Ramallah: The Palestinian Health Ministry reported Sunday that the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army and armed Israeli paramilitary settlers in the period between October 1 and the evening of Sunday evening November 8, has reached 80, including 17 children and 4 women, while more than 3000 Palestinians have been injured.
The Ministry said 60 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank, 18, including a mother and her child, have been killed in the Gaza Strip, and one in the Negev.
The Health Ministry stated that 1248 Palestinians have been shot with live army rounds in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, and 1808 have been shot with rubber-coated steel bullets; 1008 of them required hospitalization and 800 received treatment by field medics.
In the West Bank, 826 Palestinians were shot with live rounds, 895 with rubber-coated steel bullets, while in the Gaza Strip, 422 were shot with live rounds, and 113 with rubber-coated steel bullets.
The Ministry also said that 247 Palestinians suffered fractures and bruises after being assaulted by Israeli soldiers and paramilitary settlers, and 24 suffered burns due to Israeli gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Among the wounded Palestinians in the West Bank are 370 children; 180 shot with live Israeli army fire, 120 with rubber-coated steel bullets, 30 were directly shot with gas bombs and concussion grenades, and 40 were beaten by soldiers and settlers. 170 children have been injured in the Gaza Strip, most of them with live army fire.
QNA
