Casualties of the 2006 Lebanon War

Last updated

There have been many casualties in the 2006 Lebanon War , leading to condemnation of both sides, however the exact distribution of casualties has been disputed. The Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC), [1] UNICEF, [1] and various press agencies and news organizations have stated that most of those killed were Lebanese civilians, [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] however the Lebanese government does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in death toll figures. The Israeli government identified 43 Israeli civilians killed by Hezbollah rocket attacks, including four who died of heart attacks during rocket attacks. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) death toll ranges from 118 to 121, depending on the source and whether or not casualties that occurred after the ceasefire are included. The figures for the Hezbollah fighters killed are the most varying, with Hezbollah claiming 250 of its fighters killed, while Israel claimed to have identified 530 dead Hezbollah fighters. The IDF estimates 600–700 dead Hezbollah fighters. Sources can be conflicting.

Contents

Overall

Casualties of involved parties

EntityCivilianMilitary
Flag of the Amal Movement.svg Amal Movement 20 dead [7]
InfoboxHez.PNG Hezbollah Deaths: ≈250 fighters KIA reported by Hezbollah, [8] ≤500 estimated by Lebanese Government, Military, and Intelligence officials, [9] ≈500 estimated by UN [10] ≈600 estimated by IDF, [11] 450 bodies identified by Israel and up to 700 estimated by Amidror [12]
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 45 dead [13] [14]
35 seriously wounded [15]
70 moderately wounded [15]
1,390 lightly wounded [15]
2,775 treated for shock and anxiety [15] [16] 		120 IDF soldiers were killed in the war, including the two soldiers whose bodies were seized in the Zar'it-Shtula incident that started the war, whose fates weren't confirmed until their bodies were exchanged for Lebanese prisoners in 2008. [15] [17]

1,244 IDF soldiers wounded [18]

Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Not known for certain. 1,200 Lebanese dead in total (including combatants and foreign civilians in Lebanon) [19] [20]
4,410 injured [19] [20]
It was widely reported that most of those killed were civilians, [1] [21] [22] but the Lebanese government does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in death toll figures. [11] 		50 dead
~100 wounded
Flag of the Lebanese Communist Party.svg LCP 15 dead [23]
PFLP-GC Flag.svg PFLP-GC 2 dead [24]
Flag of the United Nations.svg  United Nations 1 dead5 dead
125 wounded. See main article
Total1,233+ dead, including militants
5,089+ wounded		438-888+ dead
512+ wounded

Foreign civilian casualties in Israel

Foreign civilian casualties in Lebanon

Lebanese

Hezbollah

A report [53] on August 4, documenting Iran's financial help to the families of Hezbollah fighters, claimed Hezbollah had already lost 500 men, plus 1,500 wounded. The report said that the wounded were being treated in Syria to make the wounded harder to count.

Israeli

Israeli military and civilian Casualties in the 2006 Lebanese war [57]
SoldiersCiviliansRockets fired
KilledWoundedCapturedKilledWoundedon Israel
12 July842222
13 July2267125
14 July42219103
15 July416100
16 July1787747
17 July2892
18 July1121136
19 July215218116
20 July581634
21 July135297
22 July735129
23 July24594
24 July42717111
25 July10260101
26 July831132169
27 July638109
28 July1019111
29 July71086
30 July881156
31 July12256
1 August3124
2 August141188230
3 August422876213
4 August325397194
5 August270459170
6 August12354150189
7 August33512185
8 August67410136
9 August1518636166
10 August2123221155
11 August17626123
12 August241312464
13 August92031105217
14 August372
15 August2
Total119124424313843990

United Nations

UN personnel were subjected to dozens of attacks and near misses from both sides during the present conflict, most prominently the 25 July Israeli bombing of a UNTSO position, [58] which killed four UNTSO unarmed observers (Austrian, Canadian, Chinese and Finnish). [59] Diplomats familiar with the probe say that the strike was carried out with a precision-guided missile. [58]

Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a statement from Rome that he was "shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by Israeli Defence Forces." [60] On 26 July 2006, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert phoned Kofi Annan and expressed his deep regret over the death of the four UN observers. He promised that Israel would thoroughly investigate the incident and would share the findings with Annan, but says he was taken aback by secretary general's statement saying that the Israeli attack on the UN post was "apparently deliberate". [61]

After the attack, Dan Gillerman, Israel's UN representative, said Israel would not allow the UN itself to participate in an investigation of the airstrike that killed the four UN observers. [62]

Just before the end of bombing, on 14 August, the IDF targeted what it said was a Palestinian faction in the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in Saida. Two missiles were fired into a civilian residential area and killed UNRWA/UN staff member Abdel Saghir. [63] Few days before two civilians were killed.

