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Israel Defense Forces: Military Casualties in Arab-Israeli Wars

(1948 - 1973)

Israeli War of Independence
(1948-1949)

State
Entry
Exit
Total Forces
Losses
Egypt
1948
1949
300,000
2,000
Israel
1948
1949
140,000
6,373
Jordan
1948
1949
60,000
1,000
Syria
1948
1949
300,000
1,000

Sinai Campaign
(1956)

State
Entry
Exit
Total Forces
Losses
Britain
1956
1956
2,000
22
Egypt
1956
1956
300,000
3,000
France
1956
1956
1,000
10
Israel
1956
1956
175,000
231

Six Day War
(1967)

State
Entry
Exit
Total Forces
Losses
Egypt
1967
1967
400,000
11,500
Iraq
1967
1967
250,000
2,000
Israel
1967
1967
200,000
776
Jordan
1967
1967
60,000
6,094
Syria
1967
1967
300,000
1,000

War of Attrition
(1969-1970)

State
Entry
Exit
Total Forces
Losses
Israel
1969
1970
 
1,424

Yom Kippur War (1973)

State
Entry
Exit
Total Forces
Losses
Egypt
1973
1973
400,000
15,000
Iraq
1973
1973
400,000
125
Israel
1973
1973
200,000
2,688
Jordan
1973
1973
60,000
23
Syria
1973
1973
350,000
3,500
Saudi Arabia 1973 1973   100
Morocco 1973 1973   200

*Note that Israeli figures are actual casualties in battle. Figures for the Arab armies are estimates.


Sources: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Israel Government Press Office.
IDF.
OnWar.com.
Casualties Of Mideast Wars, Los Angeles Times, (March 8, 1991)

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