[News] Statistics for the Palestinian Intifada
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Statistics for the Palestinian Intifada
28 September, 2000 - 1 March, 2004
Palestinians killed<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#1>1
(Shuhada)
2,859 deaths including 527, or 19% children (below 18 years). At least 82%
civilian. 600 killed by heavy weapons. 1,728 killed by live ammunition.
308 in assassination attacks/extrajudicial killings (grave breach of the
4th Geneva Convention and as such considered war crimes). 152 of those were
bystanders or “unintended” victims, killed as they were with the victim, 35
were children and 25 were women. Investigations were not conducted,
granting immunity to Israelis and allowing them to act
unlawfully.<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#2>2
Palestinians injured +41,000
<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#3>3 West
Bank<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#4>4 :35.7% children, 32.4%
by live ammunition, 64.9% upper body, 39% moderate-severe (16,673 cases,
28/02/02)
Gaza Strip <http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#5>5 : c.20%
children, 37% live ammunition, 60% upper body, (6000 cases - 6/3/02)
UNICEF estimates 7000 children
injured.<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#6>6
Permanent Disabilities Estimated at
2,500<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#7>7. Estimated 500
Palestinian child disabled.<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#7>8
Attacks on Emergency Medical Personnel and Services
<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#8>9
25 (1 German) physicians / nurses / ambulance drivers killed while on duty
(opening fire on ambulances/shelling of residential
areas).<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#10>10
425 PRCS and Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC)
Emergency Medical Technicians and first aid workers injured (including 2
physicians). 121 ambulances were attacked and damaged.
36 PRCS and UPMRC ambulances destroyed.
197 attacks on PRCS ambulances by live ammunition, rubber bullets, and/or
stones thrown by Israeli settlers.
991 incidents of denial of access to PRCS ambulances at roadblocks were
reported.
85 Palestinian deaths due to prevention of access to emergency health care
or treatment of chronic diseases. 290 counts of hospitals and clinics
attacked and damaged. 71 emergency personnel and volunteers arrested since
the invasion on 29 Match
<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#11>11. During the long
invasion in March/April 2002, UPMRC staff were stopped, detained and denied
access up to 3 times daily, since April 2002 the mobile clinics severely
obstructed.
Attacks on Hospitals (wounding patients, cutting off electricity supplies)
Shelling of French hospital (Bethlehem), damages estimated at
$25,000,<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#12>12
Al Hussein hospital
(Bethlehem).<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#13>13
Live ammunition fired at Beit Jala, A-Dibs, French Hospitals in
Bethlehem.<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#14>14
Al Alia Hospital (Hebron) on 3
occasions,<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#15>15
Al Yamama (Bethlehem), PRCS Maternity Hospital (Ramallah) and Ramallah
General Hospital shelled;<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#16>16
access denied to Khalid hospital (Ramallah) for several
days<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#17>17
Settlers attacked Augusta Victoria Hospital (Jerusalem), shot security
officer (automatic gun).<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#18>18
During the long invasion in March/April 2002 a large number of hospitals
and medical clinics were attacked throughout the West Bank.
Journalists
12 Journalists killed by Israeli forces, (1 Italian, 1 British),
295 journalists wounded as a result of gun shots, physical assault or other
means of attack,
167 journalists attacked by Israeli soldiers, 94 attacks on press and media
establishments,
46 incidents of press and media equipment
damaged<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#19>19; beaten, detained,
equipment confiscated or destroyed; 5 Palestinian journalists arrested and
currently in administrative detention.20
31 March 2002: Ramallah and El-Bireh declared closed military areas
preventing journalists from entering the area and demanding reporters
within the area to exit immediately.
April 2002: International Press Association declares the West Bank the
second most dangerous place for journalists to work after Afghanistan.
Types of Ammunition used <http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#20>21
Bullets: 5.56 mm (223 caliber),
7.02 mm, 9 mm, 50 caliber, 500 mm, 800 mm, rubber coated steel, plastic.
Missiles. Tank Fire. F-16 fighter jets
Reoccupation and incursions Reoccupation of ‘A’ areas (prior to the major
Israeli military operations in March/April and June 2002): Worst cases:
Bethlehem (10 days), Jenin (40 days), Ramallah & El Bireh (20 days),
Tulkarem, Qalqilya. Invasions into ‘A’ areas: Beit Rima, Deir Ghassana,
Beit Lahia
February-March 2002: Sharon launches attacks against Palestinian refugee
camps in the West Bank. Balata camp (Nablus) is particualry harshly
attacked. 180 Palestinians, mainly refugees die in the span of two weeks
(28 February-12 March) Major destruction and damage to private property.
