Palestinian casualties of war Facts for Kids

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
1948–2021
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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	British Army, Arab rioters.	unknown	unknown	48	73	121
1929 Palestine riots	, British Army Palestine Police Force, Betar. Arab rioters.	116 rioters	unknown	116 Arabs 133 Jews	232 Arabs 198 Jews	679
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine	British Army, Haganah, Arab High Command.	British and Jewish forces 562; Palestinian Arabs ca.5,000		5,000	15,550 of which,15,000 Arab Palestinians.	18,000–24,000+
Palestine Civil War	British Army, Army of the Holy War, Arab Liberation Army, Irgun, Haganah, Palmach.	400–600	200–300	At least 720	1,171	1,800

Total casualties for this period 20,631, including 6,092 fatalities.

1948–2021

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 Nakba and the War of Independence or War of Liberation.	Israel Defense Forces Kingdom of Egypt Syrian Republic (1946–1963) Jordan Lebanon Kingdom of Iraq, Army of the Holy War, Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, Arab Liberation Army, Muslim Brotherhood,	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	3,000-13 000 (The higher figure indicate missing and presumed death, though not known to have died in combat situation)		ca.3,000?
1949–1967 fedayeen war	Egyptian Armed Forces Unit 101 Palestinian militants	2,700–5,000	unknown	2,800–5,000+	considered heavy, at least 500	3,200–5,000
Qibya massacre	Israel Defense Forces	unknown	42	42	unknown	42
Battle of Karameh	Israel Defense Forces, Palestine Liberation Organization Jordanian Armed Forces	156	0	156	100	256
War of Attrition	IDF special forces, Palestinian Baathist	At least 100	unknown	100	unknown	100+
Black September in Jordan 1970–1971	Jordan Palestine Liberation Organization	3,400	unknown	3,400	unknown	3,400
1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon	Israel Defense Forces Palestine Liberation Organization	100+	0	100+	unknown	100+
Lebanese Civil War (1975–1977)	Lebanon Fatah Rejectionist Front Lebanese Front Syrian Armed Forces Lebanese Forces	unknown, thousands	5,000+	unknown, At least 5,000	unknown, At least 4,000	5,000–10,000+
1978 South Lebanon conflict	Lebanon Israel Defense Forces Palestinian Liberation Organization	1,000–2,000	0	1,000–2,000	unknown, heavy	2,000+
1982 Lebanon War	Lebanon Israel Defense Forces Syrian Armed Forces Palestinian Liberation Organization South Lebanon Army Amal	unknown	unknown	5,000–8,000 15,000–20,000	30,000	15,000-20,000
War of the Camps	Lebanon Amal Movement Palestinian Liberation Organization	2,000 killed by Amal, 3,000+ killed by other Palestinians	unknown, heavy	5,000+	unknown, heavy	8,000+
First Intifada	Israel Defense Forces Palestinian Liberation Organization Hamas PFLP	1,000 killed by Israel security forces, 1,000 killed by other Palestinians	unknown	At least 2,000	unknown, heavy	2,000+
Second Intifada	Israel Defense Forces Fatah Hamas PFLP Islamic Jihad	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	Fatah Hamas	248	at least 98	600	1,000 wounded	1,600
2008–9 Gaza War	Israel Defense Forces Hamas	491–709, disputed	295–962	1,166–1,417	5,303	6,400–6,700
March 2012 Gaza-Israel clashes	Israel Defense Forces Popular Resistance Committees	18	3	21	24	45
November 2012 Israeli "Operation Pillar of Defense"-Gaza	Israel Defense Forces Popular Resistance Committees	67–120	109	174–177	unknown
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict	Israel Defense Forces Hamas	693	1617	2310	unknown
2021 Israel–Palestine crisis	Israel Defense Forces Hamas			275