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- A total of 121 IDF soldiers were killed in the war, including the two soldiers whose bodies were seized in the Zar'it-Shtula incident that started the war, whose fates weren't confirmed until their bodies were exchanged for Lebanese prisoners in 2008.
- According to Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 43 civilians have been killed, out of which 18 were Israeli Arabs, while another 418 civilians were treated in hospitals, 19 of whom were seriously injured, and another 875 treated for shock. Many civilians have left their homes in northern Israel and went south.
- $1.6 billion cost to the Israeli economy
- The war cost Israel $5.3 billion
- Northern Israeli businesses lost $1.4 billion
- Estimated compensation to be given to the population of northern Israel is $335.4 million
- Israel plans to given $460 million to local governments and emergency services in northern Israel
- 630 factories in Israel were closed
- Israel lost 1.5 percent in GDP
- 300,000 Israelis were displaced
- Over 1 million Israelis lived in bomb shelters
- 6,000 homes were hit by rockets
- Israel's forests are expected to recover in 50–60 years
- 6,178 of grazing land in Israel was burned
- 618 acres (2.50 km2) of natural or planted forests were burned
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