Open source research has identified 5,000+ combatants on the health ministry lists. Analysis further revealed that 68 of the returned bodies were registered on the "Genocide in Gaza" website as casualties of airstrikes within the Gaza strip, despite having been killed in Israel. That website attributes 94% of its approximately 50,000 registered deaths to airstrikes, a metric researchers say should be treated with skepticism.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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Research Identifies 5,000 Combatants on Gaza Health Ministry Death Lists
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Israel returned approximately 400 Palestinian bodies to Gaza following a ceasefire, providing data that calls into question the composition of local casualty records. The Gaza Ministry of Health listed 396 of those bodies and identified 91 individuals, 63 of whom have a listed date of death of Oct 7, 2023. These identities, which include 23 people previously announced as martyrs by Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, indicate that combatants killed inside Israel are included in the ministry's official casualty lists.
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