29 March-1 May 2002: Israeli tanks invade all major towns in the West Bank
except Hebron and Jericho. Towns placed under 24 hrs curfew, medical
personnel and ambulances systematically attacked vandalism and major
destruction to civil infrastructure, almost 260 Palestinians die.
International outcry, UN Special Envoy declares that events in Jenin were
“horrific beyond belief” and “morally
repugnant”<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#21>22
19 June: Israeli government launches second large-scale invasion into all
West Bank towns and villages (expect Jericho). Complete reoccupation of the
West Bank. Over the last month 2 million Palestinians have had 24hrs curfew
imposed upon them
Closures and curfews
Collective punishment:
Affects 3 million Palestinians in West Bank & Gaza Strip. The most severe
and sustained set of movement restrictions imposed since the beginning of
the occupation in 1967<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#22>23.
- No access to medical care
- Movement restrictions on medical personnel / supplies Internal closures
and siege: 120 Israeli checkpoints in WB & GS. These and road blocks divide
West Bank into 300 separate clusters and the Gaza Strip into 3 separate
clusters.
Severe internal closure: West Bank: 66% of days, Partial internal closure:
West Bank: 34%, Gaza 94% of
days<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#23>24
Closure causes humanitarian problems such as water and gas shortages (ed
Beit Furik & Beit Dajan). Other examples: Residents of Al Mawasi ‘tagged’
with identity numbers, so that Israeli army can permit them minimum
movement in and out of area. Israel erected electric gate at entrance to al
Sifa, residents permitted movement in/out only from 7-9am and 3-5pm.
May 2002: Israeli government introduces new personal permit regime and
makes movement between Palestinian towns in the West Bank impossible. The
Bantustanization of the Palestinian territories is complete. Construction
of “separation” fence between the West Bank and Israel started.
External closures: West Bank and Gaza Strip sealed off from the rest of the
world.
Gaza International airport been closed since February 2001; “safe passage”
between Gaza Strip & West Bank closed since Oct. 2000 (Oslo accords forbid
its closure); frequent lengthy closure of bridge to Jordan, border with
Egypt (Rafah entrance), entrances to Israel (Al-Mintar and Beit Hanoun
crossings).
Since the beginning of March 2002 the Israeli army has repeatedly invaded
areas under Palestinian control and placed towns and villages under
prolonged curfew.
See Reoccupation and incursions
Palestinian arrests and detention by Israeli authorities It is estimated
that since the 29th of March 2002, 15,000 Palestinians have been detained,
6,000 of who remain in prison.
Of these, 1,700 Palestinians are under administrative
detention<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#24>25 meaning they
have not had a trial, and are imprisoned without charges being brought
against them.
350 Palestinian children currently held in Israeli prisons and detention
centers inside Israel and in the West Bank.
Of these around 30 are held in administrative
detention<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#25>26. Many of the
prisoners are subjected to torture and do not receive adequate medical care.
Property Damage
Attacks on residential areas (Collective punishment) During the first 15
months of the Intifada physical damage amounted to US$ 305
million<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#26>27. During the month
long invasion in March/April the Israeli army destroyed and looted US$ 361
million worth of property<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#27>28
Since the beginning of the Intifada until February 2002: Shelling &
demolition destroyed 720 homes completely, and 11,553 damaged.
73,600 people were affected<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#28>29.
30 mosques,
12 churches<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#29>30,
134 water wells<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#30>31, cemeteries.
34,606 olive & fruit trees
uprooted<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#31>32 & 1162.4 dunums
of land confiscated<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#32>33,
14,339 dunums of land bulldozed or
burned<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#33>34.
During the March-April invasion: 881 homes destroyed,
2,883 houses in refugee camps damaged affecting 22,500 people living in
those houses<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#34>35.
Gaza strip: more than 601 houses completely demolished, approx.
16,000 dunums (16 million square meters of land), mostly agricultural razed
by the Israeli army<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#35>36
Education
(Collective punishment) MoE reports 850 schools temporarily closed,
8 schools turned into military barracks.
