PLO: 5526 Palestinians killed, including 1010 children since September 2000

Monday October 06, 2008 20:26 by George Rishmawi - IMEMC News

Eight Years in Numbers

At least 5526 Palestinians were killed, including 1010 children and 340 women during the second Intifada, the National and International Relations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) said in a report published Monday.

The report was published on the eighth anniversary of the intifada which started following the former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s visit with 2000 soldiers and police to the Aqsa Mosque yard, known as the temple mount in September 2000.

The report also said that 664 of the killed Palestinians were school students and 11 were journalists. 33 thousand others were wounded 3600 is suffering serous permanent disabilities and 7500 with minor disabilities.

The report also mentions that 247 Palestinian patients died in the Gaza Strip due to lack of medical care and for not being able to travel outside the Gaza Strip due to the imposed siege.

As for home demolition, the report says that 8300 homes were demolished by the Israeli military and police, 900 of which are in Jerusalem.

70 thousand other homes were damaged to various degrees during the frequent Israeli invasions and offensives conducted in the West Bank and Gaza Strip cities, towns, villages, and refugee camps.

Regarding the prisoners, the report maintains that 65 thousand Palestinians were taken prisoner, around 11 thousand of them remain in Israeli jails as of writing the report. 76 prisoners died in Israeli jails either because of torture or for lack of needed medical treatment.

On the geopolitical level, the report says that the wall Israel is building inside the West Bank land, has resulted in the uprooting of nearly one 1.3 million trees while the Israeli military confiscated 300 thousand dunams (75000 acres) of land for the building of the wall, most of it is agricultural land. Meanwhile, and despite of the various Israeli promises to ease movement restrictions in the West Bank, the report says there are 630 military roadblocks and checkpoints inside the West Bank, 93 of them are manned, while the rest are blocked with earth, rocks and dirt.

These checkpoint were in many cases deadly for Palestinians who need to go through them on daily basis. The report adds that 165 Palestinian civilians were killed on these checkpoints. Moreover, 40 Palestinian babies died on birth on these checkpoints as their mothers were forced to deliver them on the checkpoints lacking needed medical attention.

The report also details assaults by Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have killed 167 Palestinian civilians, and burned fields that belong to Palestinian farmers and villagers.

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