500-2000

500-2000 is an interactive simulator/visualiser/artwork made in Unreal Engine with the Cesium geospatial plugin.

• Fly above North Gaza guiding an F-16 with a loadout of US supplied 500 and 2000 pound bombs.
• Visualise their impact on densely populated civilian areas.
• See the extent of the destruction by comparing before/after high-resolution maps.

This project is possible by comparing Bing and Google's geospatial maps, from right before the conflict to the end of 2024. 

All displayed Cost, Damage, Injury & Casualty counts are based on averages of shipments and recorded strikes over the one year period.

SOURCES

Models

'S4_crater', Cradle of the Cube, 07/2023 - Sketchfab
'Missile & Bomb Collection - Fighter Jets - Free', bohmerang, 07/23 - Sketchfab
'F-16', R7Design, 08/2026 - Sketchfab

Sounds

'F16 fighter and Hecules C-130H...', klankbeeld, 09/2023 - Freesound
'F16 fighter jet start up', ikbenraar, 09/2025, Freesound

Articles

'Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip', Wikipedia, ed. 31/05/2025'
Gaza breakdown: 20 times Israel used US arms in likely war crimes', Stephen Semler, Responsible Statecraft, 26/08/2024
'Which US-made weaponry does Israel, which stands accused of genocide, use in Gaza?', Yavuz Aydin, Anadolu Ajansi, 06/06/2024
'Bombings in populated areas: a new extreme reached in Gaza' Handicap International, 06/03/2
'Simulating a Bombing Raid in an F-16', Patrick Chovanec, Flying Magazine, 05/01/2024
'How war destroyed Gaza's neighbourhoods - visual investigation', The Guardian, 30/01/2024
'US resumes sending shipments of 500 pound bombs to Israel', Al Jazeera, 11/07/2024
'Analysis: Israel's Gaza bombing campaign is proving costly, for Israel, Zoran Kusovac, Al Jazeera, 03/11/2023
'Areas of harm: Understanding explosive weapons with wide area effects', PAX/Article 36, 10/2016