Here is an estimate of the impact of the crisis up to 8 August, 2006 (unless otherwise stated).
| Israel 64 soldiers (Israeli Defence Force) 38 civilians |  | Lebanon 998 (Lebanese government) 28 Lebanese soldiers (not in conflict with Israelis) Hezbollah - there are no reliable figures |
| Israel Serious - 32 Moderate - 44 Light - 614 Treated for shock - 1,985 (Israeli police) | | Lebanon 3,493 (Lebanese government) |
DISPLACED
| Israel 500,000 approx (50% of population in the north of Israel) (Human Rights Watch) | | Lebanon 915,762 (approx 25% of Lebanese population) (Lebanese government) |
| Israel More than 300 buildings, including houses and factories. (Israeli police) | | Lebanon 6,900 houses/apartments 160 factories, markets, farms and other commercial buildings 29 airports, ports, water- and sewage-treatment plants, dams and electrical plants 23 fuel stations 145 bridges and over-passes 600km of roads |
| Israel 3,050 Hezbollah rockets have landed in Israel (Israeli police) | | Lebanon 2,500 air strike targets hit (Israeli military) |
| Israel 70% of businesses closed in northern Israel (Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce) Tourism - expected to reach NIS 1bn ($230m) Direct cost of war - up to NIS 21bn ($4.8bn) | | Lebanon Repairs to buildings and infrastructure and rebuilding expected to reach $2.5bn (Lebanese government) |
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What is terrorism? I'm only not the most intelligent of people and I'm having a lot of trouble getting an answer for this that doesn't directly implicate the US, UK and Israel as state sponsors of Terrorism. But they surely can't be can they?
They are defenders of the free world, liberators from cruel dictators, architects of a peaceful middle east - surely they can't also be terrorists?
Please help a poor Abou Ali because my head is hurting trying to work this out!
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