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Israel's War with Hezbollah: Facts and Figures

• 98 dead: 58 soldiers, 39 civilians
• Approximately 1,390 wounded: 1,200 civilians, 190 soldiers

Israeli Citizens Affected:

• 1.2 million within Hezbollah rocket range, under advisory to remain in or near bomb shelters
• 300,000 displaced

Rockets:

• Hezbollah’s arsenal: approximately 13,000 rockets
• Rockets fired: between 2,000-3,000
• Rocket strike distribution:
  • Ma’alot, population 21,000 - 20%
  • Safed, population 26,600 - 19%
  • Haifa, population 268,300 - 17%
  • Nahariya , population 49,300 - 16%
  • Kiryat Shmona, population 22,000 - 15%

• Expected reduction in GDP: 0.7% - 0.9%, assuming fighting lasts one month
• Cost of war: approximately $166 million to $244 million per week.
• Tourism down approximately 20%
• Hotels in northern Israel have lost $27 million
• Total expected damage to tourism industry: approximately $222 million
• 35% of northern Israel’s 1,800 factories are closed, another 35% are operating partially
• Manufacturers in northern Israel lost $67 to $89 million  

Israel has authorized and coordinated the shipping of the following humanitarian aid:

• More than 170 vessels from 17 countries
• More than 121 flights from 3 countries
• More than 90 land convoys from 23 countries

• 2,500 dunams of natural or planted forest burned
• 25,000 dunams of grazing land burned
• Cost of forest rehabilitation: $670 per duman (total so far: approximately $1.67 million)
• Recovery time for forests: 50 to 60 years

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