חללי מבצע שלום הגליל

Most casualties of the Peace for Galilee operation were hospitalized at the Rambam Medical Center. Data from the medical records of 864 casualties of the first 15 weeks of the conflict were analyzed. 75% of them were battle casualties, and the rest were injured in accidents. Since this is the major central hospital of northern Israel, most of the severe, and about a third of the minor casualties were hospitalized here. Half of the cases reached hospital within 3 hours and 20 minutes of the time of injury. The overall mortality of all casualties, battle and accident, was 2.9%. The mortality among battle casualties who arrived at the hospital alive, was 3.4%.