# Gaza Death Toll Reaches 74,393 as Health Ministry Warns Victims Still Trapped Under Rubble

*Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 12:07 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-10-14T12:07:06.322Z (3h ago)
**Category**: humanitarian | **Region**: Middle East
**Importance**: 9/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Gaza’s Health Ministry says 74,393 Palestinians have been killed and 175,440 wounded since the war began on October 7, 2023, with hospitals reporting new casualties in the past day and some victims still under collapsed buildings or in streets that rescue teams can’t reach.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says 74,393 people have been killed and 175,440 injured in the territory since Israel’s war on the Strip began on October 7, 2023.

In its latest update, the ministry reported three more deaths and 17 injuries over the previous 24 hours. It added that some victims remain trapped under rubble or in streets that emergency crews cannot reach.

Those figures come from a health system that has itself been heavily damaged. Hospitals are treating large numbers of wounded people while also coping with shortages of supplies, staff and power.

The ministry’s note that some casualties lie beyond the reach of rescue teams suggests that the true number of dead could be higher than the official count.

These casualty statistics have become one of the few consistent measures of the war’s human cost inside Gaza, even as conditions on the ground make data collection harder.

Developments to watch include whether reporting from the Health Ministry can continue at this level of detail if infrastructure and communications suffer further damage, and whether any pause in fighting—through a ceasefire or other arrangement—allows large‑scale search and recovery operations that could change the known toll.