Palestinian casualties of 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	British Army, Arab rioters.	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	British Army, Haganah, Arab High Command.[2][better source needed]	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[3][better source needed]	200–300[4]	At least 720[3][better source needed]	1,171	1,800

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[5][6]	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[7]	3,000-13 000 (The higher figure indicate missing and presumed death, though not known to have died in combat situation)[8][9]		3,000? c. 3,000?[5]
1949–1967 fedayeen war[10][11][12][13]	Egyptian Armed Forces Unit 101 Palestinian militants	2,700–5,000	unknown	2,800–5,000+	500 (at least)	3,200–5,000
Qibya massacre[14]	Israel Defense Forces	unknown	42	42	unknown	42
Battle of Karameh[15]	Israel Defense Forces, Palestine Liberation Organization Jordanian Armed Forces	156	0	156	100	256
War of Attrition[16][better source needed]	IDF special forces, Palestinian Baathist	100 (at least)	unknown	100	unknown	100+
Black September in Jordan 1970–1971[17][18]	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)[19][20]	Lebanon Fatah Rejectionist Front Lebanese Front Syrian Armed Forces Lebanese Forces	1,000's. Unknown	5,000+	5,000 (at least). Unknown	4,000 (at least). Unknown	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[21]	Lebanon Israel Defense Forces Syrian Armed Forces Palestinian Liberation Organization South Lebanon Army Amal	unknown	unknown	5,000–8,000[22] 15,000–20,000[23][24]	30,000[23][24]	15,000-20,000[23][24]
War of the Camps[25][26]	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[27][28]	Israel Defense Forces Palestinian Liberation Organization Hamas PFLP	1,000 killed by Israel security forces, 1,000 killed by other Palestinians	unknown	2,000 (at least)	unknown, heavy	2,000+
Second Intifada[29][30]	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[31]	Fatah Hamas	248	98 (at least)	600	1,000 wounded	1,600
2008–9 Gaza War[32]	Israel Defense Forces Hamas	491–709, disputed	295–962	1,166–1,417	5,303	6,400–6,700
March 2012 Gaza-Israel clashes[33]	Israel Defense Forces Popular Resistance Committees	18	3	21	24	45
November 2012 Israeli "Operation Pillar of Defense"-Gaza[34][35]	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
Israel–Hamas war	Israel Defense Forces Hamas			35,562[36]		81,420[37]

Total casualties for this period 144,963, including 66,789 fatalities.

Timeline chart

Palestinians killed.^[38]

Gallery

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  Palestinians returning to Qibya shortly after the Qibya massacre.
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  An Arab autobus after being attacked by Irgun during the 1948 Israeli-Arab War.
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  Ruins of Lydda after the Israel Defense Forces conquered it in July 1948.
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  Destroyed buildings during the Gaza War (2008–09).
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  An Israeli armoured bulldozer used in the Battle of Jenin (2002).
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  Destroyed and damaged buildings in Gaza City.

See also

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