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.
Conflicts prior to Israel's independence | Actors involved | Combatant deaths | Civilian deaths | Total deaths | Combatant and/or Civilian wounded | Total casualties |
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1920 Palestine riots | ![]() |
Not applicable | 4 | 4 | 23 | 31 |
Jaffa riots | ![]() |
unknown | unknown | 48 | 73 | 121 |
1929 Palestine riots | ![]() 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 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 | ![]() |
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.
Conflicts | Actors involved | Combatant deaths | Civilian deaths | Total deaths | Combatant and/or Civilian wounded | Total casualties |
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1948 Arab-Israeli War, also referred to as the Nakba and the War of Independence or War of Liberation.[5][6] | ![]() 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?[5] | c.|
1949–1967 fedayeen war[10][11][12][13] | ![]() |
2,700–5,000 | unknown | 2,800–5,000+ | 500 (at least) | 3,200–5,000 |
Qibya massacre[14] | ![]() |
unknown | 42 | 42 | unknown | 42 |
Battle of Karameh[15] | ![]() |
156 | 0 | 156 | 100 | 256 |
War of Attrition[16][better source needed] | ![]() |
100 (at least) | unknown | 100 | unknown | 100+ |
Black September in Jordan 1970–1971[17][18] | ![]() |
3,400 | unknown | 3,400 | unknown | 3,400 |
1973 Israeli raid on Lebanon | ![]() |
100+ | 0 | 100+ | unknown | 100+ |
Lebanese Civil War (1975–1977)[19][20] | ![]() |
1,000's. Unknown | 5,000+ | 5,000 (at least). Unknown | 4,000 (at least). Unknown | 5,000–10,000+ |
1978 South Lebanon conflict | ![]() |
1,000–2,000 | 0 | 1,000–2,000 | unknown, heavy | 2,000+ |
1982 Lebanon War[21] | ![]() |
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] | ![]() |
2,000 killed by Amal, 3,000+ killed by other Palestinians | unknown, heavy | 5,000+ | unknown, heavy | 8,000+ |
First Intifada[27][28] | ![]() |
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] | ![]() |
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 |
248 | 98 (at least) | 600 | 1,000 wounded | 1,600 |
2008–9 Gaza War[32] | ![]() |
491–709, disputed | 295–962 | 1,166–1,417 | 5,303 | 6,400–6,700 |
March 2012 Gaza-Israel clashes[33] | ![]() |
18 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 45 |
November 2012 Israeli "Operation Pillar of Defense"-Gaza[34][35] | ![]() |
67–120 | 109 | 174–177 | unknown | |
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict | ![]() |
693 | 1617 | 2310 | unknown | |
2021 Israel–Palestine crisis | ![]() |
275 |
Total casualties for this period 63,543, including 31,227 fatalities.