Protection of Civilians Weekly Report | 19 - 25 August 2009

The declining trend of West Bank injuries observed since April 2009 continued this week. During Ramadan Palestinian men and women holding West Bank IDs over 50 and 45, respectively, and boys and girls under 12 and 16 respectively, will be allowed entry into East Jerusalem for Friday prayers without a permit. Also married men between 45 and 50 and married women between 30 and 45 are eligible for an entry permit. After four weeks of relative calm and no casualties in Gaza, this week four Palestinian civilians were killed and another 11 were injured. There was a 25 percent increase in the number of truckloads that entered Gaza this week, compared to last week, constituting less than one-quarter of weekly average of truckloads that entered during the first five months of 2007.