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Statistics related to Al Aqsa Intifada: 29 September, 2000- updated 23 October, 2005

Death and Injuries during the Al Aqsa Intifada:

2890 Palestinians Civilians have been killed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) forces in the OPT.
A further 480 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in armed clashes in the OPT.
8653 Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Intifada.
13750 Palestinians have been wounded by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the West Bank territory since the beginning of the Intifada.

Breakdown of deaths by specific groups

Groups	Number killed	Percentage of total deaths
Children	646	22%
Females	106	3.6%
Medical personnel	19	0.7%
Journalists	8	0.34%

In addition six internationals have been killed in the OPT[1]

Palestinian children killed during Al Aqsa Intifada[2]

Location	Number	As a percentage of total killed in that location
West Bank	284	19%
Gaza Strip	362	26%

Israeli Assassinations

Fatalities	Total killed
Targeted persons	321
Non-targeted civilians	169
Total	490

House Demolitions in the Gaza Strip

Number of Palestinians whose house were totally demolished: 24768
Number of Palestinians whose houses were partially demolished: 25211
Number of Palestinians whose houses were totally demolished in Rafah: 15427
Number of Palestinians whose houses were partially demolished in Rafah: 13457

House Demolitions by district in the Gaza Strip

District	Number of houses completely demolished	Number of houses partially demolished
Northern Gaza Strip	258	330
Gaza City	178	295
Central Gaza Strip	157	150
Khan Yunis	644	325
Rafah	1467	1087
Total	2704	2187

House Demolitions on the grounds of the lack of building licenses in the West Bank and Jerusalem

Date	Jerusalem	West Bank	Total
28-Sep–31 Dec. 2000	1	2	3
Year 2001	49	54	103
Year 2002	42	350	392
Year 2003	54	83	137
Total	146	489	635

Land Leveling in the Gaza Strip[3]

District	Donoms[4]
Northern Gaza Strip	14204
Gaza City	3295
Central Gaza Strip	3695
Khan Yunis	6894
Rafah	3546
Total	31634

[1] Number of internationals killed not included in total
[2] Palestinian children account for 19.3% of the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupying forces during Al Aqsa Intifada
[3] Approximately 13% of Gaza’s agricultural land has been leveled since the beginning of Al Aqsa Intifada
[4] 1 donum is equal to 1000 square metres

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