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	<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/suicide2.html</ref> More than 800 Israelis have been killed and 2,000 wounded by suicide bombings since the ].
			Over 1,100<ref>http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/terrorism_2006e.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Peace/aksagraph.html</ref> suicide bombing plots were thwarted by the ] between the year 2000 and 2006.<ref>http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/suicide2.html</ref> More than 800 Israelis have been killed and 2,000 wounded by suicide bombings since the ].

	== Wars ranked by total deaths ==		== Wars ranked by total deaths ==

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Casualties suffered by Israel in war or conflict:


Conflicts prior to Israel's independence	Military deaths	Civilian deaths	Total deaths	Military and/or Civilian wounded	Total casualties
1920 Jerusalem riots	0	5	5	216	221
1921 Jaffa riots	0	47	47	146	193
1929 Palestine riots	0	133	133	339	472
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine	0	415+	415	1,200+	1,615
Palestine Civil War	895	408	1,303+	2,000	3,303


Conflict	Military deaths	Civilian deaths	Total deaths	Military and/or Civilian wounded	Total casualties
1948 Arab-Israeli War	4,100	2,400	6,500	15,000	21,500
1951-1955 fedayeen attacks	Unknown	Unknown	967	900	1,867
1956-1967 fedayeen attacks	Unknown	Unknown	178	At least 1,574	1,752+
1968-1987 fedayeen attacks	Unknown	Unknown	567	Unknown	Unknown
Suez Crisis	231	None	231	899	1,130
Samu Incident	1	0	1	10	11
Six-Day War	983	None	983	4,517	5,500
War of Attrition	1,424	127	1,551	2,700	4,248
Battle of Karameh	28	None	28	68	96
Operation Spring of Youth	2	None	2	None	2
Yom Kippur War	2,656	None	2,656	9,000	11,656
Operation Entebbe	1	4	5	15	20
1978 South Lebanon conflict	20	None	20	None	20
1982 Lebanon War	675	50	725	6,500,	7,225
South Lebanon conflict (1982–2000) including 1993 Lebanon war and 1996 Lebanon war	546	90	636	1,200	1,836
2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict	16	7	23	19	42
First Intifada 1987-1993	60	100	160	500	660
Gulf War	0	2	2	230	232
Palestinian terrorism 1993-2000	170	99	269	400	669
Second Intifada 2000-2008 including 2004 Israel–Gaza conflict, 2006 Israel–Gaza conflict, and 2007–2008 Israel–Gaza conflict	335	727	1,062	7,462	8,524
2006 Lebanon War	121	44	165	2,067	2,237
Gaza War	10	3	13	518	531
Gaza War–present Palestinian violence	4	5	9	2	11+


Terrorism and other attacks 1968-1987	Military deaths (including foreigners)	Civilian deaths (including foreigners)	Total deaths	Military and/or Civilian wounded	Total casualties
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine attacks Athens Airport following the Hijacking of El Al Flight 426.	0	1	1	1	2
September 1968 Tel Aviv bombings	0	1	1	71	72
November 1968 Mahaneh Yehuda car bomb attack	0	12	12	52	64
February 1969 Jerusalem bombing	0	2	2	20	22
October 1969 Haifa apartment bombings	0	4	4	20	24
February 1970 El Al bus attack	0	1	1	8	9
February 13th 1970 Swissair attack	0	47	47	unknown	47+
1970 Avivim school bus massacre	0	12	12	25	37
Dawson's Field hijackings	0	0	0	1	1
1971 bombing Ben Yehuda attack	0	0	0	0	0
Hijacking of Sabena Flight 572	5	0	5	1	6
1972 Lod Airport massacre	0	26	26	~80 non-Israelis	106+
1972 Munich massacre	1	11	12	0	12
Ma'alot massacre	0	27	27	78	105
Kiryat Shmona massacre	0	18	18	Unknown	18+
1974 bombing Ben Yehuda attack	0	0	0	13	13
Savoy hotel attack	3	8	11	Unknown	Unknown
1975 Ben Yehuda attack	0	15	15	77	92
April 1976 bombing Ben Yehuda attack	0	0	0	0	0
1976 bombing Ben Yehuda attack	0	0	0	33	33
Coastal Road massacre	1	38	39	71	110+
1979 bombing Ben Yehuda attack	0	1	1	13	14
Nahariya attack	1	5	6	Unknown	Unknown
1980 Misgav-Am attack	1	4	5	15	25
1981 bombing Ben Yehuda attack	0	0	0	1	1
1984 bus 300 incident	0	1	1	7	8
1984 bombing Ben Yehuda attack	0	0	0	0	0
1985 Egypt Air attack	0	2	2	0	2
1987 Northern Border attack	6	0	6	8	14


