Sources

This site collects the documented number of Palestinians killed since 1948 and the names of the people behind the numbers. Data is refreshed automatically several times a day from public sources. We do not add or change any figure: every number comes from the source named next to it.

Since 7 October 2023

• Tech for Palestine — Gaza Ministry of Health daily reports and names list; West Bank figures from UN OCHA and the Palestinian Ministry of Health

From 1948 until today

Nakba (1947-49 war, expulsions and massacres) 1947–1949

• Aref al-Aref, al-Nakba (vol.6), via Rashid Khalidi, Palestinian Identity (1997) — 13,000 Palestinian dead; al-Aref lists names, dates and places for 1,953 of them (al-Aref's 13,000 includes fighters; his grand total of 16,721 adds Arab army dead)
• Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Nakba 71st anniversary press release (13 May 2019) — more than 15,000 martyred in more than 70 massacres; 800,000 of 1.4 million displaced; 774 localities seized, 531 destroyed (Official Palestinian figure)
• Henry Laurens, La question de Palestine (2005) p.194; Caplan (2019) p.114; Mattar, Encyclopedia of the Palestinians (2005) p.329 — 13,000-16,000 (Range as summarised in Wikipedia's Nakba infobox citing these works; books not checked directly)
• UN Conciliation Commission for Palestine, General Progress Report (Sept 1949) — 711,000 refugees outside Israel (displacement) (About one-quarter of ~160,000 Arabs remaining in Israel were additionally internal refugees (Wikipedia summary))
• Benny Morris, Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited (2004), introduction — 600,000-760,000 displaced Nov 1947-Oct 1950 (displacement)
• UNRWA 1949 final estimate via Morris (2004) p.602 — 726,000 refugees; 914,000 registered (inflated rolls) (displacement)
• Abu-Laban & Bakan (2022) p.511 via Wikipedia — about 750,000 (over 80% of Arabs in what became Israel); over 500 villages and 11 towns depopulated (displacement)
• Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) & BADIL, 'Ruling Palestine' (May 2005), p.34 comparison table — depopulated localities: Morris 369, Khalidi 418, Abu Sitta 531 (Counts differ by inclusion criteria (towns, Bedouin tribes))
• Walid Khalidi (ed.), All That Remains (IPS, 1992) — 418 depopulated villages
• Saleh Abdel Jawad, 'Zionist Massacres' (2007), in Israel and the Palestinian Refugees (Springer) — 68 villages with indiscriminate killing of prisoners/civilians

Killings at the armistice lines and raids 1949–1956

• Benny Morris, Israel's Border Wars 1949-1956 (OUP 1993), as reviewed by Avi Shlaim, LRB 16/16 (1994) — 2,700-5,000 infiltrators killed 1949-56, the great majority unarmed (Covers Arab infiltrators on all fronts, overwhelmingly Palestinian refugees; Morris: >90% of infiltration economically/socially motivated)
• Jordanian government claim (via UNISPAL S/635/Rev.1 context) — 629 killed and injured from Israeli incursions 1949-53 (Jordan only)

Kafr Qasim massacre 1956–1956

• Israeli military court verdict (1958) / Wikipedia summary — 48 killed (19 men, 6 women, 23 children); 49 counting an unborn child (Border Police; perpetrators convicted and sentenced to 7-17 years)
• Arabic Wikipedia victims table, from 'Kafr Qasem: Past, Present and Future' (Kafr Qasem municipality site) — 49 names with age and marital status

Occupation of Gaza 1956–57 1956–1957

• UNRWA Director, Special Report 1 Nov - mid-Dec 1956, UN doc A/3212/Add.1 (GAOR 11th session, Suppl. 14A) — named lists: Khan Yunis 275 + Rafah 111 + 66 in smaller incidents 1-21 Nov = 452 (UNRWA says lists could not be individually verified and are 'unlikely' ever complete)

Attack on al-Samu 1966–1966

• Wikipedia summary of Jordanian/UN figures — 3 civilians killed, 96 wounded; 16 Jordanian military killed, 54 wounded

