This piece is a memorial weave of 72,835 threads; every thread is one identified person from the Killed in Gaza list published by Tech for Palestine from Gaza Ministry of Health, judicial committee and public submission records, data through 7 May 2026. Use the arrow keys to step from person to person, Shift with arrows to jump one hundred, Enter to read the record aloud, and question mark for the caption and sources.
In three seconds: what looks like woven cloth is people: every thread is one person on the Killed in Gaza list of named people reported killed since 7 October 2023, and the weave runs 72,835 threads deep. The list's scope is identified, named individuals; it is not the war's whole toll.
Encodings. Each vertical thread is one record, one person, laid in the order of the source list. Every thread is the same ink: tone encodes nothing. The paper ground, the vignette, and the brass thread that marks your place are decoration. Focus a thread - tap, click, or use the arrow keys, then Enter - to read that person's name, age and sex. Age 0 means an infant under one year. Ages are as listed in the source.
Data. “Killed in Gaza”, Tech for Palestine, Palestine Datasets - 72,835 records, data through 7 May 2026. Compiled from Gaza Ministry of Health lists, judicial or house committee lists, and public submissions; English names are Tech for Palestine's translations of the Arabic source. The publishers state the list is not fully representative of the total toll: it holds only identified, named individuals. License: public-domain dedication (Unlicense).
Sources: data.techforpalestine.org/docs/killed-in-gaza/ · github.com/TechForPalestine/palestine-datasets. Design parts: finish tokens from the Materials Lab of the clock bases (datapoems.io/clocks/bases/, MIT, Luke Steuber) - ivory #e6e0d4, dark ink #141210, brass #d2c4a8. One self-contained file; no external resources; type falls back to system serif so the file works offline.
Keyboard: ← → step one person · ↑ ↓ step one row · Shift+arrow jumps one hundred · Home/End first/last · Enter reads the record · Esc closes.