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.
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]
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]
According to various media, between 1,000 and 1,200 people are reported dead. Additionally, there were between 480 and 1,100 people wounded, and over 1,000,000 were 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]
As of 5 August, The American University of Beirut Medical Center, the largest and most important hospital in Lebanon, had only enough power to continue operations for a week.
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.[46]
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Hezbollah acknowledges 49 killed.[47][48] 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.[49] IDF claimed the killing of more than 300 Hezbollah fighters (which Hezbollah denied) as of August 1.[50]
The Kuwait Times reported that Hezbollah has buried over 700 fighters with more to follow, August 30.[51]
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.)[52]
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.
According to Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 43[13][14] 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]
$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
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-GeneralKofi 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.
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^The Washington Post (September 15, 2006). "Rights Group Accuses Hezbollah of 'Indiscriminate' Killing" Retrieved August 4, 2007.
^International Herald Tribune (August 7, 2006). "Lebanese PM admits death toll was incorrect". Retrieved August 4, 2007.
^BBC News (January 17, 2007). "Israeli PM faces calls to resign". Retrieved August 4, 2007.
^Reuters (July 9, 2007). "Factbox - Costs of war and recovery in Lebanon and Israel". Retrieved August 4, 2007.
^. Archived from the original on 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2006-10-21.
^"Army chief says Israel may have to confront Hezbollah attempts to re-arm". February 21, 2007
^The Telegraph (August 4, 2006). . Retrieved March 2, 2007
^, The Telegraph, "A UN official estimated the deaths at 500"
^ ab"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."
^"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."
^ ab"Israel-Hizbullah conflict: Victims of rocket attacks and IDF casualties". Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
^ ab(PDF). United Nations General Assembly. November 23, 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
^ ab. 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.
^Amnesty International (August 23, 2006). "Israel/Lebanon Deliberate destruction or "collateral damage"? Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure" . Retrieved January 27, 2006.
^Herbert Docena (August 17, 2006). . 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)
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^"Naharía, la ciudad del norte israelí donde una argentina murió bajo fuego de Hezbollah" (in Spanish). Clarín. 2006-07-13.
^"Israeli civilian casualty was originally from Boston". AP, Boston, USA. 2006-08-02. Archived from the original on 2007-06-24.
^"Itamaraty confirma morte de brasileiros no Líbano" (in Portuguese). Globo.com. 2006-07-13.
^"Two more Brazilians killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon". People's Daily. 2006-07-19.
^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
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^"Urlauber getötet" (in German). n-tv.de. 2006-07-15. Archived from the original on 2007-05-28.
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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 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 1 Overall 1 1 Casualties of involved parties 1 2 Foreign civilian casualties in Israel 1 3 Foreign civilian casualties in Lebanon 2 Lebanese 2 1 Hezbollah 3 Israeli 4 United Nations 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksOverall editCasualties of involved parties edit Entity Civilian Military nbsp Amal Movement 20 dead 7 nbsp 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 nbsp 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 nbsp 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 nbsp LCP 15 dead 23 nbsp PFLP GC 2 dead 24 nbsp United Nations 1 dead 5 dead125 wounded See main articleTotal 1 233 dead including militants 5 089 wounded 438 888 dead512 woundedForeign civilian casualties in Israel edit nbsp Argentina 1 dead 25 nbsp United States 1 dead 26 Total 2 deadForeign civilian casualties in Lebanon edit nbsp Brazil 6 dead 27 28 nbsp Canada 8 dead 6 wounded 29 nbsp Germany 4 dead 30 31 nbsp India 1 dead 32 nbsp Indonesia 1 dead 33 nbsp Iraq 1 dead 34 nbsp Jordan 1 dead 34 nbsp Kuwait 2 dead 35 nbsp Nigeria 1 dead 36 nbsp Philippines 2 dead 6 wounded 37 nbsp Sri Lanka 1 dead 34 nbsp Syria 17 dead 38 nbsp Ukraine 1 dead 39 Total 51 dead 25 woundedLebanese editAccording to various media between 1 000 and 1 200 people are reported dead Additionally there were between 480 and 1 100 people wounded and over 1 000 000 were 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 As of 5 August The American University of Beirut Medical Center the largest and most important hospital in Lebanon had only enough power to continue operations for a week 1 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 46 Hezbollah edit Hezbollah acknowledges 49 killed 47 48 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 49 IDF claimed the killing of more than 300 Hezbollah fighters which Hezbollah denied as of August 1 50 The Kuwait Times reported that Hezbollah has buried over 700 fighters with more to follow August 30 51 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 52 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 editA total of 121 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 According to Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs 43 13 14 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 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 2 50 km2 of natural or planted forests were burnedIsraeli military and civilian Casualties in the 2006 Lebanese war 57 Soldiers Civilians Rockets firedKilled Wounded Captured Killed Wounded on Israel12 July 8 4 2 2 2213 July 2 2 67 12514 July 4 2 2 19 10315 July 4 16 10016 July 17 8 77 4717 July 28 9218 July 1 1 21 13619 July 2 15 2 18 11620 July 5 8 16 3421 July 1 3 52 9722 July 7 35 12923 July 2 45 9424 July 4 27 17 11125 July 10 2 60 10126 July 8 31 1 32 16927 July 6 38 10928 July 10 19 11129 July 7 10 8630 July 8 81 15631 July 12 25 61 August 3 12 42 August 1 41 1 88 2303 August 4 22 8 76 2134 August 3 25 3 97 1945 August 2 70 4 59 1706 August 12 35 4 150 1897 August 3 35 12 1858 August 6 74 10 1369 August 15 186 36 16610 August 2 123 2 21 15511 August 1 76 26 12312 August 24 131 24 6413 August 9 203 1 105 21714 August 37 215 August 2Total 119 1244 2 43 1384 3990United Nations editMain article International incidents during the 2006 Lebanon War 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 editArab Israeli conflict United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon UNIFIL 1978 present 2006 Qana airstrike Allegations of war crimes in the 2006 Lebanon WarReferences edit a b c Associated Press via Jerusalem Post January 11 2007 Human Rights Watch raps Israel Hizbullah Egypt permanent dead link Retrieved August 4 2007 The Washington Post September 15 2006 Rights Group Accuses Hezbollah of Indiscriminate Killing Retrieved August 4 2007 International Herald Tribune August 7 2006 Lebanese PM admits death toll was incorrect Retrieved August 4 2007 BBC News January 17 2007 Israeli PM faces calls to resign Retrieved August 4 2007 BBC News July 18 2007 Timeline Lebanon Retrieved August 4 2007 Reuters July 9 2007 Factbox Costs of war and recovery in Lebanon and Israel Retrieved August 4 2007 July War 2006 Timeline Archived from the original on 2010 12 10 Retrieved 2006 10 21 Army chief says Israel may have to confront Hezbollah attempts to re arm February 21 2007 The Telegraph August 4 2006 Teheran fund pays war compensation to Hizbollah families Retrieved March 2 2007 Peacekeeping force won t disarm Hizbollah The Telegraph A UN official estimated the deaths at 500 a b 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 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 a b Israel Hizbullah conflict Victims of rocket attacks and IDF casualties 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