Casualties of the 2006 Lebanon War
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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 Force (IDF) death toll ranges from 116 to 120, 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 532 dead Hezbollah fighters. Note that sources can be conflicting.
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[edit] Overall
[edit] Casualties of involved parties
| Entity | Civilian | Military |
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| Amal Movement | 17 dead[7] | |
 Hezbollah |
~64 reported by Hezbollah,[8] ≤500 estimated by Lebanese officials,[9] ~500 estimated by United Nations[10] ~600 estimated by IDF,[11] 440 identified by Israel and up to 700 estimated by Amidror[12]More than 700 claimed by Lebanese sources [13] | |
 Israel |
43 dead [14][15] 33 seriously wounded[16] 68 moderately wounded[16] 1,388 lightly wounded[16] 2,773 treated for shock and anxiety[16][17] |
120 dead[4] [14][15][18] ~400 wounded[19][20] |
 Lebanon |
1,191 dead[21] 4,409 injured[21] |
46 dead ~100 wounded |
 LCP |
12 dead[22] | |
 PFLP-GC |
2 dead [23] | |
 United Nations |
1 dead | 4 dead 12 wounded. See main article |
| Total | 1,233+ dead 5,089+ wounded |
438-888+ dead 512+ wounded |
[edit] Foreign civilian casualties in Israel
Argentina – 1 dead[24]
United States – 1 dead[25]- Total: 2 dead
[edit] Foreign civilian casualties in Lebanon
Brazil – 6 dead[26][27]
Canada – 8 dead; 6 wounded[28]
Germany – 4 dead[29][30]
India – 1 dead[31]
Indonesia – 1 dead[32]
Iraq – 1 dead[19]
Jordan – 1 dead[19]
Kuwait – 2 dead[33]
Nigeria – 1 dead[34]
Palestinian Authority – 3 dead; 13 wounded[35][36]
Philippines – 2 dead; 6 wounded[37]
Sri Lanka – 1 dead[19]
Syria – 17 dead[38]
Ukraine – 1 dead[39]- Total: 51 dead; 25 wounded
[edit] Lebanese
- According to various media, between 1,000 and 1,200 people are reported dead. Additionally, there have been between 480 and 1100 people wounded, and over 1,000,000 have been temporarily made refugees, with an unknown number of missing civilians in the south. [40][41][42][43][44]
- On 28 July Lebanese Health Minister Mohammad Khalifeh announced that hospitals in Lebanon had received 401 dead Lebanese people since 12 July. He also reportedly said: "On top of those victims, there are 150 to 200 bodies still under the rubble. We have not been able to pull them out because the areas they died in are still under fire".[45]
- Hezbollah acknowledges 49 killed. [46][47] IDF Chief of Staff Lt. General Dan Halutz has claimed that close to 100 Hezbollah fighters have been killed at 22 July, in land fighting in South Lebanon.[48] IDF claimed the killing of more than 300 Hezbollah fighters (which Hezbollah denied) as of August 1. [49]
- The Kuwait Times reported that Hezbollah has buried over 700 fighters with more to follow, August 30.[50]
- The Australian reports that Israel has the names of over 430 Hezbollah fighters it killed and estimates total Hezbollah dead at over 800, August 29.(Abraham Rabinovich recently reported in the Washington Times on Sept. 27 that Israel now had 532 names.) [51]
A report[52] on August 4th, documenting Iran's financial help to the families of Hezbollah fighters, claimed Hezbollah has already lost 500 men, plus 1500 wounded. The report said, that the wounded are being treated in Syria to make the wounded harder to count.
- As of 8/5, The American University of Beirut Medical Center, the largest and most important hospital in Lebanon, has only enough power to continue operations for a week. A shipment of fuel from the oil tanker Aphrodite is awaiting in the Mediterranean but does not have written assurance of safe passage.[5]
- According to the Lebanese government's "Council for Development and Reconstruction" the Lebanese damage incurred amounted to US $3.5 billion: US $2 billion for buildings and US $1.5 billion for infrastructure. [53]
[edit] Israeli
- According to Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 119 [14][15] Israeli soldiers have been killed (including one pilot, killed in a collision between two helicopters, and two in another helicopter crash, also four servicemen were killed after INS Hanit was hit), nine more wounded.
