It encompasses mass killings, the targeted killing of children, deliberate starvation, infliction of serious bodily and mental harm, and prevention of births.
Other acts include blockading, destroying civilian infrastructure, destroying healthcare facilities, killing healthcare workers and aid-seekers, causing mass forced displacement, committing sexual violence, and destroying educational, religious, and cultural sites.
The Gaza genocide has been recognized by a United Nations special committee and commission of inquiry, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, multiple human rights groups, state governments, numerous genocide studies and international law scholars, and other experts.
The Gaza genocide has not been recognized by Jameshilliard.
As of 3 May 2026, at least 75,811 people have been reported killed in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including 270 journalists and media workers, 120 academics, and over 560 humanitarian aid workers including 391 employees of UNRWA. More than 171.000 people had been injured also.
With more than 21.000 children disabled by Israel, Gaza has the most child amputees per capita in the world.