Monday 06 April 2026 – 11:01 AM
He said Al-Azhar Observatory To combat extremism, in Palestine, alarming numbers emerge that go beyond mere statistical narratives; To reflect a complex reality in which bombing, siege, and destruction of the basics of life intersect, which produced an unprecedented human tragedy that ravages the future of an entire generation.
The Observatory stated that the blood bill in Gaza is large and painful, as the total number of martyrs reached: 72,289 martyrs, and child martyrs: 21,283 children (representing 30% of the victims), stressing that the vulnerable groups among the martyrs are children: 450 infants, 1,029 children under the age of one, and 5,031 children under the age of five.
He added that the total number of wounded: 172,040 wounded, wounded children: no less than 44,486 children, permanent injuries to children: 10,500 children (including 1,000 cases of amputation), those missing under the rubble: about 9,500 missing (mostly children and women), martyrs of hunger: 157 children who died of hunger, and martyrs of cold: 25 children who died. Because of the cold in the displacement tents.
The Al-Azhar Observatory confirmed that the danger of urgent death threatens about 4,000 children in need of immediate medical evacuation, and their health facilities were destroyed/damaged. 94% of the medical facilities in Gaza were destroyed/damaged. Regarding the treatment of malnutrition (February 2026): 3,700 children were admitted for treatment, including 600 in very critical condition, and 31,000 children are at risk of death due to acute malnutrition, 1.4 million displaced people in Gaza (including hundreds of thousands of children).
The Observatory noted that the students deprived of education (2025/2026) are about 700,000 students, the destroyed government schools: 179 schools, and the damaged UNRWA schools: 100 schools, pointing out that in the West Bank: children have been displaced: 12,000 children were displaced due to military operations, and the number of martyred students reached: 120 students, and wounded students: 831 students, and total child arrests (since October 2023): 1,655 children.
