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.
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 | Jewish civilians Arab civilians | 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 | ![]()
NDF (from 1937)
Central Committee of National Jihad in Palestine (October 1937 – 1939)
| British 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 | 400–600 [2] [ better source needed ] | 200–300 [3] | At least 720 [2] [ 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 Palestine war, also known as the Nakba [4] [5] | ![]() (before 14 May 1948) ![]() (after 14 May 1948) Before 26 May 1948: After 26 May 1948: Foreign volunteers: ![]() (before 15 May 1948) ![]() (after 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 situations [10] | 3,000-13 000 (The higher figure indicate missing and presumed death, though not known to have died in combat situation) [11] [12] | 3,000? [4] | c.|
Palestinian Fedayeen insurgency [13] [14] [15] [16] | ![]() Supported by:
| 2,700–5,000 | unknown | 2,800–5,000+ | 500 (at least) | 3,200–5,000 |
Qibya massacre [17] | ![]() | unknown | 42 | 42 | unknown | 42 |
Battle of Karameh [18] | ![]() | 156 | 0 | 156 | 100 | 256 |
War of Attrition [19] [ better source needed ] | ![]() | 100 (at least) | unknown | 100 | unknown | 100+ |
Black September [22] [23] | ![]() ![]() ![]() | 3,400 | unknown | 3,400 | unknown | 3,400 |
1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon | ![]() | 100+ | 0 | 100+ | unknown | 100+ |
Lebanese Civil War [24] [25] |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jammoul (1982–1990)
Islamic Unification Movement (from 1982)
List
| 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 [27] | unknown | unknown | 5,000–8,000 [31] 15,000–20,000 [32] [33] | 30,000 [32] [33] | 15,000-20,000 [32] [33] | |
War of the Camps [34] [35] | ![]() Supported by:
Supported by: | 2,000 killed by Amal, 3,000+ killed by other Palestinians | unknown, heavy | 5,000+ | unknown, heavy | 8,000+ |
First Intifada [36] [37] | ![]() | 1,000 killed by Israel security forces, 1,000 killed by other Palestinians | unknown | 2,000 (at least) | unknown, heavy | 2,000+ |
Second Intifada [38] [39] | ![]() | 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 [40] |
| 248 | 98 (at least) | 600 | 1,000 wounded | 1,600 |
Gaza War (2008–2009) [53] | 491–709, disputed | 295–962 | 1,166–1,417 | 5,303 | 6,400–6,700 | |
March 2012 Gaza–Israel clashes [54] | 18 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 45 | |
2012 Gaza War [55] [56] | ![]() | 67–120 | 109 | 174–177 | unknown | |
2014 Gaza War | 693 | 1617 | 2310 | unknown | ||
2021 Israel–Palestine crisis | Jewish Israeli protesters Protesters in Israel and Palestine
| 275 | ||||
Gaza war | ![]() ![]() Israeli allies:
| 35,562 [72] | 81,420 [73] |
Total casualties for this period 144,963, including 66,789 fatalities.
This Jewish-Druze partnership was often referred to as a "covenant of blood," in recognition of the common military yoke carried by the two peoples for the security of the country.
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