185 schools were shelled and fired upon by Israeli soldiers;
11 schools completely destroyed,
9 vandalized.
15 schools used as detention centers and army barracks.
132 Palestinian students killed and 2,500 injured on their way to or from
school
1135 school days have been lost because of Israeli
attacks<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#36>37.
During the long invasion in March/April 2002
54, 730 teaching sessions per day were lost due the complete cessation of
classes.
Economic conditions
(Collective punishment)
Total income losses to Palestinian economy est. between $ 3.2-10 billion
(income only, does not include cost of destruction of public and private
property).
Daily domestic losses: $6.0 – 8.6 million/business day
Total wage income loss: $59.4 million
Unemployment: Gaza 67%, West Bank 48%
75% of Palestinians living in poverty (less than $2 a day): 84.6% in Gaza
and 57.8% in the West Bank<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#37>38
Economic losses forcing 69% of Palestinian firms either to shut down or
reduce production<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#38>39
51% drop in GNP.<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#39>40 Israel
prevents 125,000 Palestinians from going to
work<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#40>41. The World Bank
estimates that in case of a solution to the conflict and lifting of the
closure it will take at least 2 years for the Palestinian economy to
restore to a pre-Intifada per capita income
level<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#41>42
UN Resolutions/ Reports: Condemning Israel for disproportionate and
excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians and failure to adhere
to international laws.
For more details see <http://www.un.org>United Nations
* 7 May 2002: UN General Assembly, 10th Emergency Special Session
resumed. Resolution ES-10/10: condemns the attacks committed by Israel
against the Palestinian people, particularly in the Jenin refugee camp, and
also condemns the refusal by Israel to cooperate with the
Secretary-General’s fact-finding team to Jenin RC. Demands that Israel
cease all hindrances and obstacles to the work of humanitarian org. and UN
agencies in the OPT.
* 19 April 2002: Security Council resolution 1405: calls on Israel to
lift the restrictions imposed on the operations of humanitarian
organizations and welcomes the initiative of the Secretary-General to send
a fact finding team to develop accurate information regarding events in the
Jenin RC. (Israel refused to cooperate with the fact-finding team)
* 30 March 2002: Security Council resolution 1402: calls on Israel to
withdraw its troops from Palestinian cities
* 15 April 2002: UN Human Right Commission condemns Israel for mass
killings of Palestinians, blames Israel for “gross violations” of
humanitarian law and affirms the legitimate right of the Palestinian people
to resist the Israeli occupation
* 20 Dec 2001: General Assembly calls for halt to violence,
implementation of Mitchell Report, reiterates applicability of IV Geneva
Convention
* 6 Dec 2001: 114 Signatories to IV Geneva Convention issued joint
declaration condemning Israel for indiscriminate and disproportionate use
of violence and call for Israel to abide by international humanitarian law
* 3 Dec 2001: General Assembly votes on 6 resolutions criticizing
Israel, areas include – status of Jerusalem, illegal Israeli settlements,
inalienable rights of Palestinian people to self determination.
* 23 Nov 2001: UN Committee Against Torture, condemning Israeli practices
* 7- 13 Nov 2000: Mary Robinson, UN Human Rights Commissioner visits
the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Following this she recommended the
establishment of an international monitoring presence in the OPT.
* 20 Oct 2000: UN General Assembly, 10th Emergency Special Session
* 19 Oct 2000: UN Commission on Human Rights, 5th Special Session
* 11-15 Oct 2000: Special Rapporteur to the Commission on Human Rights
in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
* 7 Oct 2000: UN Security Council Resolution 1322: deplores the
provocation carried our at the Al-Haram Al-Sharif in Jerusalem on 28
September 2000, calls upon Israel to abide by its legal obligations and
responsibilities under the 4th Geneva Convention
Foreign Government comments on Israel
* April 10 2002: USA, EU, Russia and UN jointly call on Israel to
immediately withdraw from Palestinian territories
* April 16 2002: EU Commissioner on Development and Humanitarian
Assistance says Israel impedes efforts of rescue workers and ridicules
humanitarian law
Other International Comment
Various International agencies, condemning Israel / calling on halt to
violence
* Physicians for Human Rights (USA and Israel)
* Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) - Denmark
* International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) - Paris
* International Committee of Jurists (ICJ) - Sweden
* Human Rights Watch - New York
* Amnesty International
* International Committee of Red Cross
For more details see respective websites, or
<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/../comments/comments_archives.htm>Palestine
Monitor
International Laws/ Resolutions violated UN resolutions 242, 338/4th Geneva
Convention/Hague Regulations/UN Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement
Officials/International Covenant of Economic, Social, and Cultural
Rights/Convention on Elimination of All forms of Racial
Discrimination/Convention on Rights of the Child and others
Note: reported figures are conservative since not all cases are documented.
