Palestinian Statistics: 1.8% of Gaza's population killed since last October

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics revealed that about 1.8% of the Gaza Strip's population has been killed since October 7, 24% of whom were young people.

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said, on the eve of International Youth Day, that "since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, more than 39,000 Palestinians have been martyred , representing 1.8% of the total population of the Strip, including about 24% of youth."

The statement indicated that "the number of martyrs as a result of the famine reached 34 martyrs, and there are about 3,500 children at risk of death due to malnutrition and food shortages."

He said, "The number of wounded exceeded 95,000, 70% of whom are women and children, in addition to about 10,000 missing."

The statistics stated that, "On the eve of the Israeli occupation's aggression on the Gaza Strip, there were approximately 5.6 million Palestinians living in the State of Palestine, including 1.2 million young men and women (between 18 and 29 years old), constituting 22% of the total population."

The agency highlighted the "displacement of about two million Palestinians from their homes, out of about two million and 200 thousand Palestinians who were residing in the Strip on the eve of the war."

As for the number of deaths in the West Bank, it reached 620, most of whom were young people and children, with the percentage of those under the age of 30 reaching about 75%, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.

Based on this data, the agency expected the estimated growth rate in the Gaza Strip to decline "from about 2.7% according to the agency's estimates for 2023 to only about 1% during 2024."

He pointed out that "the number of martyrs since the beginning of the aggression among students enrolled in higher education institutions in Palestine has reached 653 male and female students, 619 in the Gaza Strip and 34 in the West Bank (...) and 105 male and female workers in higher education institutions in the Gaza Strip have also been killed."