Proportional body-count

These were the figures as a 8th August 2006 (day 28 of the criminal slaughter) according to The Independent (UK national newspaper):

Prisoners of War:

Israeli prisoners (held by Hezbollah) - 2
Lebanese prisoners (held by Israel since this outbreak) - not known.

Killed/ missing, presumed dead:

Israelis: 94
Lebanese: 1,008 (45 % of them children, probably considered by the Israelis as "potential terrorists").

Ratio - 1 Israeli to 10 Lebanese.

Wounded:

Israelis: 1,867
Lebanese: 3,293

Ratio - 5.6 Israeli to 10 Lebanese.

Airborne attacks:

Hezbollah (rockets): 3,000
Israeli (Bombing missions): 8,700

Ratio - 2.9 Israeli bombing missions to every Hezbollah rocket launched.

Note that the Israeli missions may involve multiple bomb deliveries, and that Hezbollah rocket technology is far less accurate than Israeli (US) bombing technology.

Other statistics:

Lebanese bridges destroyed: 146
Lebanese people displaced: 900,000 (including 300,000 potential terrorists)

Rate of rocket attacks by Hezbollah (first week - 90/day) (last week - 169/day)
An increase of 88% - what are the Israelis bombing? - potential terrorists I suppose.

Countries against demanding an immediate ceasefire - USA, UK, Israel.
Countries for demanding an immediate ceasefire (AKA terrorist sympathisers) - the rest of the world.

Joe McGonagle