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List
of Gaza victims "
Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights released on Saturday, March, 7th,
2009 a list of those martyred in IOF's Operation Cast Lead. The
1342-martyr list includes 109 women or 8.10% of the overall death
toll, 318 children or 23.69%, 127 over 50 years old, or 9.46%, and
235 members of all resistance factions. Excluding the mostly non
militant 27 killed in assassinations and physical liquidations
outside confrontations, then the death toll of resistance factions
accounts for only 15.50 out of the overall death toll. There are
also 210 police and security elements killed at workplace or while
they were on duty of keeping order and didn't take part in any
hostilities, accounting for 15.6% of the overall death toll.
On a provincial basis, North Gaza province lost 465, or 34.64% of
the overall death toll, Gaza province lost 567, or 42.25%, Deir El-Balah
151, or 11.25%, Khan Yunis 99, or 7.37%, Rafah 60, or 4.47%.
The list shows that those martyred on the first day of aggression
are 299, or 22.28% of the overall death toll, in addition to others
who died affected by wounds they sustained on the first day.
The center points out that the figures taken in provinces of Wosta,
Khan Yunis and Rafah were completely based on the forms filled in by
the center's researchers in field visits to houses of the martyrs,
while the number of those based on field visits in North Gaza
province and Gaza province are 161 and 141 respectively. Thus, a
light margin of error is expected in both regions.
It is worth noting that under pressures from international, local
and Israeli agencies and amid allegations that the death toll among
Palestinians is much less than the declared figures, the center has
previously released a list of martyrs before completing the field
documentation work.
Reference: March, 5th, 2009
Date: March, 7th, 2009 |
