By NNN-WAFA,
Ramallah : The PLO Department of Arab International Relations said that 5526 Palestinian citizens were killed by the IOF during the past 8 years.
Amongst the victims 1,010 were children, 340 women, 664 school students and 11 journalists.
In a report covering the period from Sep. 30th, 2000 – Sep. 30th, 2008 – during Al-Aqsa Intifada – the PLO mentioned that 32,000 Palestinian citizens were wounded by the IOF, 7500 were disabled, 3,600 of whom were left with permanent disabilities.
Another 33,000 Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation. 247 Palestinian patients that were denied permissions to cross the Gaza borders for further treatment abroad have passed away.
A total of 167 Palestinian citizens were killed by Israeli Jewish colonizers. The IOF always protected the Jewish colonizers while conducting their aggressions against Palestinian villages and citizens, the report said.
“165 Palestinian citizens were killed on the Israeli checkpoints across the West Bank; 40 Palestinian pregnant women lost their embryos while waiting to pass through those checkpoints,” the report mentioned.
The report also stated that 8300 Palestinian houses were demolished by the IOF. Different sorts of weapons were used during the demolitions. 900 of these houses were demolished in Occupied Jerusalem under the pretext that the houses were built without an Israeli permit. 70,000 Palestinian houses were damaged, leaving thousands of its inhabitants homeless and without any shelter.
As for East Jerusalem the report said: “The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) continues to judaize the Occupied East Jerusalem by surrounding it with the Apartheid Segregation Wall, and establishing checkpoints in and around the city, severely restricting Palestinian mobility.
Palestinian Muslims and Christians are prevented access to their holy places in order to pray. Many Palestinian houses in Occupied Jerusalem have been demolished, many Jerusalemites’ IDs were confiscated and other Jerusalemites’ residency was cancelled.”
More than 65,000 Palestinian citizens have been detained by the IOF during the past 8 years, the report said.
“A total of 11,000 Palestinian prisoners are still in the Israeli jails facing severe detaining conditions and 76 Palestinian prisoners have died in the Israeli jails after being subjected to harsh torture,” the report states.
The construction of the Apartheid Segregation Wall of 730km length on the land of 1967 Palestinian Territory, has claimed more than 300,000 dunums (1 acre = 4 dunums) of Palestinian land. Additionally 1,000,300 trees have been uprooted, in order to construct the Wall.
Furthermore the report mentions that there are approximately 630 permanent roadblocks and checkpoints across the West Bank, of which 93 are manned checkpoints and the 537 are unmanned.
During September 2008 IOF attacks in Palestinian areas have caused the deaths of 6 Palestinians, among them four children and also causing injury to 86 Palestinian citizens and a British journalist.
Additionally four Palestinian patients, denied permissions to cross the borders for further treatment, have passed away, and 274 Palestinian citizens have been arrested, while 589 dunums of the Palestinian lands has been seized to construct the Apartheid Wall, this month alone.