ADDRESS BY FATAH REPRESENTATIVE,

Fact Sheet: Palestinian Intifada

(Sep 28th 2000 – Jan 10th, 2001) Produced by HDIP (http://www.hdip.org/)

Palestinians killed (Shuhada`)	347 deaths including 9 assassinations (War crime according to the Hague Convention of 1907). 35% < 18 years. 42% were not involved in demonstrations or clashes. 89% civilian. Investigations were not conducted granting immunity to Israelis and allowing them to act unlawfully
Palestinians injured (seen at health facilities: >11,000)	West Bank: 39% from live ammunition, 76% to the upper body (based on 6,775 cases- Jan 8^th) Gaza Strip: 26% from live ammunition, 60% to the upper body (based on 2,396 cases- Nov 5)
Permanent Disabilities	Estimated at 1,500.
Attacks on Emergency Medical Personnel and Services	1 German physician killed by Israeli helicopter fire while trying to treat injured people. 1 Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance driver killed. 64 PRCS Emergency Medical Technicians injured. 18 Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC) first aid workers injured (including 2 physicians). 49 (72% of their fleet) PRCS ambulances hit by live ammunition, rubber bullets, and/or stones thrown by Israeli settlers in 96 separate attacks.
Attacks on Hospitals	- Live ammunition fired at Beit Jala, A-Dibs and French Hospitals in Bethlehem. - Settlers attacked Augusta Victoria Hospital (Jerusalem), shot security officer (automatic gun) - Light and heavy ammunition fired at Alia Hospital (Hebron) on 3 separate incidents, wounding patients and cutting off electricity supply.
Journalists	At least 29 journalists shot or beaten by Israeli soldiers/ settlers in 39 separate incidents
Types of Ammunition used	Bullets: 5.56 mm (223 caliber), 7.02 mm, 9 mm, 50 caliber, 500 mm, 800 mm, rubber coated steel, plastic. Missiles. Tank Fire
Closures and curfews (Collective Punishment: affects 3 million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip) - Access denied to medical care - Movement restrictions on medical personnel and supplies	Internal closures: Internal siege: 100s of Israeli checkpoints erected at entrances of each Palestinian village/city. Examples of communities completely cut off:‘Aba A-Sharqiyya, Ya’bad, Um-Al-Rihan, Tulkarem villages, Qalqilya, Salfit, Haris, Deir Istya, Beit Furik, Beit Dajan, ‘Atara, Kardala, Bardala,‘Ein Al- Bayda, Husan, Al-Mawasi and others. Curfews (Palestinians are allowed to leave their homes for a couple of hours only every few days): H2 area in Hebron (Israeli occupied part of the city) with 40,000 Palestinian inhabitants, Huwwara (4,000), Silit A-Daher (6,000), and others 94 incidents of denial of access to PRCS ambulances at roadblocks were reported. External closures: West Bank and Gaza Strip sealed off from the rest of the world. Frequent lengthy closures of Gaza International airport, bridge to Jordan, border with Egypt (Rafah entrance), entrances to Israel (Al-Mintar and Bayt Hanoun crossings), “safe passage” between Gaza Strip & West Bank (Oslo accords forbid its closure).
Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities	More than 450 Palestinians detained from inside the Green Line. More than 800 Palestinians detained from East Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza Strip.
Property Damage (Collective punishment)	Shelling of residential areas: 202 (West Bank) and 379 (Gaza Strip) homes damaged. 14 mosques damaged. Cemeteries attacked. 25,000 olive and fruit trees uprooted and 4,456 dunums of land bulldozed.
Education^, (Collective punishment)	41 schools closed/unable to operate (20,000 students), 4 schools turned into military barracks 30 schools were shelled and fired upon by Israeli soldiers ($400,000 damage in 8 weeks). 45 Palestinian students killed during first 2 months, mostly on their way home from schools. UNRWA schools in Gaza reported 1,800 lost school days until Nov 15^th.
Economic conditions (Collective punishment)	Total daily losses estimated at $8,500,000. Israel prevents 125,000 Palestinians from going to work, with daily income loss of $ 6,250,000. Unemployment rate is 50% in Gaza Strip and 31% in West Bank. Over 1 million Palestinians live in poverty - doubled from before (earning less than $2 /day). Losses to Palestinian economy due to continued siege estimated at $862 million (Oct-Nov)
Resolutions/ Reports: Condemning Israel for disproportionate and excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians and failure to adhere to international laws.	- UN Security Council Resolution 1322, Oct 7^th, 2000. - Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN)- Denmark, International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH)- Paris, and International Committee of Jurists (ICJ)-Sweden (Oct 4-8, 2000). - Human Rights Watch (HRW)- New York (Oct 4^th – 11^th, 2000). - Giorgio Giacomelli, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Oct 11^th – 15^th, 2000). - UN Commission on Human Rights Resolution, 5^th Special Session (Oct 19^th, 2000). - UN General Assembly, 10^th emergency special session, Oct 20^th, 2000. - USA Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) (Oct 20^th –27^th , 2000). - Mary Robinson, UN Human Rights Commissioner, (Nov 7^th- 13^th, 2000).
International Laws/ Resolutions Violated	UN resolutions 242, 338 / Fourth 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 many others.

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