Palestinian casualties of war

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 British Empire, Arab rioters. Not applicable 4 4 23 31
Jaffa riots British Empire British Army, Arab rioters. unknown unknown 48 73 121
1929 Palestine riots British Empire, 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 Empire British Army, Haganah, Arab High Command.[2] 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 Empire British Army, Army of the Holy War, Arab Liberation Army, Irgun, Haganah, Palmach. 400–600[3] 200–300[4] At least 720[3] 1,171 1,800

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

1948–2021

Total casualties for this period 63,543, including 31,227 fatalities.

Timeline chart

Palestinians killed.[36]

See also

References

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  2. The 1936 Riots. Jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
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  5. Morris 2008, pp. 404–406.
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  7. Henry 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.
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  15. Pollack (2002), pp. 331–332
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  21. Osprey Men-At-Arms series, 1985
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  27. Collaborators , One Year Al-Aqsa Intifada , Fact Sheets And Figures Archived 6 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Phrmg.org.
  28. Fatalities in the first Intifada | B'Tselem. Btselem.org.
  29. ICT Middleastern Conflict Statistics Project Archived 3 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. 212.150.54.123 (1 January 2005).
  30. Fatalities | B'Tselem Archived 5 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Btselem.org.
  31. "Over 600 Palestinians killed in internal clashes since 2006". Ynetnews. Ynet. 6 June 2007.
  32. Archived 1 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  33. "New Israeli Airstrikes Kill 3 in Gaza". 12 March 2012.
  34. Report 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.
  35. staff, T. O. I. "After eight days of fighting, ceasefire is put to the test". The Times of Israel.
  36. "Data on casualties". United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - occupied Palestinian territory (OCHAoPt). United Nations. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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