Body Counts

by matt at 3:30 pm on July 28th, 2006 in War on Terror

Efficiency:

At least 443 people have been killed in Lebanon in the fighting, most of them civilians, according to a Health Ministry count Thursday based on bodies taken to hospitals, plus deaths Friday confirmed by security forces. But Lebanon’s health minister estimated Thursday that as many as Lebanese 600 civilians have been killed, with other victims buried in rubble.

On the Israeli side, 33 soldiers have died in fighting, and Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel have killed 19 civilians, the Israeli army said.
The army said Friday that Israeli troops have killed about 200 Hezbollah guerrillas, but Hezbollah has reported only 35 casualties.

Even taking the low side of civilian deaths and the high side of Hezbollah deaths, we’re looking at a higher than 2-to-1 ratio. On the flip side, it’s entirely possible that the reality is 17-to-1. Air power rules!

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