Palestinian casualties of war
Casualties suffered by Palestinians in war
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This is a list of 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 Palestinian Arabs and not other actors. Bold indicates major actors.
1920–1948
| 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, Arab rioters. |
Not applicable | 4 | 4 | 23 | 31 |
| Jaffa riots | Jewish civilians
Arab civilians |
unknown | unknown | 48 | 73 | 121 |
| 1929 Palestine riots | , British Army
Palestine Police Force, Betar. Arab rioters. |
116 rioters[1] | unknown | 116 Arabs 133 Jews |
232 Arabs 198 Jews |
679 |
| 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine | United Kingdom
NDF (from 1937)
Central Committee of National Jihad in Palestine (October 1937 – 1939)
|
British and Jewish forces 562; Palestinian Arabs ca.5,000 | 5,000 | 15,550 of which,15,000 Arab Palestinians. | 18,000–24,000+ | |
| 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine |
|
400–600[2][better source needed] | 200–300[3] | At least 720[2][better source needed] | 1,171 | 1,800 |
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Total casualties for this period 20,631, including 6,092 fatalities.
1948–present
| Conflicts | Actors involved | Combatant deaths | Civilian deaths | Total deaths | Combatant and/or Civilian wounded | Total casualties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 Palestine war, also known as the Nakba[4][5] |  Yishuv(before 14 May 1948)  Israel(after 14 May 1948) Before 26 May 1948: After 26 May 1948: Foreign volunteers:  Arab Higher Committee(before 15 May 1948)  Arab League(after 15 May 1948)
|
3,700 foreign Arab troops; 1,953 Palestinians died during battles. | 11,047 Palestinians missing presumed dead though not known to have died in combat situations[10] | 3,000-13 000 (The higher figure indicate missing and presumed death, though not known to have died in combat situation)[11][12] | c. 3,000?[4] | |
| Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency[13][14][15][16] | Israel
Supported by:
|
2,700–5,000 | unknown | 2,800–5,000+ | 500 (at least) | 3,200–5,000 |
| Qibya massacre[17] |  Israel Defense Forces
|
unknown | 42 | 42 | unknown | 42 |
| Battle of Karameh[18] | Israel
|
156 | 0 | 156 | 100 | 256 |
| War of Attrition[19][better source needed] | Israel
|
100 (at least) | unknown | 100 | unknown | 100+ |
| Black September[22][23] |  PLO Syria (until November 1970)Supported by: Jordan |
3,400 | unknown | 3,400 | unknown | 3,400 |
| 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon | Israel
|
100+ | 0 | 100+ | unknown | 100+ |
| Lebanese Civil War[24][25] |  Army of Free Lebanon (until 1977) SLA (from 1976) Israel (from 1978)
 Lebanese National Movement (1975–1982) Jammoul (1982–1990)
Islamic Unification Movement (from 1982)
List
|
1,000's. Unknown | 5,000+ | 5,000 (at least). Unknown | 4,000 (at least). Unknown | 5,000–10,000+ |
| 1978 South Lebanon conflict | Israel SLA
|
1,000–2,000 | 0 | 1,000–2,000 | unknown, heavy | 2,000+ |
| 1982 Lebanon War[27] |
|
unknown | unknown | 5,000–8,000[31] 15,000–20,000[32][33] |
30,000[32][33] | 15,000-20,000[32][33] |
| War of the Camps[34][35] | PLO
Supported by:
Supported by: |
2,000 killed by Amal, 3,000+ killed by other Palestinians | unknown, heavy | 5,000+ | unknown, heavy | 8,000+ |
| First Intifada[36][37] | Israel
|
1,000 killed by Israel security forces, 1,000 killed by other Palestinians | unknown | 2,000 (at least) | unknown, heavy | 2,000+ |
| Second Intifada[38][39] | Israel
|
2,000–3,500+, disputed | 1,099–2,800 | 4,791 killed by Israeli security forces, 714 killed by other Palestinians | 8,611 {unverified-Palestinian claims} | 13,400+ |
| Fatah–Hamas conflict[40] |
|
248 | 98 (at least) | 600 | 1,000 wounded | 1,600 |
| Gaza War (2008–2009)[53] |
|
491–709, disputed | 295–962 | 1,166–1,417 | 5,303 | 6,400–6,700 |
| March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes[54] |
|
18 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 45 |
| 2012 Gaza War[55][56] | Israel
|
67–120 | 109 | 174–177 | unknown | |
| 2014 Gaza War |
|
693 | 1617 | 2310 | unknown | |
| 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis |
Jewish Israeli protesters Protesters in Israel and Palestine
|
275 | ||||
| Gaza war |  Hamas Israel[c]Israeli allies:
|
86,082[72] |
Total casualties for this period 144,963, including 66,789 fatalities.
Timeline chart
Gallery
Palestinians returning to Qibya shortly after the Qibya massacre.
An Arab autobus after being attacked by Irgun during the 1948 Israeli–Arab War.
Ruins of Lydda after the Israel Defense Forces conquered it in July 1948.
Destroyed buildings during the Gaza War (2008–2009).
An Israeli armoured bulldozer used in the Battle of Jenin (2002).
Destroyed and damaged buildings in Gaza City.
See also
- Casualties of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip
- Zionist political violence
- Timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2002
- Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2003
- Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2004
- Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2005
- Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2006
- Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2007
- Violence in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict 2008
- List of violent incidents in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2011
- Israeli casualties of war
- Casualties of the Gaza war
- Media coverage of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Notes
- The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades was Fatah's armed wing, and while still aligned with Fatah in terms of political ideology,[44] is now a member of the Palestinian Joint Operations Room and allied with Hamas.[45] The AAMB separated from Fatah after Mahmoud Abbas' 2007 decree banning all militias following the Battle of Gaza.[46] Nonetheless, it sometimes still presents itself as the party's armed wing, an association rejected by Fatah leadership.[47][48]
- Besides Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, FDD's Long War Journal identified the following militant groups as having fought in the 2021 conflict: Jihad Jibril Brigades, Humat al-Aqsa, Jaysh al-Ummah, Katibat al-Sheikh al-Emireen, Mujahideen Brigades, Abdul al-Qadir al-Husseini Brigades, and two al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades splinter factions.[69]