The numbers

What scale looks like, in figures.

200,000t

Explosives dropped, est.Sources: Euro-Med Monitor · UN OCHA

×13

Hiroshima bombs, equivalentSources: Euro-Med Monitor · The Canary

365km²

Total area of GazaSources: OpenStreetMap

Explosive tonnage

Gaza vs WWII bombing campaigns

Dresden, 1945 · est.3,900 t

Hamburg, 1943 · est.9,000 t

London Blitz, 1940–41 · est.18,800 t

Gaza, 2023–25200,000 t

Approx. tonnage of explosives. ~200,000 t is about 13 times the Hiroshima bomb, exceeding the WWII Allied bombing of these cities combined. Sources: Euro-Med Monitor · UN OCHA · The Canary

Human cost

Per 100 residents of Gaza

Killed · 67,000+

Injured · 169,000+

Each square is about 1 in 100 residents (pop. ~2.1m). Roughly 1 in 9 people in Gaza has been killed or injured. Sources: Gaza MoH · UN OCHA

Destruction

Buildings damaged or destroyed

Destroyed · 123,464Damaged · 74,809Still standing · ~46,000

19%

Of structures still standing

Each building is about 1 in 100 of Gaza's ~244,000 structures. As of October 2025, 81% are damaged or destroyed; only about 46,000 are still standing. Sources: UNOSAT / UNITAR

Area comparison

A place you can picture

Gaza365 km²

Philadelphia367 km²

Greater London1572 km²

Areas drawn to scale. Gaza (365 km²) is about the size of Philadelphia and would fit four times over inside Greater London. Sources: OpenStreetMap