1967 war (the Naksa) 1967–1967

• Akevot Institute / Adam Raz investigation (Haaretz), reported by Anadolu Agency 5 Jun 2026 — ~300,000 expelled/displaced (WB, Gaza, Golan); nearly 150 Palestinians killed attempting to return from Jordan by early Sept 1967
• Bowker (2003) p.81 via Wikipedia 'Naksa' — 280,000-325,000 displaced from WB and Gaza
• David McDowall (1989) p.84 — by Dec 1967: 245,000 fled WB/Gaza to Jordan, 11,000 Gaza to Egypt; 145,000 were 1948 refugees displaced again
• PCBS Nakba press release 2019 — more than 200,000 displaced after 1967 war (mostly to Jordan)
• UNRWA figure quoted by Jeremy Bowen, Six Days (2003) — 413,000 displaced (Includes Golan/Syrian displaced? scope unclear)

Occupation years 1967–87 1967–1987

• Neve Gordon (Ben-Gurion Univ.), 'How Israel's occupation has changed in the past 20 years', HNN (2008); Israel's Occupation (UC Press 2008) — an estimated 650 Palestinians killed in WB and Gaza in the first two decades after 1967 (Same author: ~2,140 killed by Israeli security forces 1967-Sept 2000 (The Nation))

Land Day 1976–1976

• BBC News, 'Remembering Land Day' (2001) — about 100 wounded, hundreds arrested
• Jerusalem Post (Halpern) / Haaretz (Khouri 2008) via Wikipedia — 6 unarmed Arab demonstrators killed
• Parlmany.com (30 Mar 2024), names list — 6 named; 49 wounded; ~300 arrested
• Adalah, Land Day statement — 6 killed

First Intifada 1987–1993

• B'Tselem, Fatalities in the first Intifada (table; archived 2023-12-31) — OPT: 1,070 killed by Israeli security forces (237 minors <17) + 54 by Israeli civilians (13 minors); inside Green Line: 17 by security forces + 21 by civilians; total 1,162 (9 Dec 1987-13 Sep 1993) (Sum computed from yearly rows; table saved as parts/btselem_first_intifada_table.csv)
• Same B'Tselem table, Wayback snapshot — as above (Live site blocks scripted access (Deflect); snapshot fetched OK)
• Rami Nasrallah, 'The First and Second Palestinian Intifadas' (in Newman & Peters eds.) — 1,204 (or 1,284) killed by Israeli army; 241/332 children
• Avi Kober, Small Wars & Insurgencies 16/2 (2005) — 1,962 Palestinian dead (all causes, likely incl. intra-Palestinian)
• Sumantra Bose, Contested Lands (2007) p.243 — Dec 1987-Jun 1991: 120,000 injured, 15,000 arrested, 1,882 homes demolished
• Donald Neff, WRMEA (Dec 1997) — tens of thousands arrested (57,000 to 120,000 cited)
• Rädda Barnen (Swedish Save the Children), via Mearsheimer & Walt, LRB 2006 — 23,600-29,900 children treated for beating injuries in first 2 years
• Catignani (2008) p.81, citing AP and IDF — 771 (AP) to 942 (IDF) Palestinians killed by Palestinians as suspected collaborators (Intra-Palestinian; NOT included in killed figures)

Oslo years 1993–2000 1993–2000

• B'Tselem - Fatalities in the first Intifada (table runs to 28.9.2000) — 389 (Sum of B'Tselem rows 14.9.93-31.12.93 through ' 2000 until 28.9': Palestinians killed in the OT by Israeli security forces 306 (minors <17: 44), by Israeli civilians 61 (minors: 10; includes the 29 killed in the Ibrahimi Mosque 1994); inside the Green Line by Israeli security forces 16, by Israeli civilians 6. Yearly ISF-in-OT: 1993(14.9-31.12) 30, 1994 106, 1995 42, 1996 69, 1997 18, 1998 21, 1999 8, 2000(to 28.9) 12. Live btselem.org is behind a JS challenge; archived copy used.)

October 2000 uprising inside the 1948 lands 2000–2000

• Adalah - The 13 Palestinian Citizens of Israel Killed by Israeli Police Forces in October 2000 (name list PDF) — 13 (12 citizens of Israel + 1 Gaza resident; gives name, age, town, wound and date.)
• Adalah - The October 2000 Killings — 13 (Killed 1-8 Oct 2000; "hundreds" injured.)
• Or Commission (Israeli state commission of inquiry), via Wikipedia — 13 (12 Arab citizens of Israel and one Palestinian killed by Israeli police; report published 2 Sep 2003.)

