Editing War of Attrition (section)

==Casualties==
[[File:Hatasharibon.jpg|thumb|Israeli war ribbon signifying participation in the War of Attrition]]
According to the military historian [[Ze'ev Schiff]], some 921 Israelis, of whom 694 were soldiers and the remainder civilians, were killed on all three fronts.<ref name="Schiff 1974 p246">Schiff (1974) p246</ref> [[Chaim Herzog]] notes a slightly lower figure of just over 600 killed and some 2,000 wounded<ref>Chaim Herzog, ''The Arab-Israeli Wars'', Random House New York, (1982) p.220 {{ISBN|0-394-50379-1}}</ref> while Netanel Lorch states that 1,424 soldiers were killed in action between the period of June 15, 1967 and August 8, 1970. Avi Kober estimated Israel's total military and civilian dead at 726, of whom 367 were soldiers killed on the Egyptian front between June 1967 and August 1970 and 359 were soldiers and civilians killed along the Syrian and Jordanian fronts.<ref name=kober/> Between 24<ref name="Morris 1999 p362">Morris (1999) p362</ref> and 26<ref name="London Sunday Times 1974 p42">Insight Team of the London ''Sunday Times'' (1974) p. 42</ref> Israeli aircraft were shot down. A Soviet estimate notes aircraft losses of 40. One destroyer, the [[HMS Zealous (R39)|INS ''Eilat'']], was sunk.

As with the previous Arab–Israeli wars of [[Suez Crisis|1956]] and [[Six-Day War|1967]], Arab losses far exceeded those of Israel, but precise figures are difficult to ascertain because official figures were never disclosed. The lowest estimate comes from the former Egyptian Army Chief of Staff, [[Saad el Shazly]], who notes Egyptian casualties of 2,882 killed and 6,285 wounded. Historian [[Benny Morris]] states that a more realistic figure is somewhere on the scale of 10,000 soldiers and civilians killed. [[Ze'ev Schiff]] notes that at the height of the war, the Egyptians were losing some 300 soldiers daily and aerial reconnaissance photos revealed at least 1,801 freshly dug graves near the Canal zone during this period. Among Egypt's war dead was the Egyptian Army Chief of Staff, [[Abdul Munim Riad]].<ref name="Schiff 1974 p246"/>

Between 98<ref name="Morris 1999 p362"/> and 114<ref name="London Sunday Times 1974 p42"/> Egyptian aircraft were shot down, though a Soviet estimate notes air losses of 60. Several Egyptian naval vessels were also sunk.

Soviet forces are known to have sustained significant losses. One Russian veterans' website compiled an admittedly incomplete list of 58 dead, including victims of accidents and disease.<ref>Remez and Ginor, Foreword (citation 3)</ref> In August 1970, the French newspaper ''[[Le Figaro]]'' reported that 100 Soviet military personnel had been killed in Egypt over the past year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/archive/report-100-soviet-military-advisors-killed-in-egypt-israel-to-receive-jets-from-u-s|title=Report 100 Soviet Military Advisors Killed in Egypt; Israel to Receive Jets from U.S.|date=March 20, 2015 }}</ref> Five Soviet [[MiG-21]] aircraft were shot down in aerial combat during [[Operation Rimon 20]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sdIMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yGADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4832,777296|title=Al Ahram Editor Relates Soviet Air Losses To Israelis|last=United Press International|date=August 12, 1972|work=St. Petersburg Times|page=7}}</ref><ref name=shalom/>

The PLO suffered 1,828 killed and 2,500 captured.<ref name="Schiff 1974 p246"/> An estimated 300 Jordanian soldiers and 500 Syrian soldiers were killed.<ref name=kober/> [[Cuba]]n forces, which were deployed on the Syrian front, were estimated to have lost 180 dead and 250 wounded.<ref name=karsh/>