A chart of estimated deaths resulting from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the start of the First Intifada (Dec. 9, 1987) through Oct. 31, 2012 appears below. Statistics from B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights organization, are exclusively used because they are largely considered to have comprehensive and nonpartisan data. Deaths from international military operations between Israel and its neighbor countries are not included in this presentation.

The data are separated between the First and Second Intifadas because they mark major events in the modern history of the conflict. The First Intifada was a Palestinian uprising characterized by strikes, commercial shutdowns, and rioting in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. It was sparked by a car accident in the Gaza Strip that killed four Palestinians, with rumors spreading that Israelis killed them as revenge for an earlier stabbing death of an Israeli shopper in Gaza. The Second Intifada was a Palestinian uprising characterized by suicide bombings and widespread rioting. The uprising was sparked by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's visit to the Temple Mount and frustration over the breakdown of the Camp David Peace Accords.