Since January 2005, in other words, the conflict has killed 23 Palestinians for every one Israeli it claims. That means that, since January 2005, only four percent of those killed have been Israeli, and 96 percent Palestinian. Since January 2005, when the conflict began to change dramatically, it has killed 4,006 people, of whom 168 have been Israeli and 3,838 Palestinian. The disparity has widened dramatically over time. Of course the conflict impacts Palestinians and Israelis far beyond just conflict deaths, but these statistics help show how utterly disproportionate the conflict has become in its toll.

This means, very roughly, that a Palestinian person has been 15 times more likely to be killed by the conflict than an Israeli person. That number is even more staggering when you consider that there are about twice as many Israelis as there are Palestinians. (Statistics for the past two months are from United Nations Office for the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs.) Put another way, for every 15 people killed in the conflict, 13 are Palestinian and two are Israeli. That means 87 percent of deaths have been Palestinian and only 13 percent Israeli.

Overall, the group has recorded 8,166 conflict-related deaths, of which 7,065 are Palestinian and 1,101 Israeli. You'll notice right away that the overwhelming majority of the deaths are Palestinian, and have been for the almost 14 years since B'Tselem began tracking. Here are the monthly, conflict-related deaths of Israelis and Palestinians since September 2000: Those numbers also tell some important stories about the conflict, how it's changed, and maybe where it's going. But just how lopsided is driven home by looking at the month-to-month fatality statistics, which the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem has been tracking since September 2000. It's no secret that the death tolls in the Israel-Palestine conflict are lopsided, with Palestinians far more likely to be killed than Israelis. Since 2005, 23 out of every 24 conflict deaths have been palestinian

Armed conflict casualties statistics