Israeli Casualties in Battle

A total of 22,570 men and women have been killed defending the land of Israel since 1860, the year that the first Jewish settlers left the secure walls of Jerusalem to build new Jewish neighborhoods. Over the course of the year between Remembrance Day 2008 and Remembrance Day 2009, another 133 members of the security forces - police, IDF, Border Police, Israel Security Agency and other organizations - were killed in the service of the state.

War Of Independence (1947-49)	6,373
1956 War	231
1967 War	776
War of Attrition (1968-70)	1,424
1973 War	2,688
Lebanon War (1982-85)	1,216
Palestinian War (2000-2005)	328
Hizballah War (2006)	117
Operation Cast Lead (2008-2009)	10
Miscellaneous engagements and terrorist attacks (through April 2009)	9,407
Total	22,570*

*This number includes disabled IDF veterans who later died from their wounds and non- IDF personnel who fell in the line of duty.

There are 17,967 members of bereaved families, as follows:

3,285 widows

4,457 single bereaved parents

4,029 bereaved parents (couples) - 8,058 individuals

2,167 orphans

There are 79,239 disabled veterans.

The total population of bereaved families and disabled IDF veterans cared for by the Defense Ministry Rehabilitation department numbers is currently 97,206.

Sources: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel Government Press Office, IDF and other Israeli sources.