Weekly Briefing Notes (March 17-22, 2004)
By OCHA
March 22, 2004


Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs


OCHA Weekly Briefing Notes

Update for oPt (17 – 22 March 2004)

INSIDE: Casualties ▪ Incidents involving ambulances ▪ Curfew ▪ House demolition ▪ Land levelling\confiscation ▪ Checkpoints\roadblocks\Barrier\restrictions on movement ▪ Education ▪ Labour movement to Israel ▪ Appendix

1. Casualties
Palestinians: 30 deaths
128 injured
Israelis: 0 deaths
6 injured

22 March: The founder and spiritual leader of Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed at day break on Monday along with two of his bodyguards and six other bystanders in Al Sabra neighbourhood, southwest of Gaza City.

2. Incidents involving ambulances and medical teams

Denial of access: 3 incidents
Delay (35 min – 2 hrs): 5 incidents
Shooting/Damage to ambulance: 1 incident

3. Curfews
Curfews were reported in the following locations: Hebron H2 (2 days), Shufa (few hours)

4. House demolitions/Demolition Orders

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