Palestine Fact Sheets
The Health, Development, Information and Policy Institute (HDIP)
Mar 03

Whether a student, community activist, politician or an average citizen, these fact sheets will provide you with concise information on the different issues related to the current Intifada and Palestine. Feel free to print and distribute them as long as they are accredited to the Palestine Monitor.


2,359
Palestinians killed (Shuhada) by Israeli forces
 28 September,  2000 and 27 March,2003
Month

 Dates

Number killed

2000

1 Sep28 th -  Oct27 th 141
2 Oct28 th -  Nov27 th 126
3 Nov28 th - Dec27 th 65

2001

4 Dec28 th -  Jan27 th 27
5 Jan 28 th -  Feb27 th 29
6 Feb28 th -  Mar27 th 25
7 Mar28 th -  Apr27 th 46
8 Apr28 th -  May27 th 62
9 May 28 th -  Jun27 th 30
10 Jun 28 th -  Jul27 th 38
11 Jul 28 th -  Aug27 th 59
12 Aug28 th - Sep27 th 66
13 Sep28 th -  Oct27 th 99
14 Oct 28 th -  Nov27 th 54
15 Nov28 th -  Dec27 th 76

2002

16 Dec28 th -  Jan27 th 

39

17

Jan28 th -  Feb27 th  91

18

Feb28 th - March26 th 253

19

March28 th - April27 th 250
20 April28 th - May27 th 89
21 May28 th - June27 th 77
22 June28 th - July27 th 54
23 July28 th -  August 27 th 52
24

August28 th - September27 th

66
25 September 28 th - October27 th 67
26 October 28 th - November27 th 64
27 November 28 th - December27 th 72

2003
28 December 28 th - January27 th 73
29 January28 th - February27 th 81
29 February28 th - March27 th 90

Total

2,359

The following statistics are not based on the total number of Palestinians killed. Due to the long invasion in April 2002 and the current prolonged curfews we are lacking information and data on about 75 persons who were killed in this period. The following statistics are therefore only provisional and we will hopefully be able to give the fully updated statistics soon.

Age Distribution

# %
15yrs old or younger 300 12 .7
16- 18 yrs 235 10
19- 29 yrs 1 ,112 47
30- 39 yrs 305 12 .9
40- 49 yrs 132 5 .6
50+ years 146 6 .2

 

Sex # %
Male 2179 92 .4
Female 160 6 .8

 

Immediate Cause of Death # %
Live ammunition* 1 ,436 63 .4
Shelling** 477 21 .1
Rubber-coated metal bullets 3 0.1
Prevention of medical treatment 78 3 .4
Tear gas 14 0.62
Other*** 257 11 .3

      *   Includes5 .56mm ( 223caliber) bullets,7 .02mm bullets,9 mm   bullets, 50 caliber bullets,500 mmbullets, 800 mm bullets.
    * *  Includes tank fire, bombs, missiles from helicopter, and F-16.
  * * * Includes explosions, being hit by car or stabbed, or having a heart attack after being attacked.

Site of Body Injury*   # %
Head and neck (Including 10 from behind) 520 22 .1
Chest (Including 24 from behind)  353 15
Abdomen 

108

 4 .6
All over body  1047 44 .4
Lower limb  22 0 .9
Unknown/unspecified  282 12

* Includes deaths from shelling, live ammunition, and rubber-coated bullets.

Perpetrators # %
Israeli soldiers 2070 87 .7
Israeli settlers 52 2 .2
Israeli police / citizens 32 1 .3
Other 160 6 .8

NOTE: all statistics are based on information available at the time of calculation

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