Nadene Goldfoot
The USA lost Approximately 116,516 to 117,000 U.S. soldiers during World War I, with over half (around 63,000) dying from disease—largely the 1918 influenza pandemic—rather than combat. While civilian casualties are difficult to calculate, around 700 to 800 U.S. civilians are estimated to have died due to direct military action. That could be because the War was not fought on USA soil.
Approximately 416,800 to 419,400 American soldiers died during World War II. Total civilian deaths within the US were minimal, with estimates ranging from roughly 1,700 to 12,000, often representing merchant mariners, those in US territories like the Philippines, or civilians aboard ships.
The two U.S. atomic bombings of Japan in August 1945 resulted in an estimated 110,000 to over 210,000 deaths by the end of that year. While approximately 118,000 died instantly or in the immediate aftermath, thousands more died from radiation sickness and injuries in the months and years that followed. Truman chose a very deadly ending to the war. He felt the pressure of losing all American lives and was desperate. Israel, hit by 7 places at once, must feel that same urgency.
Israel, a very tiny State, was attacked about 5 minutes after being declared a State in Truman's day. It went ahead with its declaration anyway of becoming a state in May 1948.
When Joshua marched the Israelites into Canaan, they numbered 601,730. They had lost 1,820 along the way to the Amalakites and other attackers, sickness, aging, etc. At its founding in 1948, Israel had a population of approximately 806,000, a little more than when Joshua entered. This includes the 20% of Muslims and Christians who live within the border of our very small Israel. As of late 2025, the population has grown to over 10.15 million, marking a tenfold increase in residents. The attacking has included few cease fires. Growing more than 10fold are the people's numbers attacking Israel.
The attackers: The 1948 Arab-Israeli War began immediately following Israel's declaration of independence on May 14, 1948, when a coalition of neighboring Arab states launched a coordinated invasion. The armies involved were from Egypt, Transjordan (Jordan), Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, along with local Arab militia forces that had been fighting since the November 1947 UN partition plan.
So we had 5 Arab countries attack Israel at its birth. Approximately 20,000–30,000 soldiers from five Arab nations (Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon) participated in the initial invasion of Israel in May 1948.
May 1948 is a long time from Joshua who lived in about 1391 -1271BCE, which is about 3,340 years ago.
We had the Holocaust devour us when 6 million Jews were murdered because they were Jews. There was the religion of Judaism which caused the Muslims to have fits when they learned that these people were returning to their homeland, the Middle East, and more exactly, the land of Canaan-which became Judah established by King David who ruled from 1010 BCE to 970 BCE.
We are hearing from the 5 countries and especially Syria, that the terrorists Israel is managing to kill in this war is above and beyond the ratio that they are able to knock off. They are counting the civilians killed that Israel did all they could to prevent just such deaths, but the terrorists, being terrorists, put them purposely in Mosques, hospitals, schools, homes where they would be killed. This is WAR. Civilians shouldn't be in war zones. It's horrible to Israelis, too. However, a soldier's job it to keep THEIR OWN civilians alive. The Terrorists did this to give Israel the black eye they now carry.
Numbers? Ratios? Israel builds bomb shelters for its people. You see how these Muslims treat their own civilians, as fodder to make Israel look bad. Israel honors life while these terrorers (Hebollah and Hamas) invite death. For Jews, to save a life is to save a world. That is the highest mitzvah (good deed) we have: We have always been outnumbered with Attackers and Isael. Don't let their wild numbers they dream up fool you. Of late Israel was attacked by 7 sites, one being the Houthis who were supplied by Iran with arms to reach Israel. Unfortunately there is an unending supply of terrorists to Israel's numbers of soldiers. We even have had to call on the women for soldiering.
Jews were kept from Jerusalem until 1967. On June 7, 1967, during the Six-Day War, Israeli paratroopers reached the Western Wall in Jerusalem for the first time in 19 years, capturing a moment of profound emotional, historical, and religious significance. Photographer David Rubinger captured the iconic image of Zion Karasenti, Yitzhak Yifat, and Haim Oshri, who were gazing at the wall with awe after intense fighting.
Others celebrated by dancing the hora.
Don't forget. Britain held the mandate to rule Palestine for 30 years. Finally, the Jews got their homeland back again and they don't want to waste the time.
BBC reports:
At least 182 killed across Lebanon in large wave of Israeli strikes. Israel carried out a large wave of air strikes across Lebanon on Wednesday, (yesterday) which killed and wounded hundreds of people, while officials said the war against the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah continued despite a ceasefire in Iran.
Israel described it as the largest wave of air strikes in this conflict, hitting more than 100 of what it called Hezbollah command centres and military sites in 10 minutes.
The southern suburbs of Beirut, southern Lebanon and the eastern Bekaa Valley were all targeted.
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