Palestinian casualties of war

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 riotersGreat Britain, 1930: Report of the Commission on the disturbances of August 1929, Command paper 3530 (Shaw Commission report), p. 65. unknown 116 Arabs 133 Jews 232 Arabs 198 Jews 679 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine

Palestine Police Force Jewish Settlement Police Jewish Supernumerary Police Special Night Squads NDF (from 1937) Arab "peace bands"

Jewish National Council Haganah Fosh Peulot Meyuhadot Irgun

Arab Higher Committee (1936–October 1937) Local rebel factions (fasa'il) Volunteers from Arab world Central Committee of National Jihad in Palestine (October 1937 – 1939) Bureau of the Arab Revolt in Palestine (late 1938 – 1939) Society for the Defense of PalestineBritish 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 Jewish National Council Haganah Palmach Irgun Lehi Foreign volunteers Allied Bedouin tribes

Arab Higher Committee Army of the Holy War Arab Liberation Army

Arab Legion

400–600 200–300Gilbert, Martin (2005). Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict. At least 720 1,171 1,800

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

1948–present

+ Conflicts Actors involvedCombatant deathsCivilian deathsTotal deathsCombatant and/or Civilian woundedTotal casualties 1948 Palestine war, also known as the NakbaMorris 2008, pp. 404–406.Arab Israel War 1948–1949 . Onwar.com. Yishuv(before 14 May 1948)(after 14 May 1948) Before 26 May 1948: Haganah Palmach Hish Corps HIM Corps Irgun Lehi Druze militants Allied Bedouin tribesPalestine Post, "Israel's Bedouin Warriors", Gene Dison, August 12, 1948

After 26 May 1948: Israel Defense Forces Sword Battalion

Foreign volunteers: Mahal

Arab Higher Committee(before 15 May 1948)(after 15 May 1948)

Arab Liberation Army Holy War Army Al-Najjada Egypt All-Palestine Protectorate (after 22 Sep 1948) Transjordan Syria Iraq

(before 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 situationsHenry Laurens, La Question de Palestine, Fayard, Paris 2007 vol.3 p.194.The total figure of those missing who are not known to have died in battle is given by 'Arif al-'Arif as 11,047, composed of 4,004 people whose names are unknown, but the place and dates of the circumstances are known:7,043 dead whose names are unknown, nor dates of death, but of whom the villages where they dwelt at the time are known. 3,000-13 000 (The higher figure indicate missing and presumed death, though not known to have died in combat situation)Laurens 2007 p.194 Palestinian Fedayeen insurgencyBenny Morris (1993) Israel's Border Wars, 1949–1956: Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation, and the Countdown to the Suez War Oxford University Press, P 67 Palestinian Fedayeen 2,700–5,000 unknown 2,800–5,000+ 500 (at least) 3,200–5,000 Qibya massacreBenny Morris, Israel's Border Wars, 1949–1956: Arab Infiltration, Israeli Retaliation and the Countdown to the Suez War, Oxford University Press, 1993, pp. 258–9. Israel Defense Forces Unit 101 Ariel Sharon unknown 42 42 unknown 42 Battle of KaramehPollack (2002), pp. 331–332 Israel

Jordan Palestine Liberation Organization

PLA 156 0 156 100 256 War of AttritionIsraeli Elite Units since 1948, Sam Katz, Osprey Publishing 1988, p.31-32 100 (at least) unknown 100 unknown 100+ Black SeptemberBailey, p.59, The Making of a War, John Bulloch, p.67Massad, Joseph Andoni. Colonial Effects: The Making of National Identity in Jordan. Page 342. PLO Syria Supported by: 3,400 unknown 3,400 unknown 3,400 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon

PFLP 100+ 0 100+ unknown 100+ Lebanese Civil War. Liberty05.com.Lebanon (Civil War 1975–1991). Globalsecurity.org. Army of Free Lebanon (until 1977) SLA (from 1976) (from 1978)

Tigers Militia (until 1980)

Lebanese National Movement (1975–1982) PLO (1975–1983) ASALA

(1985–1990)

(from 1980, mainly IRGC and Army paramilitary units)

Islamic Unification Movement (from 1982)

Syria (1976, 1983–1991) Amal Movement PNSFMarada Brigades (left LF in 1978; aligned with Syria)

Lebanese Armed Forces

UNIFIL (from 1978)Multinational Force in Lebanon (1982–1984)

Arab Deterrent Force (1976–1982)Mays, Terry M. Historical Dictionary of Multinational Peacekeeping. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996, pp. 9–10 1,000's. Unknown 5,000+ 5,000 (at least). Unknown 4,000 (at least). Unknown 5,000–10,000+ 1978 South Lebanon conflict SLA

PLO 1,000–2,000 0 1,000–2,000 unknown, heavy 2,000+ 1982 Lebanon WarOsprey Men-At-Arms series, 1985unknownunknown 5,000–8,000Gabriel, Richard, A, Operation Peace for Galilee, The Israeli-PLO War in Lebanon, New York: Hill & Wang. 1984, p. 164, 165, 15,000–20,00030,000 15,000-20,000 War of the Camps. Liberty05.com. PLO Fatah DFLP Palestinian Liberation Front

Supported by:

Al-Mourabitoun CAOL SSNP-L (Anti-Syrian government faction) PSP (1987) LCP (1987)

Amal Movement Lebanese Resistance Regiments SSNP-L PNSF PFLP-GC Fatah al-Intifada As-Sa'iqa

Supported by:

Syria Syrian Army Lebanese Army 6th Infantry Brigade 8th Infantry Brigade 2,000 killed by Amal, 3,000+ killed by other Palestinians unknown, heavy 5,000+ unknown, heavy 8,000+ First IntifadaCollaborators, One Year Al-Aqsa Intifada, Fact Sheets And Figures . Phrmg.org.Fatalities in the first Intifada B'Tselem. Btselem.org. Al-Qiyada al-Muwhhada

Palestinian Communist Party

1,000 killed by Israel security forces, 1,000 killed by other Palestinians unknown 2,000 (at least) unknown, heavy 2,000+ Second IntifadaICT Middleastern Conflict Statistics Project . 212.150.54.123 (1 January 2005).Fatalities B'Tselem . Btselem.org. PLO

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 Gaza Strip (after June 2007) Supported by: Iran

Fatah Palestinian Authority (until 2007) Supported by: (alleged) (covert) 248 98 (at least) 600 1,000 wounded 1,600 Gaza War (2008–2009) Israel Israel Defense Forces Israel Security Agency

Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades

Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades

Al-Quds Brigades

Popular Resistance Committees 491–709, disputed 295–962 1,166–1,417 5,303 6,400–6,700 March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes Israel

Popular Resistance Committees Palestinian Islamic Jihad 18 3 21 24 45 2012 Gaza WarReport of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the implementation of Human Rights Council resolutions S-9/1 and S-12/1, Addendum, 6 March 2013. Gaza Strip

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine–General Command

Popular Resistance Committees

Jaysh al-Ummah 67–120 109 174–177 unknown2014 Gaza War

"Qassam brigades claim rocket, mortar fire at southern Israel ", Ma'an News Agency, Monday 21 July 2014.

Abdullah Azzam Brigades Jaysh al-Ummah 69316172310unknown2021 Israel–Palestine crisis

Israel Police Israel Border Police Shin Bet

Jewish Israeli protesters

Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Smaller militant groups

Protesters in Israel and PalestineJordanian, Lebanese, and Syrian protesters (see international)275Gaza war86,082

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

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