Duration of the conflict
1948 - ongoing

Type of conflict
Nationalistic/geopolitical conflict, with intermittent hostilities causing many casualties, most of them civilian.

Humanitarian aspects
Human Development Index: Israel: 27 (2008: 24). Occupied Palestinian territories: 110 (2007: 106);

• The number of Palestinian refugees has grown from 700.000 in 1948 to 4.6 million in 2009 (Source: UNWRA, www.un.org/unrwa, 11-02-2010);
• 1,441 Palestinian children were killed by army or settler violence between September 2000 and December 2009. 124 Israeli children were killed in the same period by Palestinians (Source: www.rememberthesechildren.org, 11-02-2010);
• More than 10,000 Palestinian children wounded (Source: Defense of Children International – Palestine Section (www.dci-pal.org, 11-02-2010);
• Each month an average of 330 Palestinian children are in Israeli prisons and an average of 750 children are taken to prison each year. This is considered a high rate of incarceration. (Source: The Israeli Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, www.btselem.org, 11-02-2010);
• Almost all children living in Gaza have experienced one or more traumatic events (Source: Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP), www.gcmhp.net, 11-02-2010);
• Whereas in Israel, 35.9% of children live under the poverty line, in the West Bank the figures are around 40% and in Gaza up to 80% (Source: UNWRA, www.un.org/unrwa, 11-02-2010).

Phase that the country is in today

• Ongoing occupation, chronic crisis with outbursts of violence which claim a high number of civilian casualties;
• For more than 15 years political attempts have been made to end the conflict, so far without results
   

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