Intifada toll 2000-2005

The four years of the Palestinian intifada have cost more than 4,000 lives. B'tselem, an Israeli human rights group, has been tracking casualty figures on both sides.

Most of the statistics cover the period from 29 September 2000 to 15 January 2005.

PALESTINIANS KILLED BY ISRAELIS*

3,135 killed by security forces in the West Bank and Gaza including 627 aged under 18, 181 killed in extrajudicial executions and 288 (including at least 29 aged under 18) killed in the course of these assassinations.

54 killed by security forces in Israel
including one aged under 18

34 killed by Israeli citizens in the West Bank and Gaza
including three aged under 18

*There are no figures to show the proportion of Palestinians who were combatants and those who were civilians.

ISRAELIS KILLED BY PALESTINIANS

431 civilians killed in Israel
including 78 aged under 18

218 civilians killed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
including 34 aged under 18

218 Israeli security forces killed in West Bank and Gaza

83 Israeli security forces killed in Israel

PALESTINIANS KILLED BY PALESTINIANS

101 killed by Palestinian civilians on suspicion of collaborating

29 killed by members of the Palestinian security forces (for September 2000 to Septemebr 2004)

3 Palestinians killed by gunfire from Palestinians shooting at Israeli civilians (for September 2000 to Septemebr 2004)

2 Palestinian security forces killed by Palestinians attacking Israeli soldiers (for September 2000 to Septemebr 2004)

FOREIGN CITIZENS

Foreign citizens killed

33 foreign citizens (including two aged under 18) were killed by Palestinians in Israel

10 foreign citizens were killed by Israeli security forces in the West Bank and Gaza

9 foreign citizens were killed by Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza

Killings by foreign citizens

3 Israeli civilians were killed by foreign citizens (for September 2000 to Septemebr 2004)

PALESTINIAN CITIZENS OF ISRAEL

(for September 2000 to Septemebr 2004)

Palestinian citizens of Israel killed:

13 Palestinian citizens of Israel were killed in Israel by the Israeli police and border police.

4 Palestinian citizens of Israel were killed by Israeli security forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

Killings by Palestinian citizens of Israel
(for September 2000 to Septemebr 2004)

3 Israeli citizens were killed in Israel by Palestinian citizens of Israel

1 member of the Israeli security forces was killed in Israel by a Palestinian citizen of Israel

(The above figures do not include Palestinians who died because medical treatment was delayed due to Israeli restrictions on their movement, nor does it include those killed by explosive devices which were on their person.)

ECONOMIC COSTS

The World Bank reported in 2004 that after almost four years of conflict and Israeli restrictions on movement that disrupt business activity, average Palestinian incomes had dropped by more than one third, and a quarter of the workforce was unemployed.

Nearly one-half of all Palestinians live below the poverty line. More than 600,000 people (16% of the population) cannot afford even the basic necessities for subsistence.