UN Humanitarian Bulletin-December 2016

UN Humanitarian Bulletin-December 2016

Attacks and clashes must not be treated as “the new normal”

By the end of 2015, 136 Palestinian deaths and nearly 14,000 injuries had been recorded in the West Bank and Israel in the context of attacks and clashes, the largest yearly figure since OCHA began its records in 2005. Figures for Israeli casualties resulting from Palestinian attacks were also some of the highest since 2008 (24 deaths and 350 injuries). The bulk of the casualties were recorded in the last quarter of the year, in a wave of violence characterized by almost daily stabbing and ramming attacks by non-affiliated Palestinians, and widespread protests and clashes. The targeting of Israeli civilians and the excessive use of force by Israeli military and police have remained major concerns throughout this period.

Click here to read the December 2015 Humanitarian Report from the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the occupied Palestinian territories.