OCHA-oPt Protection of Civilians

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1 OCHA-oPt Protection of Civilians Summary data tables Reports to the end of October Contents 1. Overview 2. Index of summary tables 3. Methods and sources 4. Reporting completeness 5. Duplicate reports 6. Reporting period 7. Terminology 8. Map of governorates 9. Data tables 10. Appendices October

2 1. Overview The Protection of Civilians database contains information collated from the published OCHA Protection of Civilians - Weekly Briefing Notes. OCHA-oPt has compiled and published these weekly reports since May The reporting format underwent several revisions since this time and the current content and structure was introduced in March From this time there has been comprehensive and detailed reporting of individual incidents, particularly those concerning physical protection. Quantifiable data from the Weekly Briefing Notes from 1 st January 2005 onwards have been compiled into a Protection of Civilians database from which these tables have been developed. They present information, reported on a daily or weekly basis, as monthly figures with geographical breakdowns to the governorate level. These data may be used freely for information and analysis purposes; however the source must be cited. The citation should include United Nations OCHA-oPt and the reporting period for the data. Usage should take into account the caveats and terminology defining the data. Summary statistics are available for the following Weekly Briefing Note themes: Physical protection Casualties deaths and injuries Access and movement for civilians Curfews Flying (random) checkpoints Additional protection issues Searches, arrests and detentions 2. OCHA-oPt Protection of Civilians database: Index of summary tables Physical Protection Table P1 Table P2 Table P3 Table P4 Table P5 Table P6 Table P7 Table P8 Table P9 Table P10 Table P11 Table P12 Palestinians killed in direct conflict related incidents in opt and Israel by month and governorate Palestinians injured in direct conflict related incidents in opt and Israel by month and governorate Israelis killed in direct conflict related incidents in opt and Israel by month and governorate Israelis injured in direct conflict related incidents in opt and Israel by month and governorate Foreign citizens killed in direct conflict related incidents in opt and Israel by month and governorate Foreign citizens injured in direct conflict related incidents in opt and Israel by month and governorate Palestinians killed in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident type Palestinians injured in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident type Palestinian children killed in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident type Israeli children killed in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident type Palestinian children injured in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident type Israeli children injured in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident type Access and Movement for Civilians Table A1 Table A2 Table A3 Total hours under curfew in the opt by governorate and month Total number of curfews in the opt by governorate and month Total and weekly average number of flying (random) checkpoints in the West Bank by month and governorate data from June 2005 Additional Protection Issues Table AP1 Total & weekly average number of searches in the opt by month and governorate from June 2005 Table AP2 Total & weekly average number of arrests/detentions in the opt by month and governorate from June 2005 Appendices Appendix 1 Actual reporting periods for monthly data compiled from weekly summary statistics OCHA-oPt Protection of Civilians summary data tables October 1

3 For the context and details of specific incidents please refer to the source information, located in the Weekly Briefing Notes. The reports are available in the report centre of the OCHA-oPt website at 3. Methods and sources The information used to compile the Weekly Briefing Notes comes from a range of sources compiled by OCHA field teams 1 in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Typically, the OCHA field teams receive an initial incident report from a source, which is verified through visits to the incident site in addition to further corroboration with a third source, such as an NGO. Each week the following sources are used to compile the Weekly Briefing Notes: Physical protection: OCHA field teams, Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA), World Health Organization (WHO), Israel Defence Forces (IDF) website, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) website, offices of Palestinian Authority (PA) governors, Palestinian District Civilian Liaison (DCL). Shelter and property: OCHA field teams, UNRWA, Palestinian DCL. Access and Movement for Civilians: Palestinian DCL, Christian Peacemakers Team (CPT). Curfews: OCHA field teams, Village Councils, UNRWA, Palestinian DCL. Additional Protection issues: OCHA field teams, UNRWA, United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS), UNSCO, Palestinian DCLs, Palestinian Governors offices, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, IDF website. 4. Reporting completeness Reporting to the Weekly Briefing Notes is comprehensive but it is not exhaustive and occasionally some incidents may not be included. In some cases updated information is reported later and is included in the Protection of Civilians database retrospectively. For this reason there can be slight differences between the database and the figures published in the Weekly Briefing Notes. 5. Duplicate reports - died of wounds Individuals who have been seriously wounded and who later die from their injuries are usually counted in both the injuries and the deaths tables. Between January 2005 and July the database includes 81 Palestinians, 3 Israelis and 1 foreign citizen who died from wounds some time after the incident in which they were injured. Twenty nine of these Palestinian deaths were caused by internal violence and conflict. 6. Reporting period Casualty incidents and curfew reports are collated and published in the Weekly Briefing Notes according to the actual date on which they occurred. Monthly summaries for these are precise representations of the data, while the Weekly Briefing Note report period may overlap the end of one month and the start of the next. Searches, arrests/detentions and flying (random) checkpoints are published as summary figures for a weekly reporting period (running from Wednesday to the following Tuesday). Weekly reports do not correspond precisely with calendar months. The monthly figures shown in these tables are calculated by adding the total figures from each Weekly Briefing Note period. Weeks that overlap the end of one month and the start of the next are counted towards the month that most of the reporting week falls in. Consequently some months show figures for five reporting weeks and some for four. Details of the actual reporting period and the number of reporting weeks for each month are given in Appendix 1. 1 There are four OCHA field teams located in Gaza, and in the northern, central and southern West Bank OCHA-oPt Protection of Civilians summary data tables October 2

