On July 5th, 2026, Iraq Body Count released an updated list of those killed in Gaza between October 7, 2023 and May 7, 2026.
The list format was very similar to recent updates we received. You can download the source PDF file from Zenodo where it was uploaded by Iraq Body Count. This PDF was used as the source for our update and was sourced by Gaza Ministry of Health officials. You can view IBC's Twitter announcement here.
Methodology
In our last update, we took the IBC transliteration of english names from the source arabic names verbatim. Since IBC is working on the english transliteration separately for this update, we decided to update our own transliteration lookup based on the last update. Our goal is to keep as closely as possible to the prior list update for existing names (unless an actual arabic name correction was made for example). This transliteration style leans more towards Levantine community norms than to any strict standard. Contributions, feedback, and corrections are always welcome.
Where age was provided in months, we've defaulted to age of 0. Note that list updates do not maintain stable ordering or indices. Where you need to lookup record changes, reference the ID field not the array index or API page position.
Change Summary
The following tables summarize the updated demographics of the Killed in Gaza list following this update:
| Demographic | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Women | 1,309 | 1.8% |
| Senior Men | 2,089 | 2.9% |
| Women | 11,733 | 16.1% |
| Men | 36,067 | 49.5% |
| Boys | 12,803 | 17.6% |
| Girls | 8,834 | 12.1% |
| Total Persons | 72,835 | 100% |
Between this update and the last, based on the Ministry-provided ID:
- 56,486 rows had no change in details
- 12,878 were newly added
- 242 were removed
- 3,471 had updated details
Of the children in this list (29.7% of the total), the following is the breakdown by age group:
| Child Age Group | Number | % |
|---|---|---|
| Teen Boy | 5,873 | 27.1 |
| Teen Girl | 2,751 | 12.7 |
| Preteen Girl | 4,531 | 20.9 |
| Preteen Boy | 5,245 | 24.2 |
| Toddler Girl | 1,040 | 4.8 |
| Toddler Boy | 1,125 | 5.2 |
| Baby Girl | 512 | 2.4 |
| Baby Boy | 560 | 2.6 |
| Total Children | 21,637 | 100% |
For the 59,957 people identified by their government ID that were in this release and the last, the following age differentials were observed:
- 35 reduced by 2
- 339 reduced by 1
- 59,313 were unchanged
- 142 increased by 1
- 5 increased by 2