Protection of Civilians – Weekly Briefing Notes

8 – 14 November 2006

Of note this week 

– 33 Palestinians were killed and 90 were injured throughout the oPt, including ten children and six women.  The vast majority of casualties occurred in the Gaza Strip. In a single incident on 8 November – following an IDF artillery barrage on Beit Hanoun – more than 18 Palestinian civilians were killed (including eight children and six women) and 55 more were injured.

– Two Israeli civilians were injured by homemade rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. Two Israeli Border Police officers were injured in Jerusalem.

– Seven incidents were reported by OCHA field offices where the IDF or Israeli settlers harassed or created disruptions for Palestinians picking olives in the West Bank.