- According to Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 43 [14][15] civilians have been killed, out of which 18 were Israeli Arabs[54][55], while another 418 civilians were treated in hospitals, 19 of whom were seriously injured, and another 875 treated for shock.[56] Many civilians have left their homes in northern Israel and went south.[citation needed]
- $1.6 billion cost to the Israeli economy
- The war cost Israel $5.3 billion
- Northern Israeli businesses lost $1.4 billion
- Estimated compensation to be given to the population of northern Israel is $335.4 million
- Israel plans to given $460 million to local governments and emergency services in northern Israel
- 630 factories in Israel were closed
- Israel lost 1.5 percent in GDP
- 300,000 Israelis were displaced
- Over 1 million Israelis lived in bomb shelters
- 6,000 homes were hit by rockets
- Israel's forests are expected to recover in 50-60 years
- 6,178 of grazing land in Israel was burned
- 618 acres of natural or planted forests were burned
[edit] Foreign nationals
- An Indonesian migrant worker in Lebanon was killed on 11 July due to Israel missile attack.[57]
- Seven Canadian members of a Lebanese family from Montreal, including four children, were killed and six severely injured by an Israeli attack on Aitaroun in South Lebanon on 16 July. An eighth member of the family died later from injuries sustained in the blast.[58]
- A family of four Brazilians, including two children, was killed in the Israeli bombings in Srifa,[59] drawing condemnation from foreign relations minister Celso Amorim.[60] Another Brazilian child was killed in an Israeli strike in Tallousa.[61]
- Four members of a German-Lebanese family, including two minors, from Mönchengladbach, Germany were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Chehour in southern Lebanon while on vacation.[62][63]
- The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry has reported that two Kuwaiti nationals have been killed by Israeli bombing.[64]
- One Sri Lankan the source indicates they are UNIFIL civilian staff, and there is no evidence that a second Nigerian couple was killed in an Israeli bombing.[19]
- One Iraqi was killed by Israeli bombing.[19]
- One Jordanian was killed when Israeli missiles hit trucks near Zahleh in the mountains above the eastern Bekaa Valley.[19]
- A Brazilian businessman was killed in an IAF missile attack on a factory he owned in Lebanon.[65]
- A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli bombing that hit a Palestinian refugee camp at Rashidiyeh. [66]
- An Argentine woman who recently immigrated to Israel died 13 July in a Hezbollah rocket attack on Nahariya, Israel.[67]
- A Nigerian domestic worker was killed during an airstrike as he rode his motorbike south of Tyre on 27 July in an Israeli air raid.[68]
- An Indian glass factory worker in Lebanon, Devendra Kumar Swain was killed on 21 July by an Israeli bombing.[69]
[edit] 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,[70] which killed four UNTSO unarmed observers (Austrian, Canadian, Chinese and Finnish).[71] Diplomats familiar with the probe say that the strike was carried out with a precision-guided missile.[70]
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."[72] 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".[73]
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.[74]
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[6]. Few days before two civilians were killed.
[edit] See also
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- Arab-Israeli conflict
- United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon - UNIFIL (1978-current)
- Arab-Israeli conflict facts, figures, and statistics
- 2006 Qana airstrike
- Attacks on United Nations personnel during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
- Targeting of civilian areas in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Associated Press via Jerusalem Post (January 11, 2007). "Human Rights Watch raps Israel, Hizbullah, Egypt". Retrieved August 4, 2007.
- ^ Washington Post (September 15, 2006). "Rights Group Accuses Hezbollah of 'Indiscriminate' Killing"Retrieved Augsut 4, 2007.
- ^ International Herald Tribune (August 7, 2006). "Lebanese PM admits death toll was incorrect". Retrieved August 4, 2007.
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- ^ "Lebanon Sees More Than 1,000 War Deaths", AP via MyUstinet. "Israel initially said 800 Hezbollah fighters died but later lowered that estimate to 600."
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[edit] External links
- Over 1200 Lebanese killed, 120 israeli soldiers
- Israel Casualties, Ynetnews
- www.lebanon-israel.info An ongoing discussion on the Lebanon-Israel conflict
[edit] More background
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