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Israel's Humanitarian Aid to Gaza
396
truckloads of humanitarian aid that have been delivered through Israeli crossings into Gaza since the beginning of Operation Cast Lead, including basic food commodities, medication, medical supplies, blood units and donations by various governments and blood units. [3]
80
truckloads of humanitarian aid expected to arrive in Gaza on Jan. 5 [4]
20
Palestinians evacuated to Israel for medical treatment (including two children) [5]
800,000+
leaflets disseminated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to Gaza civilians instructing them to stay away from terrorist and weapons storage sites [6]
70+
times the IDF warned populated areas before conducting airstrikes [7]
10,000
tons of aid transported into Gaza at the request of international organizations, the Palestinian Authority and various governments since the beginning of Operation Cast Lead. The World Food Program informed Israel last week that that it would cease shipment of food to Gaza because warehouses are at full capacity, with enough food to last two weeks. [8]
0
wounded Palestinians allowed by Hamas to cross from Gaza into Egypt for treatment. [9]
Iran-backed Hamas Rocket, Mortar Attacks and Nuclear Developments
10,000+
rockets and mortars fired from Gaza since 2001. [10]
3,200+
rockets and mortars fired from Gaza in 2008 alone. [11]
6,500+
rockets and mortars fired from Gaza since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005. [12]
538+
rockets and mortars fired from Gaza into Israeli territory during the ceasefire from June 19 to Dec. 19, 2008. [13]
480
rockets and mortars fired from Gaza into Israel since Operation Cast Lead began Dec. 27. [14]
28
deaths caused by rockets and mortars fired from Gaza into Israel since 2001. The dead include Israelis, Palestinians and foreign workers. Since the ceasefire ended, Iran-backed Palestinian groups in Gaza fired rockets and mortars that killed an Israeli-Arab construction worker and a mother of four who was seeking shelter in a bus station as a rocket warning siren sounded. [15]
1,000+
people in Israel injured from rockets and mortars fired from Gaza since 2001, including Israelis, Palestinians and foreign workers. Since the start of Israel's defensive operation in Gaza Dec. 27, 90 Israelis have been injured and at least 244 have been treated for shock. [16]
20,000
Hamas terrorists Israel is targeting as part of its defensive operations [17]
1,000,000
Israeli civilians Hamas is targeting and can reach. [18]
15
seconds Israelis have to get to a bomb shelter once a warning siren has sounded. [19]
8
years Israel has endured rockets and mortar fire from Gaza [20]
3
mosques in Gaza used as weapons, ammunitions and explosives depots that were struck by the Israel Defense Forces during the operation in Gaza. [21] The strikes occurred only at night and never during prayer times, to avoid civilian casualties.
4
UN Security Council resolutions passed since 2006 to try to stop Iran from enriching uranium. [22]
5,000+
number of centrifuges operating in Iran to enrich uranium, the material used to produce a nuclear weapon. [23]
After Israel's evacuation from Gaza...
430,000
West Bank Palestinians able to move freely within and between Palestinian-controlled areas. [52]
1
Israeli remaining in Gaza. Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit was abducted from Israel on June 25, 2006 by Hamas in a bloody cross-border raid in which the terrorists also killed two IDF soldiers and wounded four others. [53]
1.2 million
Arabs who remained full and legal citizens of Israel. All Israeli citizens - Christians, Muslims, and Jews - have freedom of speech, religion, press, and the right to vote. [54]
1.3 million
Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip many of them in Palestinian Authority-controlled refugee camps, who live under their own leaders. [55]
820,000
Jewish refugees forced to flee without their belongings from Arab countries between 1947 and 1949, and who have never been compensated by Arab governments for their losses. [58]
650,000
Arab refugees who left Israel from 1947-1949 and still need Palestinian leaders who will end terrorism and the culture of hate. [57]
Israel's withdrawal from four northern West Bank settlements created an area more than twice the size of Gaza's 140 square miles under Palestinian control and devoid of any Israeli presence. [58]
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