Palestinian casualties of war

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

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[1]	unknown	116 or 117+	232	116+	338+
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine	British Army, Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, Haganah, Arab High Command, Ghazi of Iraq, King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud[2]	3,000-6,000 [3][4]	unknown	3,000-6,000	15,000+	18,000-24,000+
Palestine Civil War	British Army, Army of the Holy War, Arab Liberation Army, Irgun, Haganah, Palmach, Arab Legion	400-600 [4]	200-300[5]	At least 720[4]	1,171	1,800

1948-2012

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 and the War of Independence or War of Liberation.[6][7]	Israel Defense Forces Kingdom of Egypt Syria Jordan Lebanon Kingdom of Iraq, Army of the Holy War, Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, Arab Liberation Army, Muslim Brotherhood, John Bagot Glubb	2,000-3,000	800 including POWs	2,800-4,000	1,000	3,800-5,000
1949-1967 fedayeen war[8][9][10][11]	Egyptian Armed Forces Unit 101, Palestine Liberation Organization Palestinian militants	2,700-5,000	unknown	2,800-5,000+	considered heavy, at least 500	3,200-5,000
Qibya massacre[12]	Israel Defense Forces	unknown	42	42	unknown	42
Battle of Karameh[13]	Israel Defense Forces, Palestine Liberation Organization Jordanian Armed Forces	156	0	156	100	256
War of Attrition[14][15]	IDF special forces, Palestinian Baathist	At least 100	unknown	100	unknown	100+
Black September in Jordan 1970-1971[16][17]	Jordan Palestine Liberation Organization	3,400-20,000	unknown	3,400-20,000	unknown	3,400-20,000+
1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon	Israel Defense forces Palestine Liberation Organization	100+	0	100+	unknown	100+
Lebanese Civil War (1975–1977)[18][19]	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[20]	Lebanon Israel Defense Forces Syrian Armed Forces Palestinian Liberation Organization South Lebanon Army Hezbollah	1,500+	unknown	1,500+	unknown, heavy	1,500+
War of the Camps[21][22]	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[23][24]	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[25][26][27][citation needed][25][citation needed]	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	13,400+
Fatah-Hamas conflict[28]	Fatah Hamas	248	at least 98	600	1,000 wounded	1,600
2008-9 Gaza War[29][30]	Israel Defense Forces Hamas	491-709, disputed	295-962	1,166-1,417	5,303	6,400-6,700
March 2012 Gaza-Israel clashes[31]	Israel Defense Forces Popular Resistance Committees	18	3	21	24	45

Wars ranked by total deaths

1. Lebanon Civil War
2. Black September
3. 1948 Arab-Israeli War
4. Fedayeen conflict 1949-1967
5. Second Intifada

Gallery

See also

• Israeli casualties of war

References

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28. ^ [1] "Over 600 Palestinians killed in internal clashes since 2006"
29. ^ http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2008/36-2009.html
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