It seems that Israel was targeting civilians while hizbollah was targeting Israeli solders.
War By the Numbers: AP Tallies Damage in Lebanon and Israel
Published: August 20, 2006
NEW YORK Some figures that measure damage, losses and death in the Israel-Hezbollah war
--LEBANON
Deaths: 845 total - 743 civilians, 34 soldiers and 68 Hezbollah militants. Israel says it killed about 530 guerrillas.
The Higher Relief Council put the overall death toll at 1,181 and said one-third were children and the majority
civilians.
Wounded: 4,051
Buildings destroyed: More than 15,000 homes - houses or individual apartments within buildings; about 900 commercial
structures, including farms and factories.
Airstrikes: Lebanese officials reported, unofficially, more than 4,500 Israeli bombing raids on Lebanon. Israel would
provide no figures on its strikes in Lebanon.
Displaced people: 916,000, or about one-fourth of the population of Lebanon.
Figures on business days lost were not available, but as many as 75 percent of the people were unemployed or unable to
work because of fighting or gasoline shortages.
Tourism: Hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue and repairs to facilities.
Damage to transportation system: 400 miles of roads; 80 bridges; the international airport.
Overall damage: At least $3.5 billion to infrastructure; $9.4 billion overall, including clean-up of a major oil spill
from an Israeli strike on a storage facility at a Beirut power plant.
Access to water and electricity was severely interrupted. About $180 million in damage to the electricity grid; $70
million to the water treatment and delivery system.
--ISRAEL
Deaths: 157 total - 118 soldiers and 39 civilians
Wounded: 860
Buildings destroyed: No official figures, but tax authorities report more than 6,000 claims for damaged buildings and
more are expected as displaced people return home.
Airstrikes: 3970 Hezbollah rockets, 901 of them inside cities
Displaced people: 300,000
Many businesses in the north of the country were closed throughout the war. No specific figures were available.
Tourism: $80 million of lost revenue during the war, many hundreds of millions in projected losses in the future months.
Damage to transportation system: Not immediately available.
Overall damage: Media reports say about $3 billion in damages and lost revenue, but do not give a source.
Access to water and electricity: Isolated lines hit; repairs made within 48 hours.
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