Open data / research access

Data sources, definitions, and reuse guidance.

This is the canonical catalog for the upstream open datasets used by Gaza by the Numbers. It separates the dashboard's presentation layer from the original data, so researchers, search engines, and automated tools can find the source, scope, and limits of every category of figure.

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The data behind the dashboard

Gaza by the Numbers applies no adjustments of its own. It reads openly available Tech for Palestine datasets and labels the resulting figures as reported. Those datasets aggregate Gaza Ministry of Health and Government Media Office reports for Gaza and UN OCHA data for the West Bank; see the methodology for the full provenance chain. Tech for Palestine's repository releases its data into the public domain.

Summary indicators

Cumulative reported casualty, injury, and humanitarian indicators for Gaza and the West Bank. This source powers the headline figures and most statistics on the dashboard, with no adjustments by this site.

Scope: Gaza & West Bank · Format: JSON · Raw data · Documentation ↗

Daily casualties

Day-by-day reported killed and injured figures since October 7, 2023. The dashboard uses this series for the cumulative fatalities trend and, if a humanitarian field is absent from the latest summary, the most recent reported cumulative value and date.

Scope: Gaza & West Bank · Formats: JSON, CSV · Raw JSON · Documentation ↗

Killed in Gaza, named victims

A registry of victims identified by name, built from official lists released by Gaza's Ministry of Health. It excludes the missing, unidentified, and people buried without reaching hospitals, so it is an undercount by construction. The dashboard uses it for named-victims totals and demographic breakdowns.

Scope: Gaza · Formats: JSON, CSV · Documentation ↗

Access the data with its context intact

Use the source documentation to understand field definitions and release practices. The dashboard displays the source data date alongside live figures when the upstream response supplies it.

Live dashboard

The homepage fetches the summary source when the page opens, validates the response, and refreshes while the tab remains open. It is a presentation layer, not a new dataset.

Open dashboard

Raw data

For analysis, cite and retrieve the original Tech for Palestine endpoints or their documentation rather than treating a displayed dashboard number as the sole source of record.

Summary JSON · Daily JSON

Machine-readable guide

A compact plain-text guide explains the site's scope, sources, limitations, and citation rules for tools that prefer a concise retrieval surface.

Read llms.txt · Full context · Research index JSON

Field and interpretation guide

These are high-level access notes, not replacements for the upstream documentation. The word “reported” remains part of the meaning of every count shown here.

Dataset	What it covers	Dashboard use	Important limit
Summary indicators	Reported cumulative casualty, injury, and humanitarian figures for Gaza and the West Bank.	Headline figures and most of the broader-toll grid.	Totals are cumulative and may be revised by the source.
Daily casualties	Reported daily and cumulative killed and injured figures, including the series used for the Gaza trend chart.	Fatalities trend and selected fallback values when the newest summary omits a humanitarian field.	Do not silently replace a dated source value with an inferred current value.
Named victims	People identified by name in official Gaza Ministry of Health lists.	Named-victims total and age/sex breakdown.	The registry excludes several categories of people and therefore understates the total by construction.

For research, citations, and automated retrieval

Preserve the term “reported,” name the upstream Tech for Palestine dataset, and include the source data date when the response provides one. Link to the original dataset or its documentation whenever practical. The citation guide provides copy-ready examples.

Do not present the dashboard as an independent verification of the underlying figures, and do not use a named-victims count as a substitute for the reported total. For definitions and limitations, read the methodology before drawing conclusions from the data.