions in Gaza. The retired general led the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from the outbreak of the war on 7 October 2023 until his resignation in March this year.
Halevi’s estimate, covering roughly 10% of Gaza’s 2.2 million residents, aligns with casualty data from Gaza’s Health Ministry, which lists 64,718 Palestinians killed and 163,859 wounded, though thousands remain unaccounted for under rubble. International humanitarian groups consider the ministry’s statistics broadly reliable, despite repeated Israeli claims that they amount to "Hamas propaganda".
'Israel' should've acted 'more forcefully'
Leaked Israeli intelligence from earlier in the war on Gaza suggested more than 80% of those killed were civilians.
“This isn’t a gentle war. We took the gloves off from the first minute,” Halevi told residents, arguing that the Israeli regime should have acted more forcefully in Gaza even before October 7's Operation al-Aqsa Flood. He added that while international law was “very important for the state of Israel,” military lawyers had never curbed operational decisions: “Not once has anyone restricted me … [they] will know how to defend this legally in the world.”