Terrorist attacks against Israeli diplomatic missions	Israeli deaths	Foreigner deaths	Total deaths	Israeli and/or foreigner wounded	Total casualties
1969 Israel embassies attack	0	0	0	3	3
1970 Israeli Consulate attack in Asuncion	1	0	1	1	2
1971 Israeli Consul assassination	1	0	1	0	0
1972 Israeli Embassy attack in Brussels	0	0	0	1	1
1972 Israeli Embassy employee attack	1	0	1	0	0
1972 Israeli Embassy attack in Bangkok	0	0	0	0	0
1973 Israeli Embassy Air Force Attache attack in Washington	1	0	1	0	0
1979 Israeli Ambassador assassination attempt in Lisbon	1	0	1	3	4
1981 Israeli Embassy attack in Vienna	0	0	0	1	1
1982 Israeli Embassy Attache assassination in Paris	1	0	1	0	0
1982 Israeli Ambassador assassination in London	0	0	0	1	1
1982 Israeli Embassy Charge d'Affaires kidnapping attempt in Malta	0	0	0	1	1
1982 Israeli Embassy attack in Quito	0	2	2	1	3
1982 Israeli Embassy attack in Sydney	0	0	0	2	2
1984 Israeli Embassy attack in Cairo	0	0	0	1	1
1984 Israeli Embassy Interest Section Chief attack in Colombo	0	0	0	0	0
1984 Israeli Embassy attack in Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0
1985 Israeli Embassy employee attack in Cairo	1	0	1	2	3
1986 Israeli Embassy employee attack in Cairo	1	0	1	3	4
1988 Israeli Embassy attack in Manila	0	0	0	0	0
1988 Israeli Embassy failed attack in Nicosia	0	Several policeman	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
1992 Israeli Embassy employee assassination in Ankara	1	0	1	0	0
1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires	4	25	29	242	271
1994 Israeli Embassy attack in Bangkok	0	1	1	0	0
1994 Israeli Embassy Attack in London	0	0	0	20	20
1997 Israeli Embassy attack in Amman	0	0	0	2	2
1998 Israeli Embassy failed attack in Brussels	0	0	0	0	0
1999 Israeli Consulate attack in Berlin	0	0	0	0	0
2004 Tashkent Israeli embassy bombing	1	4	5	5+	10+
2008 Nouakchott Israeli embassy bombing	0	0	0	3	3

Israel casualties since 1948

In addition to the seven major wars, 9,745 soldiers and security forces personnel have been killed in "miscellaneous engagements and terrorist attacks", which includes security forces members killed during military operations, by fighting crime, traffic or labor accidents and disabled veterans whose disabilities contributed to their deaths. Between 1948 and 1997, 20,093 Israeli soldiers were killed in combat, 75,000 Israelis have been wounded, and nearly 100,000 Israelis are considered disabled army veterans. On the other hand, in 2009 Yom Hazikaron, Israel honored the memory of 22,570 soldiers killed since 1860 in the line of duty for the independence, preservation and protection of the nation, and 1,723 civilian terror victims. The memorial roll, in addition to IDF members deceased, also include fallen members of the Shin Bet security service, the Mossad intelligence service, the Israel Police, the Border Police, the Israel Prisons Service, other Israeli security forces, the pre-state Jewish underground, and the Jewish Brigade and the Jewish Legion (which served alongside British forces in World War II and World War I respectively).

Palestinian violence

According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Anti-Defamation League, a total of 1,188 Israelis and foreigners were killed and 7,000 wounded between September 2000 and March 2010 by Palestinian terror attacks; while more than 3,500 Israelis have been killed and 25,000 have been wounded as a result of Palestinian violence since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948.

Suicide Bombings

Main article: List of Palestinian suicide attacks

From 1993-2003, 303 Palestinian suicide bombers attacked Israel. More than 80% of all suicide bombings occurred after the year 2000. 55% of all suicide attacks were deemed "successful" - that is, resulted in killing themselves and others. Despite successful suicide bombings constituted less than 0.5% of Palestinian attacks during Second Intifada (2000-2005), approximately 50% of all Israeli fatalities in this period were killed by suicide bombings.

2000


Successful suicide bombing attacks	Killed	Wounded
4	6	10

2001


Successful suicide bombing attacks	Killed	Wounded
35	94	323

2002


Successful suicide bombing attacks	Killed	Wounded
60	237	119

2003


Successful suicide bombing attacks	Killed	Wounded
26	144	105

2004


Successful suicide bombing attacks	Killed	Wounded
19	73	172

2005


Successful suicide bombing attacks	Killed	Wounded
7	32	63

2006


Successful suicide bombing attacks	Killed	Wounded
6	15	31

Over 1,100 suicide bombing plots were thwarted by the Israeli Defense Forces between the year 2000 and 2006. More than 800 Israelis have been killed and 2,000 wounded by suicide bombings since the first intifada.

Wars ranked by total deaths

Casualties during the British occupation of Palestine

Following the White Paper of 1939, the British government prohibited Jewish immigration to Palestine. The British denied the Jews safe haven from Nazi atrocities they so desperately needed at the time. European Jews were anxious for ways to leave Europe, but for the most part there were few options. No countries were willing to take Jewish immigrants. However, some Eastern European states were willing to give transit visas. During World War 2, many countries denied or severely limited Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust, and Palestine was one of the few destinations available.

In post-Holocaust Europe, the 1,000,000 Jewish survivors were classified as "non-raptrifiable" by the Austrian and German government. In other words, Jews were not "officially allowed to leave the countries of Central and East Europe" by the allied powers, nor were they permitted to settle in Palestine by the British.

Tens of thousands of Jewish refugees perished en route from European ports to Palestine, and over 30,000 holocaust survivors who successfully immigrated were interned by the British in POW camps. Many immigrant ships were sunk during the British blockade.

Note: Graph is not comprehensive