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One Year Al-Aqsa Intifada

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Israeli Fatalities

Although the mandate of the PHRMG formally only covers the human rights of Palestinians in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, we have decided to add a section on Israeli casualties in the al-Aqsa Intifada to give a more complete picture of the situation. The data presented in this section has been collected by B'Tselem (www.btselem.org).

As of 25 September 2001	In the Territories	Inside the Green Line	Total
Israeli civilians killed by Palestinians	66	52	118
Among them children (under 18)	6	22	28
Members of the Israeli security forces killed by Palestinians	34	12	46
Total	100	64	164

In addition, 12 Palestinian citizens of Israel were killed by the Israeli security forces inside Israel at the beginning of the al-Aqsa Intifada, and 1 Palestinian citizen of Israel was killed by Israeli security forces in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Notes and comments:

International law, which sets the criteria for legitimate use of force, admits the existence of a right to self-determination 25 and of self-defense 26 . Many respected legal commentators such as Richard Falk 27 also infer the existence of a positive right to resist the occupation. Such a right certainly exists when Israel conducts operations inside Palestinian-controlled areas.
However, under international humanitarian law, the distinction between civilians and combatants must be made at all times, and civilians must not become the target of armed operations. This rule applies obviously also to Palestinian operations against the Israeli occupation.
Children are civilians. Israeli children, whether living in settlements or inside Israel, must not be the targets of attacks. A child, according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, is a person below the age of 18. The table above does not include a special section for children aged 15-18 since no allegation has been made that Israeli children have participated in combat operations. Children represent 17% of Israeli fatalities.
The fact that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories are illegal under international humanitarian law does not mean that settlers can be killed. Humanitarian law forbids the transfer of (Israeli) civilian population from (Israel) the occupying country to the occupied (Palestinian) lands, not the transfer of an occupying army, which is the essence of occupation. Considering all settlers as combatants would assimilate them to the occupying army, and would therefore legitimize their presence in the Palestinian territories.
The purely civilian status of the settler population, however, is not established either. Several factors blur the distinction:
Many adult male settlers are armed and sometimes initiate attacks on Palestinians.
Security patrols have also been organized around certain settlements, approved by the Israeli army but not submitted to any specific, openly acknowledged regulations.
Settlements are often protected by the Israeli army, and the presence of troops and tanks further undermines the civilian character of the settlements.
In some cases, because of their location and function, Israeli settlements must be considered security outposts rather than civilian dwellings.
Palestinians justify attacks inside Israel by the inequality of the confrontation with the Israeli army inside the Palestinian territories, and by the need to force the Israeli population to face the actions of the settlers and soldiers in the territories. However, beyond the questionable political and strategic wisdom of such actions, it is not clear whether Palestinian attacks inside Israel also fall under the legitimate right to resist the occupation.
Even the legitimacy of attacks against Israeli military personnel inside Israel is questionable, since Palestinian operations inside Israel were almost never targeting specifically Israeli military personnel, and civilians were also endangered and/or killed.
Attacks against Israeli civilians inside Israel must be condemned without reservation.

Below is a list of Palestinians who carried out suicide attacks during the al-Aqsa Intifada (not included in our total count of Palestinian fatalities):

List Of Palestinians Who Carried Out Suicide Attacks In Israel And The Occupied Territories During The al-Aqsa Intifada

25 See Charter of the United Nations (1945), art. 1.2, and Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (UNAG Res. 1514 (XV), 14 December 1960)
26 Charter of United Nations (1945), art. 51
27 FALK, Richard A. and WESTON, Burns H. The Legal Defence of the Intifada, Harvard Law Journal, Winter 1991

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Palestinians Who Carried Out Suicide Attacks In Israel And The Occupied Territories During The al-Aqsa Intifada