Additionally some figures are based on reports that are not up-to-date
(please note the date of information source)
1 <http://www.hdip.org>Health, Development, Information, and Policy
Institute (HDIP)statistics based on infomation available at time of
calculation
2 <http://www.btselem.org>B’Tselem report: Illusions of restraint: Human
Rights Violations During the Events in the Occupied Territories 29th
September – 2nd December, 2000
3 Statistics can only account for those who went to health centers
4 <http://www.pna.org/moh>Ministry of Health
5 <http://www.pchrgaza.org>Palestinian Center for Human Rights
6 UN Special Rapporteur of Commission on Human Rights, report March 2002,
reported in DCI-PAL press release, 19th March, 2002
7 General Union of Disabled Palestinians
8 UN Special Rapporteur of Commission on Human Rights, report March 2002,
reported in DCI-PAL press release, 19th March, 2002
9 <http://www.palestinercs.org>Palestinian Red Crescent Society, 27th
October 2001
<http://http://www.upmrc.org>Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees
10 <http://www.pchrgaza.org>Palestinian Center for Human Rights: 28th June,
2002
<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#TOP>BACK TO TOP
11 <http://www.palestinercs.org>Palestinian Red Crescent Society 10th July,
2002,
12 Director, Holy Family Hospital, Bethlehem
13 During Israeli occupation of Bethlehem 19th - 29th October, 2001
14 Al- Ayyam newspaper, 19th Oct, 2000
15 <http://www.lawsociety.org>LAW Society, Nov 4th and 8th 2000
16 During 3 day invasion and occupation of Ramallah, (12th-15th March, 2002)
17 During Israeli occupation of Ramallah, October 2001
18 <http://www.lawsociety.org>LAW Society, Oct 29th 2000
19
<http://www.ipc.gov.ps/ipc_e/ipc_e-1/e_News/news2003/news2003-01/Journalists%20Under%20Fire.html>Palestinian
National Authority State Information Service
20 Information from the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, Ramallah
21 <http://www.alhaq.org>Al-Haq
<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#backtotop10>BACK TO TOP
22 Terje Rød Larsen in BBC interview, 19 April 2002
23 A report by the Gaza office of the UN Middle East envoy Terje
Rød-Larsen, February 2001.
24 UNSCO: “The Impact on the Palestinian economy of confrontation, border
closures and mobility restrictions’, (Oct 2000 -30th Sept, 2001)
25 <http://www.lawsociety.org>LAW Society (press release), 17th July, 2002
26 DCI information received August, 2002
27 <http://www.arts.mcgill.ca/mepp/unsco/pr_may2002.pdf>UNSCO
28 Does not include income losses and social and humanitarian costs.
Assessment made by international donors
29 Palestinian Humanitarian Disaster, U.S. Agency for International
Development, July 10, 2002
30 Palestinian Council for Justice and Peace
31 <http://www.mezan.org>Al-Mezan 2001
<http://www.palestinemonitor.org/factsheet/#backtotop20>BACK TO TOP
32 <http://www.lawsociety.org>LAW Society, 29th Nov 2001 (figure from
beginning of 2000)
33 <http://www.lawsociety.org>LAW Society, 29th Nov 2001, (figure from
beginning of 2000)
34 <http://www.lawsociety.org>LAW Society, 29th Nov 2001, (figure from
beginning of 2000)
35 <http://www.pchrgaza.com>Palestinian Center for Human Rights,
3rdJune, 2002
36 Ibid
37 Ministry of Education, 17 Jan 2002, information for Ministry of
Education schools only, (from 28th Sept, 2000)
38 PCBS, April 2002
39 All above stats: UNSCO: ‘The Impact on the Palestinian Economy of
Confrontation, Border Closures and Mobility Restrictions’, Oct 2000 - 30th
Sept, 2001
40 Report by the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation
41 Associated Press, 29th Oct, 2000
42 World Bank report, March 2002
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