Arab–Israeli conflict | |||||||||
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The key parties in the Arab–Israeli conflict |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Supported by: |
All-Palestine (1948–59)
Gaza Strip (2006–) Supported by: |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
≈22,570 military deaths ≈1,723 civilian deaths ≈1,050 SLA militiamen deaths |
91,105 total Arab deaths | ||||||||
Both sides: 74,000 military deaths 18,000 civilian deaths (1945–1995) |
Low-level ongoing:
Supported by:
All-Palestine (1948–59)
Gaza Strip (2006–) Supported by:
Soviet Union (1967–91)
≈22,570 military deaths
The Arab–Israeli conflict (Arabic: الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي, translit. Al-Sira'a Al'Arabi Al-Israili; Hebrew: הסכסוך הישראלי-ערבי, translit. Ha'Sikhsukh Ha'Yisraeli-Aravi) is the political tension, military conflicts and disputes between a number of Arab countries and Israel. The roots of the ongoing Arab–Israeli conflict is attributed to the rise of Zionism and Arab nationalism towards the end of the 19th century. Part of the dispute arises from the conflicting claims to the land. Territory regarded by the Jewish people as their ancestral homeland is at the same time regarded by the Pan-Arab movement as historically and currently belonging to the Palestinians, and in the Pan-Islamic context, as Muslim lands.