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

1. Casualties

Palestinians: 17 deaths
56 injured
Israelis: 5 deaths
9 injured
Sources: OCHA FCU, PRCS, IDF website, Israeli MoFA.

2. Incidents involving ambulances and medical teams
Denial of access: 4 incidents
Delay (1- 5 hours): 9 incidents
Physical/Verbal abuse of Medical team: 2 incidents
Shooting/Damage to Ambulance: 3 incidents
Evacuation of Patient from an Ambulance: 1 incident: A dialysis patient was evacuated from the ambulance and denied him access. He was accompanied by another patient (1-year old girl) with respiratory problems.
• Since 17 January 2004, following the suicide bombing at Erez in which four IDF soldiers were killed, Israeli authorities have imposed additional restrictions on the MOH ambulances transporting Gaza patients to Israeli and West Bank hospitals. All patients and medical staff are required now to use the worker’s tunnel to proceed to the Israeli side and no longer the VIP track.
• Since 22 March 2004, the number of medical transfers dropped sharply. Only 6-10 co ordinations were approved per day while more than 40 per day were approved before the 17 January 2004.
• Since 18 April 2004, the number of medical transfer has dropped to 2-3 per day following the assassination of Dr. Rantisi.
Sources: FCU, PRCS, MoH

3. Curfews
Curfews were reported in the following locations:
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