No	Name	Age	Place of Residence	Date of attack	Place of attack	Political affiliation	Notes
1	Nabil Faraj Rajab al-Areir	24	Shajaiyeh neighborhood- Gaza	26/10/2000	Suicide bombing attack with a motorcycle at a military headquarters near Kissufim settlement to the north of Khan Younis- Gaza	Islamic Jihad	1 IDF soldier injured
2	Hamdi Arafat Enseyo	29	Shatti Camp- Gaza	6/11/2000	Rafah beach		His name was revealed on 10.12.2000
3	Hashem Abdallah Najar el Faloji	22	Hebron	22/12/2000	Suicide bombing attack at a Coffee shop near Mahoula settlement- the Jordan valley	Islamic Jihad	5 Israeli civilians injured
4	Hamed Saleh Abu Hejleh	24	Nablus	1/01/2001	Suicide bombing attack with a car at a junction- Netanya	Hamas	Died on 8-1-01 from injuries sustained. 54 Israeli civilians injured.
5	Ahmed Omar ‘Alayyan	23	Nour Shams Camp- Tulkarem	4/03/2001	Suicide bombing attack at Herzl St close to a gas station- Netanya	Hamas	3 Israeli civilians killed, and 68 injured.
6	Diya’ Mohammed Hussein el-Tawil	21	al-Bireh- Ramallah	27/03/2001	At the French Hill junction- East Jerusalem	DFLP	25 Israeli civilians injured.
7	Fadi Attalah Yousef ‘Amer	23	Qalqilia	28/03/2001	Near a gas station- Qalqilia	Hamas	2 Israeli civilians killed, and 4 injured.
8	Omar Salem Abu ‘ateiwy	22	Gaza	22/04/2001	Suicide bombing attack at a bus station no29- Kfar Saba	Hamas	1 Israeli killed and 50 injured.
9	Jamal Abdel Ghani Rashid Nasser	23	Nablus	29/04/2001	Suicide bombing attack with a car in Deir Sharaf- Nablus	Hamas	No victims
10	Mahmoud Ahmad Marmash	20	Tulkarem	18/05/2001	Suicide bombing at the mall in Netanya	Hamas	5 people were killed and more than 100 were injuired
11	‘Ala Hilal Abdel Satar Sabah	19	Jenin	25/05/2001	Suicide bombing attack with a car close to the central bus station- Hadera	Islamic Jihad	60 Israeli civilians injured.
12	Osama Nimer Darwish Abu el Heija	21	Jenin Camp	25/05/2001		Islamic Jihad	60 Israeli civilians injured.
13	Hussein Abu Naser	22	Beit Lahya- Gaza	25/05/2001	A suicide bombing attack with a truck near Netzarim junction- Gaza	Hamas	No victims.
14	Ismael Arafat Ashoor	21	al- Amal neighborhood -Gaza	29/05/2001	Suicide bombing attack at al-Tufah checkpoint to the west of Khan Younis camp- Gaza	Hamas	2 IDF soldiers injured.
15	Abdel Mouty Al-‘Assar	20	Khan Yunis-Gaza	29/05/2001		Hamas	2 IDF soldiers injured.
16	Sa’ed al Hotary	21	Qalqilia	1/06/2001	Suicide bombing attack at the entrance of the Dolphinarium-Tel Aviv	Hamas	21 Israeli civilians killed and 76 civilians injured.
17	Nafez Ayesh Al- Nither	26	Jabalia camp, Gaza	10/07/2001	Suicide bombing attack with a car at a checkpoint near Kissufim- South of Gaza	Hamas	No victims
18	Salem Taleb Dar’awi	22	Shawawrah village- Bethlehem	17/07/2001	Bombing attack- West Jerusalem	DFLP	No victims
19	Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Wahadneh	20	Deheisheh Camp-Bethlehem.	17/07/2001	Bombing attack- West Jerusalem	Fatah	No victims
20	Nidal Mustafa Ibrahim Shadof	20	Burqin village- Jenin	17/07/2001	Suicide bombing attack at Binyamina bus station- near Tel-Aviv	Islamic Jihad	2 IDF soldiers killed- and 11 Israeli Civilians injured.
21	Ali Joulani	30	Qalandia Camp- north of Jerusalem	6/08/2001	Carried a shooting attack near the Israeli Defense Ministry- Tel-Aviv	Fatah	8 IDF soldiers- and 2 Israeli civilians injured.
22	Ashraf Mohammad Subhi Assayed	23	Nablus	9/08/2001	Suicide bombing attack at an IDF checkpoint- in the Jordan valley	Hamas	1 IDF soldier injured.
23	Ezzedin Ahmad Al-Masri	23	Qubeiba- Jenin	9/08/2001	Suicide bombing attack at Sbarro Restaurant- West Jerusalem	Hamas	15 Civilians killed and more than 100 injured.
24	Mohammed Mahmoud Baker Nasser	27	Qabatiya- Jenin	13/08/2001	Suicide bombing attack at a coffee shop at the center of Kiryat Motskin- near Haifa	Islamic Jihad	Islamic Jihad. 21 Israeli civilians injured.
25	Ra’ed Nabil al-Barghouthi	26	‘Aboud-Ramallah	4/09/2001	Suicide bombing attack near Bikur Holim- West Jerusalem	Hamas	Hamas. 15 Israeli civilians injured.
26	Mohammed Salah Hbeishi	48	Abu Snan villag- Israell	9/09/2001	Suicide bombing attack- at Naharia train station	A member in the Islamic Movement in Israel	3 IDF soldiers killed, and 80 Israeli civilians injured.
27	‘Abed al FatahMuhammed Musleh Rashed		Irtah village-Tulkarem	9/09/2001	Suicide bombing attack with a car at Beit Leed- East of Netanya beach	Islamic Jihad	4 Israeli civilians injured.