Casualties suffered by Palestinians in war:
Note: Article is not comprehensive. Some records of Palestinian casualties are under dispute. The criteria used for this article: Casualties inflicted by war or combat. Casualties considered to be "unnecessary deaths" not included. Graph only includes casualties of Arab Palestinians and not other actors. Bold indicates major actors.
1920-1948 edit
| Conflicts prior to Israel's independence | Actors involved | Combatant deaths | Civilian deaths | Total deaths | Combatant and/or Civilian wounded | Total casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 Palestine riots |  British Empire, Mohammad Amin al-Husayni
|
Not applicable | 4 | 4 | 23 | 31 |
| Jaffa riots | British Army, Arab rioters, incited by Mohammad Amin al-Husayni
|
48[1] | unknown | 48+ | 73 | 121 |
| 1929 Palestine riots | , British Army
Palestine Police Force, Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, Betar, Supreme Muslim Council |
116 rioters[2] | unknown | 116 | unknown | 116+ |
| 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | British Army, Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, Haganah, Arab High Command, Ghazi of Iraq, King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud[3]
|
5,000 [4][5] | unknown | 5,000 | 15,000 | 20,000 |
| Palestine Civil War | British Army, Army of the Holy War, Arab Liberation Army, Irgun, Haganah, Palmach, Arab Legion
|
400-600 [5] | 200-300[6] | At least 720[5] | 1,171 | 1,800 |
1948-2010 edit
| Conflicts | Actors involved | Combatant deaths | Civilian deaths | Total deaths | Combatant and/or Civilian wounded | Total casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 Arab-Israeli War, also referred to as the Catastrophe |  Israel Defense Forces
Kingdom of Iraq, Army of the Holy War, Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, Arab Liberation Army, Muslim Brotherhood, John Bagot Glubb |
2,000-3,000[7] | 800 including POWs[8] | 2,800-4,000 | 1,000 | 3,800-5,000 |
| 1949-1967 fedayeen war |  Egyptian Armed Forces
|
2,700-5,000[9][10] | unknown | 2,800-5,000+[11] | considered heavy, at least 500[12] | 3,200-5,000 |
| Battle of Karameh | Israel Defense Forces,
|
156[13] | 0 | 156 | 100 | 256 |
| War of Attrition | IDF special forces, Palestinian Baathist
|
At least 100[14][15] | 0 | 100 | unknown | 100+ |
| Black September in Jordan 1970-1971 |  Jordan
|
3,400-20,000[16][17] | unknown | 3,400-20,000 | unknown | 3,400-20,000+ |
| 1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon | Israel Defense forces
|
100+ | 0 | 100+ | unknown | 100+ |
| Lebanese Civil War (1975–1977) |  Lebanon
|
unknown, thousands | 5,000+[18] | unknown, At least 5,000 | unknown, At least 4,000[19] | 5,000-10,000+ |
| 1978 South Lebanon conflict | Lebanon
|
1,000-2,000 | 0 | 1,000-2,000 | unknown, heavy | 2,000+ |
| 1982 Lebanon War | Lebanon
|
9,000+ | unknown | 9,000+[20] | unknown, heavy | 9,000+ |
| War of the Camps | Lebanon
|
2,000 killed by Amal, 3,000+ killed by other Palestinians | unknown, heavy | 5,000+[20] | unknown, heavy | 8,000+[21] |
| First Intifada | Israel Defense Forces
|
1,000[22] killed by Israel security forces, 1,000[23] killed by other Palestinians | unknown | At least 2,000 | unknown, heavy | 2,000+ |
| Second Intifada | Israel Defense Forces
|
2,000-3,500+[24], disputed | 1,099[25]-2,800[26] | 4,791 killed by Israeli security forces[27], 714 killed by other Palestinians[28] | 8,611[26] | 13,400+ |
References edit
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- ^ http://countrystudies.us/israel/17.htm
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- ^ http://www.onwar.com/aced/nation/ink/israel/fisrael1948.htm
- ^ Morris 2008, pp. 404-406.
- ^ Orna Almog (2003). Britain, Israel, and the United States, 1955-1958: Beyond Suez. Routledge. p. 20. ISBN 0714652466.
- ^ Benny Morris (1993). Border Wars, 1949-1956: The Sinai-Suez Wars and the end of the Fedayeen. Oxford University Press. p. 419–425. ISBN 0198292627.
{{cite book}}: External link in|title= - ^ Thomas G. Mitchell (2000). Native Vs. Settler: Ethnic Conflict in Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, and South Africa. p. 133. ISBN 0313313571.
- ^ Benny Morris (1993) Israel's Border Wars, 1949-1956: Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation, and the Countdown to the Suez War Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198292627 P 67
- ^ Pollack (2002), pp. 331–332
- ^ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/greenisle.html The Israeli Commando Assault on Green Island]
- ^ Israeli Elite Units since 1948, Sam Katz, Osprey Publishing 1988, p.31-32
- ^ Bailey, p.59, The Making of a War, John Bulloch, p.67
- ^ Massad, Joseph Andoni. Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan. Page 342.
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- ^ http://www.liberty05.com/civilwar/civil1.html
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- ^ http://www.btselem.org/english/statistics/first_Intifada_Tables.asp
- ^ http://www.phrmg.org/monitor2001/oct2001-collaborators.htm
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- ^ http://212.150.54.123/casualties_project/stats_page.cfm
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- ^ http://www.btselem.org/English/Statistics/Casualties.asp
- ^ http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/arabs/intrafada.html