Palestinian Center for Human Rights

Targeted Civilians: A PCHR Report on the Israeli Military Offensive against the Gaza Strip (27 December 2008 – 18 January 2009)
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According to PCHR’s documentation, 1,419 Palestinians were killed during the Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip. This number includes 1,167 non-combatants (82.2%)
and 252 resistance activists (17.8%).

The non-combatants include civilians and civil police officers who were not involved in hostilities, the ‘protected persons’ of IHL.

Investigations conducted by PCHR indicate that 918 civilians were killed (64.7% of the total number of victims). The civilian victims
include 318 children (22.4 % of the total number of victims and 34.7% of the number of civilian victims) and 111 women (7.8% of the total number of victims and 12.1% of the number of civilian victims). Thus, 429 women and children were killed (30.2% of the total number of victims and 46.7% of the total
number of civilian victims).