See also

Related Research Articles

This is a timeline of events related to the 2006 Lebanon War.

Military operations of the 2006 Lebanon War refer to armed engagements initiated by Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah during the 2006 conflict.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Israeli–Lebanese conflict</span> Clashes involving Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Hezbollah and the PLO

The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a series of military clashes involving Israel, Lebanon and Syria, the Palestine Liberation Organization, as well as various militias and Militants acting from within Lebanon. The conflict peaked in the 1980s, during the Lebanese Civil War, and has abated since.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)</span> War between Israel and Hezbollah

The South Lebanon conflict, designated by Israel as the Security Zone in Lebanon Campaign, was a protracted armed conflict that took place in southern Lebanon from 1985 to 2000. It saw fighting between Israel and the Catholic Christian-dominated South Lebanon Army (SLA) against Hezbollah-led Shia Muslim and left-wing guerillas within the Israeli-occupied "Security Zone"; the SLA had military and logistical support from the Israel Defense Forces over the course of the conflict and operated under the jurisdiction of the Israeli-backed South Lebanon provisional administration, which succeeded the earlier Israeli-backed State of Free Lebanon. It can also refer to the continuation of the earlier conflict in this region involving the growing Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon against Israel following the expulsion of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from Jordan after Black September. Historical tensions between Palestinian refugees and Lebanese factions contributed another layer to the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), which saw the Maronite-led Lebanese Front and the Shia Amal Movement at war with the PLO. Hence, the South Lebanon conflict can partly be seen as an extension of the civil war that ended in 1990.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Battle of Bint Jbeil</span> Key engagement in the 2006 Lebanon War

The Battle of Bint Jbeil was one of the main battles of the 2006 Lebanon War. Bint Jbeil is a major town of some 20,000 inhabitants in Southern Lebanon. Although Brig.-Gen. Gal Hirsch announced on 25 July that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had "complete control" of Bint Jbeil, this statement was later discredited. In spite of three sustained attempts by the IDF to conquer the town, it remained in the hands of Hezbollah until the end of the war. The town was the scene of some of the fiercest fighting of the war, with both sides taking heavy losses. Three senior Israeli officers, including Major Roi Klein, were killed in the battle. Hezbollah similarly lost several commanders, most notably Khalid Bazzi, commander of the Bint Jbeil area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">International incidents during the 2006 Lebanon War</span>

During the 2006 July War, a number of international incidents occurred in Lebanon, largely involving United Nations personnel who have come under a number of attacks by Israeli forces.

The Battle of Maroun al-Ras was a battle of the 2006 Lebanon War that took place in Maroun ar-Ras, a small village in southern Lebanon on the border with Israel, and Jall ad-Dayr, a nearby Hizbullah stronghold. This battle was the first serious ground battle in the 2006 Lebanon war. It was fought to a large extent by elite forces on both sides and would have huge consequences for the future of the war. Although Israeli forces captured most of the town, they did not fully secure it.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Qana airstrike</span> Israeli airstrike on a Lebanese village

The 2006 Qana airstrike was an airstrike carried out by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) on a three-story building in the small community of al-Khuraybah near the South Lebanese village of Qana on July 30, 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War. The strike killed 28 civilians, 16 of whom were children. Israel halted airstrikes for 48 hours following the attack, amid increasing calls for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas.

