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Israel Gaza War 2023-Present

Civilian Casualties

Combatant Casualties

Ratio of Civilians to Combatants:  1.6:1

Israel:

872

Israel:

782

Gaza:

24,677

(According to Hamas )

Total:

25,549

Gaza:

15,000

(According to the IDF )

Total:

15,782

For every 1.6 civilian casualty, there is 1 combatant casualty.
It is important to note that it is very hard to distinguish between combatants and civilians on the Gaza side since the terror groups work from within civilian populations who support the terrorist activities by polling data.

UN resolutions: +20

Compare to other conflicts

The Second Sino-Japanese War

Civilians

Casualties

15,000,000-25,000,000

10,000,000-15,000,000

Ratio

4:1

UN Resolutions:

Pre UN

Conflict Date:

1937-1941

Biafran War

Civilians

Casualties

1,000,000-2,000,000

900,000-1,900,000

Ratio

15:1

UN Resolutions:

0

Conflict Date:

1967-1970

Liberian Civil War

Civilians

Casualties

250,000

200,000-225,000

Ratio

8:1

UN Resolutions:

2

Conflict Date:

1989-2003

Bosnian War

Civilians

Casualties

100,000

38,000

Ratio

2.6:1

UN Resolutions:

7

Conflict Date:

1992-1995

Iran Iraq War

Civilians

Casualties

500,000-1,000,000

100,000-250,000

Ratio

0.2:1

UN Resolutions:

10

Conflict Date:

1980-1989

Second Congo War

Civilians

Casualties

3,000,000-5,000,000

2,500,000-4,500,000

Ratio

9:1

UN Resolutions:

20

Conflict Date:

1988-2003

Korean War

Civilians

Casualties

2,500,000-3,000,000

1,500,000-2,000,000

Ratio

2:1

UN Resolutions:

5

Conflict Date:

1950-1953

World War 2

Civilians

Casualties

70,000,000-85,000,000

50,000,000-55,000,000

Ratio

3.5:1

UN Resolutions:

Pre UN

Conflict Date:

1939-1945

Israeli-Arab Conflict

Civilians

Casualties

155,751

36,421

Ratio

0.2:1

UN Resolutions:

200-300

Conflict Date:

1882-Ongoing

Chinees Cultural Revolution

Civilians

Casualties

500,000-3,000,000

500,000-3,000,000

Ratio

99%

UN Resolutions:

0

Conflict Date:

1966-1976

Darfur Conflict

Civilians

Casualties

300,000-400,000

240,000-360,000

Ratio

4:1

UN Resolutions:

4

Conflict Date:

2003-Ongoing

Sudanese Civil War

Civilians

Casualties

2,000,000-2,500,000

1,800,000-2,500,000

Ratio

4:1

UN Resolutions:

+5

Conflict Date:

1995-2005

Cambodien Civil War

Civilians

Casualties

275,000-310,000

200,000-250,000

Ratio

1.3:1

UN Resolutions:

2

Conflict Date:

1967-1975

Soviet Afgan War

Civilians

Casualties

1,000,000-1,500,000

825,000-1,350,000

Ratio

10:1

UN Resolutions:

3

Conflict Date:

1979-1989

Bangladesh Liberation War

Civilians

Casualties

300,000-3,000,000

250,000-2,900,000

Ratio

9:1

UN Resolutions:

0

Conflict Date:

1971

Vietnam War

Civilians

Casualties

3,608,300

2,000,000

Ratio

1.8:1

UN Resolutions:

0

Conflict Date:

1955-1975

Israel-Gaza War

Civilians

Casualties

41,231

26,042

Ratio

1.5:1

UN Resolutions:

+20

Conflict Date:

2023-Ongoing

The Red Terror

Civilians

Casualties

20,000,000-30,000,000

19,000,000-29,000,000

Ratio

20:1

UN Resolutions:

0

Conflict Date:

1927-1989

Yemen Civil War

Civilians

Casualties

377,000

150,000

Ratio

1.6:1

UN Resolutions:

3

Conflict Date:

2014-Ongoing

Mexican Drug War

Civilians

Casualties

300,000

90,000-120,000

Ratio

0.4:1

UN Resolutions:

0

Conflict Date:

2006-Ongoing

Syrian Civil War

Civilians

Casualties

617,910

306,887

Ratio

1:1

UN Resolutions:

27

Conflict Date:

2011-Ongoing

Nigerian Civil War

Civilians

Casualties

1,000,000-3,000,000

900,000-2,800,000

Ratio

9:1

UN Resolutions:

0

Conflict Date:

1967-1970

Rwanda Genocide

Civilians

Casualties

500,000-1,000,000

450,000-950,000

Ratio

20:1

UN Resolutions:

5

Conflict Date:

1994

Chinese Civil War

Civilians

Casualties

7,000,000-10,000,000

7,000,000-10,000,000

Ratio

2.3:1

UN Resolutions:

Pre UN

Conflict Date:

1927-1949

Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Civilians

Casualties

91,322

36,421

Ratio

0.6:1

UN Resolutions:

200-300

Conflict Date:

1882-Ongoing

Sources

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