MEMORIALS
PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS AND FOREIGNERS KILLED IN AL AQSA INTIFADA
Type: Virtual Memorial
No of names: 6,483
Dated added: 8/14/2009
Organisation: B'Tselem
B'Tselem is an organisation that describes itself as an "information center for human rights in the occupied territories". The organisation has collected statistics about the people that have been killed in the armed conflict between Israelis and Palestinians that is commonly named the "second intifada" or the "Al-Aqsa Intifada".
Quote: The data include the person’s name, age, and place of residence, the date and place of death, and who killed the individual. The data on Israelis who were killed indicate whether they were a civilian or member of the security forces. Regarding Palestinians who were killed, the data state whether they took part in the fighting, in the event that B’Tselem has this information. In some cases, the data provide a short description of the circumstances in which the individual was killed.
The number of deaths from September 29, 2000 to January 31, 2007:
Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces: 4016
Palestinians killed by Israeli civilians: 41
Israeli civilians killed by Palestinians: 704
Israeli security force personnel killed by Palestinians: 316
Foreign citizens killed by Palestinians: 53
Foreign citizens killed by Israeli security forces: 10
Palestinians killed by Palestinians: 268
Total number of deaths: 5408
POSTED BY JON BRUNBERG ON 8/14/2009
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