[Correspondence] Over 3 million life-years lost in Gaza

On July 31, 2025, the Palestinian Ministry of Health (PMH) in Gaza released a list of named people directly killed in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023.1 The list had 60 199 decedents with their reported age, sex, and non-duplicate identification. The data did not contain information on the timing, location, or explicit circumstances of the recorded death. Previous data releases by the PMH have been scrutinised statistically and externally validated against other reporting agencies.2–6 These PMH data are restricted to deaths linked explicitly to actions by the Israeli military, excluding indirect deaths resulting from the ruin of infrastructure and medical facilities, restriction of food and water, and the loss of medical personnel that support life.