Disportionality of Casualties in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The total cumulative death toll of the modern conflict, including current estimates from the ongoing war, is approximately 11,600 Israeli deaths and over 112,659 Palestinian deaths. This stark numerical asymmetry is a physical manifestation of the political and military imbalance of power, solidifying the fact that the conflict has exacted a vastly heavier, often civilian, price on the Palestinian population. The enduring lesson and final logical outcome of this 100-year conflict is that military solutions that disproportionately target or harm civilian populations do not bring lasting security. Instead, they breed cycles of trauma, radicalization, and violence. The immorality lies not just in the acts of violence themselves but in the failure of all parties, and the international community, to impose accountability and achieve a just political solution, ensuring that the next generation will inherit the same moral debt and human cost.