This report employs a combination of forensic and open-source analysis to trace the weapons, manufacturers and supply chains involved in Israel’s military campaign in Gaza (October 2023 – September 2025), arguing that civilian harm in the strip was the foreseeable consequence of deploying explosive weapons at scale in densely populated urban areas.

In 2021, $592 billion were made in sales by the 100 largest arms companies around the world. AOAV analysed the marketing techniques used on the websites of 25 of the world’s largest weapons producers.