During the 2006 Lebanon War, Operation Sharp and Smooth, also known as the Baalbek operation, was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) raid on a hospital in the city of Baalbek, which was being used as a Hezbollah headquarters, and a neighbourhood of the city. The precise objectives of the raid remain classified, but it is known that a number of Lebanese, including Hezbollah and armed Lebanese Communist Party members, were killed, and five Lebanese civilians were arrested and detained in Israel as suspected Hezbollah members, but released after three weeks. The casualty figures for the raid vary. According to inquiries by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Lebanese authorities 16 Lebanese residents, most of them civilians, were killed. According to IDF ten Hezbollah militants were killed in the attack.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Lebanon War</span> Armed conflict primarily between Israel and Hezbollah

The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War, was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon, northern Israel and the Golan Heights. The principal parties were Hezbollah paramilitary forces and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The conflict started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, though it formally ended on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval blockade of Lebanon. Due to unprecedented Iranian military support to Hezbollah before and during the war, some consider it the first round of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict, rather than a continuation of the Arab–Israeli conflict.

The Battle of Ayta ash-Sha'b took place during the 2006 Lebanon War, when the Israel Defense Forces and the Islamic Resistance, the armed wing of Hezbollah, fought a 33 days battle for the town of Ayta ash-Sha'b and the neighboring villages of Ramiya, al-Qawzah and Dibil in southern Lebanon. The initial phase of the battle consisted of two and a half weeks of intense bombardment by air and artillery, followed by more than two weeks of intensive fighting in and around the town. The IDF deployed five brigades against an Hizbullah force consisting of litte more than half a company. Still the IDF failed to capture the town and suffered relatively heavy casualties in the process.

The 2006 Ghaziyeh airstrikes also referred to as the 2006 Ghaziyeh massacre were two sequential attacks by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on the city of Ghaziyeh in Lebanon on August 7, and August 8, 2006. The attacks took place during the 2006 Lebanon War. In the first attack on August 7, the IAF bombed a building killing 16 people. In the second attack on August 8, the IAF fired five missiles into three buildings killing a total of 8 to 14 civilians and wounding 33. A total of 26 to 30 civilians died in the attacks.

The Operation Change of Direction 11 was the final offensive operation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the 2006 Lebanon War that began on August 11, 2006, and ended three days later when the ceasefire came into effect. It involved a tripling of Israeli forces inside Lebanon and aimed at encircling Hizbullah forces in south Lebanon. The plan was to advance westwards along the Litani River from the Galilee Panhandle, combined with helicopter landings behind enemy lines, intended to be the largest in IDF history, and simultaneous advances northwards in the central sector and along the Mediterranean coast. The plan was to follow up the offensive by several weeks of mopping-up operations in the surrounded territories, eliminating Hizbullah infrastructure, especially in the launching areas of Katyusha rockets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Attacks on civilian convoys in the 2006 Lebanon war</span>

A number of incidents of attack on civilian and UN convoys have been reported. The Israel Defense Forces has disputed involvement in some cases, and has also alleged that no prior coordination took place before some affected convoys set out. These allegations have in turn been disputed. There have also been reports that fear of aerial attack has prevented drivers from transporting humanitarian aid within Lebanon. One estimate two weeks into the conflict placed the number of Lebanese truck drivers who had died as a result of IDF/IAF air strikes on convoys as "dozens".

This is a timeline of the 2006 Lebanon War during the month of July.

This is a timeline of the 2006 Lebanon War during early August.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict</span> Low-level conflict between Hezbollah and Israel

The 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict was a low-level border conflict between Israel and Hezbollah for control of Shebaa Farms, a disputed territory located on the Golan Heights–Lebanon border. Fighting between the two sides primarily consisted of Hezbollah rocket and mortar attacks on Israel and Israeli artillery barrages and airstrikes on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Clashes began a few months after the 2000 Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, which Hezbollah viewed as incomplete due to the presence of the Israel Defense Forces in Shebaa Farms. The conflict culminated in the 2006 Lebanon War; Israel retains control over the territory.

Allegations of war crimes in the 2006 Lebanon War have been made by various groups and individuals, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and United Nations officials, who accused both Hezbollah and Israel of violating international humanitarian law. These have included allegations of intentional attacks on civilian populations or infrastructure, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks, the use of human shields, and the use of prohibited weapons.

Hezbollah Nature Reserves were a system of Hezbollah strongholds built in southern Lebanon between the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon 2000 and the 2006 Lebanon war. The term "Nature Reserve" was originally IDF slang and refer to the fact that they were primarily placed in the countryside away from habitation and were declared off-limits to the IDF during the war, due to fear of high casualties.