Second (al-Aqsa) Intifada 2000–2005

• B'Tselem press release 4 Jan 2006 (197 Palestinians and 50 Israelis killed in 2005) — 3386 (Since 29.09.2000 to end-2005: 3,386 Palestinians killed, incl. 676 children; 1,815 not participating in fighting, 1,008 participating, 563 unknown. (Israelis: 992.))
• PCBS - Killed Palestinians (Martyrs) in Al-Aqsa Intifada by year 2000-2022 — 3973 (Sum of PCBS yearly rows 2000 (from 29 Sep) 333 + 2001 605 + 2002 1,192 + 2003 687 + 2004 895 + 2005 261 = 3,973 (our sum). PCBS sources: PCBS, Abdullah Hourani Center, MoH, OCHA, Wall & Settlement Commission, Martyrs Families Foundation. "Documented cases only".)
• PCBS table (source: Palestine Red Crescent Society) - Injured Palestinians by year and tool of injury 29.9.2000-31.12.2008 — 29365 (Sum 2000-2005: 10,603+6,386+4,382+2,992+4,009+993 = 29,365 (our sum). Full 2000-2008 total 35,099.)
• PCBS Prisoners Day press release April 2006 (citing Ministry of Detainees Affairs) — 40000 ("more than 40,000 Palestinian citizens have been arrested during Al-Aqsa Intifada" (to ~March 2006).)
• B'Tselem statistics - Fatalities before Operation Cast Lead (29.9.2000-26.12.2008) — 4790 (Wider window to Dec 2008: Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in the OT 4,790 (Gaza 2,997, West Bank 1,793) + 71 inside Israel; by Israeli civilians 44 + 2; 955 minors; Palestinians killed by Palestinians 610 (not included in killed totals here).)
• Carwil Bjork-James chart (CC BY 4.0), secondary — 4,364 (Palestinian + Israeli) (Sep 2000-Jan 2005 combined Palestinian and Israeli deaths.)

2006–2007 2006–2007

• B'Tselem press release 28 Dec 2006 — 660 (1 Jan-27 Dec 2006: Israeli security forces killed 660 Palestinians (141 minors), at least 322 not taking part. Cumulative since Sept 2000: 4,005.)
• B'Tselem press release 31 Dec 2007 — 373 (2007 (to 29 Dec): 373 killed by Israeli security forces (290 Gaza, 83 WB), 53 minors; revises 2006 to 657 (523 Gaza, 134 WB, 140 minors). Also: at least 344 killed in intra-Palestinian fighting in 2007 (not included).)
• PCBS yearly martyrs table — 1109 (2006: 700; 2007: 409.)

2008 – 6 October 2023 2008–2023

• UN OCHA PoC database (Power BI), queried 2026-11-02 — 6346 (Sum of yearly items; injured 153596.)
• Carwil Bjork-James chart (OCHA data as of Sept 2024) — 6412 (2008-Sep 2023 total 6,412.)
• PCBS yearly martyrs 2008-2022 (2023 not in table) — 6459 (2008-2022 only.)

Tel al-Zaatar siege and massacre 1976–1976

• Wikipedia summary of contemporary estimates — ~1,500 killed on 12 Aug; ~2,200 over the siege
• William Harris, Faces of Lebanon (1996) p.165 — perhaps 3,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, in siege and aftermath
• Yezid Sayigh, Armed Struggle and the Search for State (1997) — 4,280 incl. combatants

Sabra and Shatila massacre 1982–1982

• Lebanese official inquiry (Germanos), via Washington Post 21 Jun 1983 — 460 (15 women, 20 children)
• Israeli intelligence estimate cited in Kahan Commission report (1983) — 700-800
• Bayan Nuwayhed al-Hout, Sabra and Shatila: September 1982 (Pluto, 2004) p.296 — minimum ~1,300 named victims from 17 lists; estimate up to 3,500 (Most rigorous named count)
• Palestinian Red Crescent Society — over 2,000
• Amnon Kapeliouk, Sabra et Chatila: Enquête sur un massacre (1982) — 3,000-3,500