4 7. Terminology Physical protection concerns incidents where there were casualties. These include deaths and injuries in Palestinian, Israeli and foreign nationals who were killed or injured in the occupied Palestinian territories 2 or in Israel in incidents related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The figures include civilians, members of the security forces and members of Palestinian militant groups. Reports of casualties resulting from accidents, or from violence in the context of criminal activities are not included. Injuries include injuries of different severity and the degree of injury is not recorded in the database. Injuries figures do not include cases of shock or tear gas inhalation. Israeli security forces are defined as any member of the Armed Forces, the Police and the Border Police. Private security personnel are not included and are considered to be civilians. Children are defined as individuals aged 0-17 inclusive. Reporting of child deaths has been verified against external data collected by Defence for Children - Palestine since July, earlier reports may be an underestimate where age information has not been reported. Injuries figures for children are likely to be an underestimate as age information for injured individuals is often not available or reported. Casualty incident type Incidents where casualties (deaths and injuries) were reported have been divided into categories for analysis purposes. The casualties summary table published in each Weekly Briefing Note and the information cited in most published reports use figures for deaths and injuries resulting from direct conflict. Other conflict-related incidents are reported from the field and described in the Weekly Briefing Notes but not included in the weekly summary statistics. Deaths and injuries from these incidents have been recorded in the database and are summarised in these tables. The incident type classifications are: Direct conflict. These are casualties resulting directly from the conflict and occupation of the opt. These include casualties caused in military operations, artillery shelling, search and arrest campaigns, demonstrations 3, targeted killing, settler violence, Palestinian attacks on Israelis etc. Disputed circumstances. These are casualties resulting from incidents that are still under investigation and where the cause of the casualties remains disputed. Indirect conflict. These are casualties resulting indirectly from the conflict and occupation of the opt. They include casualties caused by Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), traffic incidents 4, home made rockets missing their target, deaths in prison, deaths from probable underlying medical conditions that occurred during military operations, or where access to medical care was denied. Internal violence and conflict. These include casualties caused by factional violence or family feuding, internal demonstrations (that are linked to the conflict/occupation) and shooting of alleged collaborators with Israel. These incidents began to be comprehensively reported from May and earlier figures will be underreported. Reckless handling of explosives or weapons. These include those injured or killed while preparing or handling explosives and all those injured or killed in the vicinity. Searches and arrests/detentions Searches refer to operations by the Israeli security forces to search houses or other properties. During these operations individuals are often detained or arrested. Detentions (without arrest) typically last for a few days but can extend for a period of three months or longer. Curfews The duration of a curfew is counted once for each curfew incident. A single curfew affecting multiple neighbouring locations is counted as one incident. A curfew that is lifted and re-imposed in the same place on a single day is counted as two incidents. A single curfew incident may last for several days. 2 The occupied Palestinian territories opt are the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. These figures do not reflect casualties from the Lebanon-Israeli conflict or incidents in the occupied lands on the northern border of Israel. 3 These are demonstrations related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or occupation such as protests against the construction of the West Bank Barrier. 4 Traffic incidents are included only if they are in some way related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or occupation for example involving Israeli settlers, IDF vehicles, occur at checkpoints or flying (random) checkpoints, or were as a result of pursuit. OCHA-oPt Protection of Civilians summary data tables October 3

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6 Table P1: Palestinians killed in direct conflict 1 related incidents in opt and Israel by month and governorate Region & Governorate Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total 4 Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sep Oct total 4 West Bank Nablus Jenin Tubas Tulkarm Qalqiliya Salfit Ramallah Jerusalem Jericho Bethlehem Hebron WB - location not reported West Bank Total Gaza Strip North Gaza Gaza Deir Al Balah Khan Younis Rafah GS - location not reported Gaza Strip Total opt - location not reported Total opt Israel total Total Footnotes 1. Incident types classified as direct conflict are described in the terminology notes on the OCHA-oPt website information centre ( 2. Israel total figures include 8 Palestinians killed while conducting suicide bombings in Israel (February 2005 to April, January ), two Palestinians killed in June during an attack on the IDF near the Gaza border, one unarmed illegal worker shot dead by Police in Jaffa in October and one Palestinian taxi driver killed in Tel Aviv in May 3. These figures exclude seven members of a family killed in North Gaza in an explosion in June, the cause of which is still disputed 4. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month October 5