Israeli Special Forces Operations in 2006 were part of the Second Lebanon War. Several commando units of the Israel Defence Forces launched dozens of operations against Hizbullah targets in Lebanon. Most of these were never publicized and many may have consisted of intelligence-gathering probes into Lebanese territory.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Associated Press via Jerusalem Post (January 11, 2007). "Human Rights Watch raps Israel, Hizbullah, Egypt" [ permanent dead link ]. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  2. ↑ The Washington Post (September 15, 2006). "Rights Group Accuses Hezbollah of 'Indiscriminate' Killing" Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  3. ↑ International Herald Tribune (August 7, 2006). "Lebanese PM admits death toll was incorrect". Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  4. ↑ BBC News (January 17, 2007). "Israeli PM faces calls to resign". Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  5. ↑ BBC News (July 18, 2007). "Timeline: Lebanon". Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  6. ↑ Reuters (July 9, 2007). "Factbox - Costs of war and recovery in Lebanon and Israel". Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  7. ↑ "July War 2006 Timeline". Archived from the original on 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2006-10-21.
  8. ↑ "Army chief says Israel may have to confront Hezbollah attempts to re-arm". February 21, 2007
  9. ↑ The Telegraph (August 4, 2006). Teheran fund pays war compensation to Hizbollah families. Retrieved March 2, 2007
  10. ↑ Peacekeeping force won't disarm Hizbollah, The Telegraph , "A UN official estimated the deaths at 500"
  11. 1 2 "Lebanon Sees More Than 1,000 War Deaths". The Oklahoman . AP. "Israel initially said 800 Hezbollah fighters died but later lowered that estimate to 600."
  12. ↑ "Analysis: Hezbollah's recovery timetable". UPI. "Israel identified 440 dead guerrillas by name and address, ... Amidror estimated, Hezbollah's death toll might be as high as 700."
  13. 1 2 "Israel-Hizbullah conflict: Victims of rocket attacks and IDF casualties". Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  14. 1 2 "NEWSru.co.il". NEWSru.co.il.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (July 12, 2006). "Hizbullah attacks northern Israel and Israel's response". Retrieved March 5, 2007.
  16. ↑ "Israel/Lebanon Under fire: Hizbullah's attacks on northern Israel". Amnesty International. 2006-09-14.
  17. 1 2 Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. "Israel-Hizbullah conflict: Victims of rocket attacks and IDF casualties". Retrieved 9 March 2007.
  18. ↑ "MY EXPERIENCE OF THE SECOND LEBANON WAR".
  19. 1 2 "Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Lebanon pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution S-2/1, p. 26" (PDF). United Nations General Assembly. November 23, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
  20. 1 2 "Lebanon Under Siege". Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Higher Relief Council (Lebanon). November 9, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-09-27. Retrieved 2008-08-30.
  21. ↑ BBC News, "UN hails Israel's Lebanon pullout ". Retrieved January 26, 2007.
  22. ↑ Amnesty International (August 23, 2006). "Israel/Lebanon Deliberate destruction or "collateral damage"? Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure" . Retrieved January 27, 2006.
  23. ↑ Herbert Docena (August 17, 2006). "Amid the bombs, unity is forged". Asia Times Online . Archived from the original on August 31, 2006. The LCP...has itself been very close to Hezbollah and fought alongside it in the frontlines in the south. According to Hadadeh, at least 12 LCP members and supporters died in the fighting.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  24. ↑ "PFLP claims losses in IDF strike on Lebanon base". The Jerusalem Post . 2006-08-06. Archived from the original on 2012-02-03.
  25. ↑ "Naharía, la ciudad del norte israelí donde una argentina murió bajo fuego de Hezbollah" (in Spanish). Clarín. 2006-07-13.
