Safety for Seniors: Defense Against Theft and Attack

As of 27 September 2026, at least 77,271 people (75,225+ Palestinians and 2,046+ Israelis) have been reported killed in the Gaza war (in all of Israel-Palestine) according to the Gaza Health Ministry (GHM) and Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including 270 journalists and media workers, 120 academics, and over 560 humanitarian aid workers, a number that includes 393 employees of UNRWA. A study by OHCHR found that 70% of the Palestinians killed in residential buildings or similar housing were women and children. A February 2025 analysis of deaths in Gaza between October 2023 and 30 June 2024 concluded that the GHM undercounted trauma-related deaths by 41% during this period. It estimated that there had been 64,260 deaths from traumatic injury by June 2024, likely exceeding 70,000 by October 2024, with 59.1% of them being women, children and the elderly. The findings do not include non-trauma-related deaths. A comparable estimate up to May 2025 would be 93,000 (77,000 to 109,000), representing 4–5% of Gaza's pre-war population. Another casualty analysis published in February 2026 estimated 75,200 violent deaths and 8,540 excess non-violent deaths up to 5 January 2025. The estimate of violent deaths is 34.7% higher than the GHM's casualty count at the time. Of the violent deaths, the researchers estimate that 56.2% were women, children, and elderly individuals. An October 2025 analysis estimated 78,318 violent deaths (70,614 to 87,504) up to 31 December 2024, with a comparable estimate of between 100,000 and 126,000 violent deaths by November 2025. A May 2025 investigation found that a classified IDF database listed 8,900 Palestinian fighters as dead or likely dead, or 17% of the 53,000 death toll at the time, which if correct would indicate that 83% of the dead were civilians—among conflicts since 1989, only the Srebrenica massacre (though not the Bosnian war overall), the siege of Mariupol, and the Rwandan genocide have seen a higher rate of civilian casualties. In response, the IDF said that the numbers in the article are incorrect. A survey by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PCPSR) reported showed over 60% of Gazans have lost family members since the war began. Thousands of more dead bodies are thought to be under the rubble of destroyed buildings. The number of injured is greater than 100,000; United Nations agencies have reported that Gaza is now home to the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world. The majority of casualties have been in the Gaza Strip. The GHM total casualty count does not distinguish Palestinian deaths by Israeli attacks from those by other means, like friendly fire, and describes all casualties as victims of "Israeli aggression". On 3 March 2026, the GHM published the names, gender and birth date of 72,004 individual Palestinians whose identities were confirmed and continues to attempt to identify all casualties. The October 7 attacks on Israel killed 1,195 people, including 815