The Israel Government issued today a revised list of casualty figures for the June Arab-Israel war with the total Israeli war dead now cited as 730. The revised figures listed 2,800 Israelis wounded, half of them with some permanent disability. Earlier figures issued in mid-June listed 679 Israeli dead and 2,500 wounded.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