7 Table P2: Palestinians injured in direct conflict 1 related incidents in opt and Israel by month and governorate 2005 Region & Governorate Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2005 total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total 2 Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sep Oct total 3 West Bank Nablus Jenin Tubas Tulkarm Qalqiliya Salfit Ramallah Jerusalem Jericho Bethlehem Hebron WB - location not reported West Bank Total Gaza Strip North Gaza Gaza Deir Al Balah Khan Younis Rafah GS - location not reported Gaza Strip Total opt - location not reported Total opt Israel total Total Footnotes 1. Incident types classified as direct conflict are described in the terminology notes on the OCHA-oPt website information centre ( 2.These figures do not include 33 individuals who were injured by an explosion on a beach in North Gaza, the cause of which is still disputed 3. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month October 6

8 Table P3: Israelis killed in direct conflict 1 related incidents in opt and Israel 2 by month and governorate Region & Governorate Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sep Oct total 5 West Bank Nablus Jenin Tubas Tulkarm Qalqiliya Salfit Ramallah Jerusalem Jericho Bethlehem Hebron West Bank Total Gaza Strip North Gaza Gaza Deir Al Balah Khan Younis Rafah Gaza Strip Total opt - location not reported Total opt Israel total Total of the total - no of Israeli security forces Footnotes 1. Incident types classified as direct conflict are described in the terminology notes on the OCHA-oPt website information centre ( 2. Casualties in Israel relate only to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, figures do not include casualties from the war with Lebanon 3. Most non-security forces casualties in the opt are Israeli settlers in the West Bank (and in Gaza prior to August ) 4. Israeli security forces include all members of the Armed Forces, the Border Police and the Police. They do not include private security personnel who are classified as civilians 5. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month 6. The total excludes two Israelis who died when their car collided with a Palestinian truck near Halhul north of Hebron City on 18 June. October 7

9 Table P4: Israelis injured in direct conflict 1 related incidents in opt and Israel 2 by month and governorate 2005 Region & Governorate Jan Feb Mar 2005 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sep Oct total 5 West Bank Nablus Jenin Tubas Tulkarm Qalqiliya Salfit Ramallah Jerusalem Jericho Bethlehem Hebron West Bank Total Gaza Strip North Gaza Gaza Deir Al Balah Khan Younis Rafah Gaza Strip Total opt - location not reported Total opt Israel total Total of the total - no of Israeli security forces of the total - no injured by IDF/Israeli settlers in the West Bank Footnotes 1. Incident types classified as direct conflict are described in the terminology notes on the OCHA-oPt website information centre ( 2. Casualties in Israel relate only to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, figures do not include casualties from the war with Lebanon 3. Most non-security forces casualties in the opt are Israeli settlers in the West Bank (and in Gaza prior to August ), the exception is in Ramallah where over 45 Israeli citizens, and over 50 members of the Israeli security forces have been injured during demonstrations against the construction of the West Bank Barrier 4. Israeli security forces include all members of the armed forces, the Border Police and the Police. They do not include private security personnel 5. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month 6. The total excludes three Israeli settlers who were injured by live ammunition while hiking near Beitillu village on 20 June because it remains disputed who the perpetrators of the attack are (Ramallah). October 8

10 Table P5: Foreign citizens killed in direct conflict 1 related incidents in opt and Israel by month Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct total 4 West Bank Gaza Strip Total opt Israel total Total Table P6: Foreign citizens injured in direct conflict 1 related incidents in opt and Israel by month Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct West Bank Gaza Strip Total opt Israel total Total total 4 Footnotes: 1. Incident types classified as direct conflict are described in the terminology notes on the OCHA-oPt website information centre ( 2. Foreign pcitizens killed g in Israel were killed as a result of suicide attacks or rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip injured in the West Bank were injured by the Israeli security forces 4. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month October 9

