August 21, 2025 – +972 Magazine – The Israeli army tracks the number of killed combatants, which helps determine the proportion of civilian casualties. .

According to a joint investigation by +972 Magazine, Local Call, and The Guardian, “data from an internal Israeli intelligence database indicates that at least 83% of Palestinians killed during the Israeli offensive against Gaza were civilians (…). According to data obtained in May of this year, the Israeli army estimates it has killed approximately 8,900 combatants since October 7. The deaths of 7,330 of them are considered certain, and those of another 1,570 as probable.”