Comparing casualties in Gaza to Ukraine

The number of dead in the Gaza Strip makes clear something very unpleasant is going on—and it can’t be explained away by saying that Gaza is a lot more crowded than Ukraine.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Estimates put the deaths at more than 50,000 in Gaza, compared to at least 12,650 in Ukraine. Photographs courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

April 10, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—I was just idly looking at the casualty numbers the other day and I noticed that there was something badly wrong with them. This will take a little time and a few stats, but it’s worth staying with it.

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