Image Credit: UN Photo.
Winograd Reporting Headlines Dead Lebanese Civilians
BBSNews 2008-01-31 -- In the aftermath of the Winograd Report that details how Israel lost a questionable war, there has been a renewed focus on the number of Lebanese civilian deaths that occurred during the 34 day-old conflict, from detailed to sparse, the world's media weighed in with numbers ranging from "more than 1000" to "1,400".
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File photo from the time of the 2nd Lebanon war shows a well-marked (known for years to the Israelis) UN patrol base in El-Khiam, East of South Lebanon, which received a direct aerial bomb hit from IDF where four UN Observers lost their lives. Southern Lebanon, 27 July 2006.
Image Credit: UN Photo. |
The Associated Press offered the most detailed look at a range of casualty numbers, saying those killed numbered "between 1,035 and 1,191 Lebanese civilians and combatants, in addition to 119 Israeli soldiers and 40 civilians." Perhaps the most spare description of the casualty figures came from The New York Times who reported "In the fighting, more than 1,000 Lebanese died, and more than 160 Israelis."
The Economist offered the highest number reporting, "1,400 are reckoned to have died."
The following is a list of the quoted casualty figures as reported by various world news agencies on January 31, 2008. They have been sorted starting from the highest number of Lebanese civilian casualties to the lowest number with the source following the quoted casualty figure:
"... the deaths of 33 soldiers, a quarter of the war's total Israeli losses (some 1,400 Lebanese are reckoned to have died)."
The Economist - A prime minister gets away with it
"About 1,200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 159 Israelis, mostly soldiers, were killed in the war ..."
Reuters - Lebanon says Israel report sets scene for new war
"... the 34-day conflict, which killed more than 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, and more than 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers."
Daily Star Lebanon - Winograd lets Olmert off the hook
"... More than 110 Israeli soldiers and over 1,200 Lebanese were killed in the conflict."
Xinhua - Israeli PM stays on job after release of war report
"... 34-day conflict that, according to official figures from both sides, killed between 1,035 and 1,191 Lebanese civilians and combatants, in addition to 119 Israeli soldiers and 40 civilians."
Associated Press - Israel PM Mostly Unscathed by War Report
"... more than 1,000 Lebanese died, mostly civilians, along with 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers."
The BBC - Israel war report 'deeply flawed'
"More than 1,000 Lebanese, including several hundred civilians, and 158 Israelis, around two-thirds soldiers, were killed."
The Guardian - Olmert off the hook despite 'failings' in Lebanon war
"In the fighting, more than 1,000 Lebanese died, and more than 160 Israelis."
The New York Times - Israeli Inquiry Finds 'Grave Failings' in '06 War
"The war killed 119 Israeli soldiers, many of them in that final push into Lebanon, and more than 40 Israeli civilians. More than 1,000 Lebanese died over the course of the fighting, most of them civilians."
Washington Post - 2006 War Called a 'Failure' for Israel
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