# Gaza deaths reach 74,228 as Palestinian ministry reports new airstrike killing four women

*Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-10-03T14:06:05.403Z (2h ago)
**Category**: humanitarian | **Region**: Middle East
**Importance**: 9/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Palestinian health authorities say 74,228 people have been killed and 175,188 injured in Gaza since October 7, 2023, while the Palestinian Foreign Ministry reports that an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in western Gaza City killed five more civilians, including four women.

Palestinian officials say the death toll from Israel’s war in Gaza has climbed to 74,228 people, with 175,188 injured, as of more than a year after the conflict began.

The figures come from Palestinian health authorities, who track casualties in the Gaza Strip. They cover the period since 7 October 2023.

At the same time, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry has condemned what it calls continuing Israeli occupation attacks on civilians in Gaza. It says that early on Saturday, an Israeli airstrike hit a residential building in western Gaza City.

According to the ministry’s account, the strike killed five Palestinians, including four women. The ministry referred to the incident as part of ongoing “massacres” in the Gaza Strip.

Those casualty numbers and descriptions have not been independently verified in the material available here. They do, however, extend an already extensive tally of dead and wounded reported by Palestinian institutions.

The mounting toll has become a central issue for governments and international organizations weighing their responses to the war. Any clear change in the pace of reported casualties, in Israeli targeting patterns, or in diplomatic pressure over the conduct of the campaign would be a signal that the dynamics on the ground may be shifting.