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Details of actions taken under the Second Israeli obligation Since the issuance of the Road Map on 30 April 2003 until 8 July 2003: Israel has killed 145 Palestinians, including 16 killed on 1 May 2003, the day after the Road Map was issued and 6 after the Palestinian factions announced a halt on all violence against Israelis, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed since September 2000 to 2,412. Source: Palestine Red Crescent Society, www.palestinercs.org/Database/Date/ Israel has assassinated 2 Palestinians, bringing the total number of assassinations to 154 since September 2000. On 10 June 2003, Israel attempted to assassinate a Hamas activist in Gaza, killing 2 civilians and wounding 10 others. According to the Israeli human rights organization, B'Tselem, Israel has demolished at least 76 homes as a form of punishment. The total number of homes destroyed since September 2000 now totals over 1,198. Source: MIFTAH, www.miftah.org/report.cfm Israel confiscates 2,300 dunums (approximately 600 acres) of land from the Palestinian towns of Beit Iksa and Beit Surik. (2 July 2003) Israel confiscates 500 dunums (125 acres) of land from the Palestinian town of Sinjil. (2 July 2003) Israel has continued construction of the so-called "security" wall deep within Occupied Palestinian Territory threatening de facto annexation of up to 55% of the Occupied West Bank. The construction of the wall has resulted in wide-scale destruction of olive trees, fruit orchards, greenhouses and other sources of Palestinian agricultural revenue. Israel continues to detain or imprison 5,892 Palestinian political prisoners including 351 children and 786 Palestinians held without charge. |