Classified intelligence from the Israeli military suggests that 83% of the total deaths in Gaza have been civilians, according to a new report — which the IDF has slammed as “incorrect.”

An analysis of the IDF’s own records revealed that of the nearly 53,000 people killed in Gaza as by May, 19, 2025, some 8,900 represented named fighters from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad as dead or “probably dead,” according to an investigation from The Guardian , the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call .

The IDF, however, said that the figures analyzed by the outlets do not accurately reflect the realities of the war and “reflect a fundamental lack of military understanding.” 5

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The IDF’s database names a total of 47,653 Pal

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