11 Table P7: Palestinians killed in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident typ 1 Incident type Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct West Bank Gaza Direct conflict opt - location not reported Israel Total - Direct conflict West Bank Disputed circumstances Gaza Total - Disputed circumstances West Bank Indirect conflict Gaza Israel Total - Indirect conflict West Bank Internal conflict and violence Gaza Total - Internal conflict and violence West Bank Reckless handling of Gaza explosive and other weapons opt - location not reported Total - Reckless handling of explosives Total total 3 Footnotes 1. Incident types classified as direct conflict are described in the terminology notes on the OCHA-oPt website information centre ( 2. Casualties resulting from internal conflict and violence began to be reported systematically from May, earlier figures may be underreported 3. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month October 10

12 Table P8: Palestinians injured in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident type Incident type Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul 2005 Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct total 2 West Bank Gaza Direct conflict opt - location not reported Israel Total - Direct conflict West Bank Disputed circumstances Gaza Total - Disputed circumstances West Bank Indirect conflict Gaza Israel Total - Indirect conflict West Bank Internal conflict and violence Gaza Total - Internal conflict and violence Reckless handling of West Bank explosives and other weapons Gaza Total - Reckless handling of explosives Total Footnotes 1. Incident types classified as direct conflict are described in the terminology notes on the OCHA-oPt website information centre ( 2. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month 3. Casualties resulting from internal conflict and violence began to be reported systematically from May, earlier figures may be underreported October 11

13 Table P9: Palestinian children killed in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident type Incident type Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct total 3 West Bank Direct conflict Gaza Israel Total - Direct conflict Disputed circumstances West Bank Gaza Total - Disputed circumstances West Bank Indirect conflict Gaza Israel Total - Indirect conflict Internal conflict and West Bank violence Gaza Total - Internal conflict and Reckless handling of explosives and other West Bank weapons Gaza Total - Reckless handling of Total Table P10: Israeli children killed in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident type Incident type Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total 5 Jan Feb Mar April May June July August Sep total 5 West Bank Direct conflict Gaza Israel Total - Direct conflict West Bank Indirect conflict Gaza Israel Total - Indirect conflict Total Footnotes 1. Casualties resulting from internal conflict and violence began to be reported systematically from May, earlier figures may be underreported 2. In May a child with foreign citizenship died from wounds sustained in a suicide bombing in Israel the previous month 3. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month October 12

14 Table P11: Palestinian children injured in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident type 1 Incident type Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct total 2 West Bank Direct conflict Gaza Israel Total - Direct conflict Disputed circumstances West Bank Gaza Total - Disputed circumstances West Bank Indirect conflict Gaza Israel Total - Indirect conflict Internal conflict and violence West Bank Gaza Total - Internal conflict and violence Reckless handling of explosives and other weapons West Bank Gaza Total - Reckless handling of Total Table P12: Israeli children injured in the opt and Israel by region, month and incident type 1 Incident type Region Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct total 2 West Bank Direct conflict Gaza Israel Total - Direct conflict West Bank Indirect conflict Gaza Israel Total - Indirect conflict Total Footnotes 1. Incident types classified as direct conflict are described in the terminology notes on the OCHA-oPt website information centre ( 2. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month Casualties resulting from internal conflict and violence began to be reported systematically from May, earlier figures may be underreported Ages of injured individuals are oftern not reported, numbers of children injured represent a minimum figure October 13

15 Table A1: Total Hours 1 under curfew in the opt by governorate and month West Bank Governorates Gaza Year 2005 Nablus Jenin Tubas Tulkarm Qalqiliya Salfit Ramallah Jerusalem Jericho Bethlehem Hebron West Bank Total Deir Al-Balah Gaza North Month Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Total Total curfew hours represent the total duration of all curfew incidents per governorate per month. Please see the terminology notes for definition of a curfew incident 2. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month October 14

16 Table A2: Total number of Curfew Incidents in the opt by governorate and month West Bank Governorates Gaza Nablus Jenin Tubas Tulkarm Qalqiliya Salfit Ramallah Jerusalem Jericho Bethlehem Hebron Year Month Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun July August Sep Oct Total West Bank Total Deir Al-Balah Gaza North Footnotes 1. A single curfew affecting multiple neighbouring locations is counted as one incident. A curfew that is lifted and re-imposed in the same place on a single day is counted as two incidents. A single curfew incident may last for several days. 2. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month October

17 Table A3: Number 1 of flying checkpoints in the West Bank by month and governorate Governorate West Bank Total Nablus Jenin Tubas Tulkarm Qalqiliya Salfit Ramallah Jerusalem Jericho Bethlehem Hebron Weekly average 4 Year Month Total Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Total Footnotes y g ( ) p p g p y weeks included in each monthly figure varies. Please see Appendix 1 for the actual date periods and number of weeks included in each summary month totals are from June to December 3. totals are totals to the end of the most recent complete reporting month 4. The weekly average provides a standardised figure taking account of the variable number of reporting weeks contributing to each monthly total October 15