Regarding the people that died on October 7, one important detail is evidence surfaced it appears a sizeable fraction was killed due to Israeli military attacking militants and hostages without distinction, to avoid capture, following the so called Hannibal directive:
https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-army-ordered-mass-hann...
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/11/25/israels-october-7-propaga...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Directive