  26. ↑ "Israeli civilian casualty was originally from Boston". AP, Boston, USA. 2006-08-02. Archived from the original on 2007-06-24.
  27. ↑ "Itamaraty confirma morte de brasileiros no Líbano" (in Portuguese). Globo.com. 2006-07-13.
  28. ↑ "Two more Brazilians killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon". People's Daily . 2006-07-19.
  29. ↑ Jad Mouawad & Steven Erlanger (July 17, 2006). "Israel Strikes Lebanon After Hezbollah Missile Attack". The New York Times. Among the dead were eight Canadians, with another six critically injured, largely from an air attack on the border town of Aitaroun, where they were vacationing, the Canadian government reported
  30. ↑ "Deutsch-libanesische Familie umgekommen". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 2006-07-14. Archived from the original on 2006-07-16.
  31. ↑ "Urlauber getötet" (in German). n-tv.de. 2006-07-15. Archived from the original on 2007-05-28.
  32. ↑ "First Indian casualty in Lebanon". The Tribune, Chandigarh, India. 2006-07-21.
  33. ↑ "Seorang WNI Tewas Kena Rudal". Suara Merdeka (in Indonesian). 2006-07-26. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-08-02.
  34. 1 2 3 "Mideast Casualties at a Glance". Associated Press. 2006-07-18.
  35. ↑ "Israel targets Lebanese air bases, Kuwaiti nationals among dead and UN prepares envoy to Region". The Daily Star . 2006-07-13.
  36. ↑ "Israel decides not to expand Lebanon offensive (Roundup)". Monsters & Critics. 2006-07-27. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29.
  37. ↑ "Two Filipinos die in Lebanon". Inq7.net. 2006-08-04.
  38. ↑ "Israel kills 33 farm workers in Lebanon air strike". Reuters. 2006-08-04.
  39. ↑ "Ukraine man in Lebanon feared killed in bombings". Kanal 5 (Ukraine). 2006-07-19.[ permanent dead link ]
  40. ↑ "Lebanon 'torn to shreds'". Al Jazeera. 2006-07-20. Archived from the original on 2006-08-19.
  41. ↑ "Lebanon shudders under deadly strikes as toll soars". AFP. 2006-07-18.[ permanent dead link ]
  42. ↑ Dozens die in fresh Lebanon raids, BBC News Wednesday, 19 July 2006
  43. ↑ "Crude Oil Rises From One-Week Low as Lebanon Conflict Continues". Bloomberg. 2006-07-19.
  44. ↑ "Annan urges Lebanon action 'now'". BBC. 2006-07-30.
  45. ↑ "WRAPUP 14-Lebanon says up to 600 killed in Israel's assault". Reuters. 2006-07-27.[ permanent dead link ]
  46. ↑ "Amnesty International report". 2006-08-23.
  47. ↑ "Israel 'to control Lebanon strip'". BBC. 2006-07-25. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015.
  48. ↑ Cody, Edward (2006-07-22). "Israeli Forces Gather at Border". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  49. ↑ "IAF strikes religious building in southern Lebanon, 4 wounded".
  50. ↑ "300 Hezbollah fighters killed: Israel" [ permanent dead link ], The Australian , August 2, 2006
  51. ↑ "Home" . Retrieved October 6, 2006.[ dead link ]
  52. ↑ "Stunning sight of militant mea culpa". Archived from the original on 2006-09-02.
  53. ↑ "Iran Is Compensating Families of Hezbollah Dead". 2006-08-04. Retrieved 2006-08-09.
  54. ↑ "Listing of all Israeli casualties in 2006 Lebanon war with photos". Israel, Prime Minister's Office.
  55. ↑ "Listing of all Israeli casualties in 2006 Lebanon war with links to corresponding reports". ynet.co.il. 2006-08-14.
  56. ↑ "Some 1,300 Israelis hurt since fighting began". Ynetnews. 2006-07-23.
  57. ↑ "The Final Winograd Commission Report, pp. 598–610 (Hebrew)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  58. 1 2 "Israel troops 'ignored' UN plea". BBC News. 2006-07-26.
  59. ↑ "Press Release (pdf)" (PDF). UNIFIL. 2006-07-26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-08-03.
  60. ↑ "Israeli bomb kills UN observers". BBC News. 2006-07-25.
  61. ↑ Sofer, Ronny (2006-07-27). "PM apologizes for UN observers' death, criticizes Annan". Ynetnews. ynetnews.com.
  62. ↑ "Israel rejects UN call for 72-hour halt in fighting; France 'regrets' decision". Haaretz. July 29, 2006.
  63. ↑ "The News International: Latest News Breaking, Pakistan News". www.thenews.com.pk.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.