The 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon: the casualties

Abstract

Editor's note: An accurate accounting of the Palestinian and Lebanese casualties is impossible. Lebanese police estimates are, at best, estimates. Because of the dangers and the abdication of authority by the Lebanese government in the war zones, the police force was con spicuous by its absence. The figures given here should be contrasted with those given by Mr Yasser Arafat, Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee, at the Arab Summit conference in September 1982. These are: 49,600 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians killed and wounded; 5,300fighters killed and wounded; 6,000 missing.