Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics: Israel has killed more than 134,000 Palestinians since the beginning of the Nakba

Israel has killed more than 134,000 Palestinians in the past 76 years since declaring independence in the historic Palestinian lands in 1948, and arrested more than 1 million people since 1967.

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics has released a report on the 76th anniversary of the Nakba (Great Catastrophe). According to the source, about 1 million Palestinians have been arrested since 1967.

Nakba Day is celebrated by Palestinian Arabs on May 15, the day after Israel declared independence in the historic Palestinian territories in 1948. That day was the beginning of a series of disasters for the Palestinians that would last for decades.

According to the report, about 134,000 Palestinians and Arabs have died inside and outside Palestine since 1948.

Since October 7 alone, 35,344 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, including at least 14,944 children and 9,849 women. The bodies of about 7,000 people, mostly women and children, have not been found. Since October 7, 492 Palestinians have been killed in attacks by the Israeli military and Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

Moral correction

Nearly 1 million people have been detained since 1967, according to the Palestine Prisoners' Association and the Palestine Liberation Organization's Commission on Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners.

Since October 7, 2023, the number of people arrested in the occupied West Bank alone has reached 8,520. Some of them were later released, while others remained in detention. By the end of April 2024, the number of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons reached 9,400, including 3,600 held without trial.

Activities of illegal settlements in the West Bank

At the end of 2022, the number of Israeli military checkpoints and illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank reached 483, and the number of settlers reached 745,467.

2023 saw a significant increase in settlement construction, with the Israeli government approving plans to build more than 18,000 housing units, including in Jerusalem.

In 2022, the Israeli government seized 26,000 hectares of land belonging to the Palestinians in the West Bank, which increased to 50,526 hectares in 2023.

Destruction and attacks in the West Bank and Gaza

In 2023, the Israeli government partially or completely demolished 659 buildings and structures in the West Bank.

In addition, 1,333 Palestinian buildings were ordered to be demolished under the pretext of "lack of construction permits".

Also in 2023, Jewish settlers and Israeli security forces attacked Palestinians and their property, including religious sites and land, 12,161 times. As a result of such events, about 21,700 trees were damaged, including 18,964 olive trees.

Since October 7, 2023, as a result of Israeli attacks, 89,000 buildings in Gaza have been completely destroyed or seriously damaged, 104 of which belong to the United Nations (UN). Damage from the war in Gaza is estimated at $30 billion, with infrastructure, roads, electricity and water networks, and agricultural land also damaged.