ICRC in Israel & the Occupied Territories January to December 2015 FACTS & FIGURES

The population of the 366 visits to nearly Over 1’200 Israeli armed , around 13’400 Palestinian & security personnel 1'800'00 people, detainees in Israel were including Israeli Defense Forces, carried out by ICRC Border Guards and the Israeli Prison improved their access to water, delegates to monitor Service, furthered electricity and better sanitary their living conditions conditions, through the rehabilitation and treatment. More their understanding of and upgrade of 22 wells, 8 desali- than 2’600 were International nation plants, a booster station, 2 followed up individually. Humanitarian Law wastewater treatment plants, 5 In Gaza and the West (IHL) and other applicable norms. pumping stations, a water pipeline, Bank, 4’500 detainees 550 Palestinian security the construction of Wadi Gaza interim held in Palestinian places of and over 180 members wastewater plant, and improved detention were visited, with capacity from water authorities to more than 1’400 followed up of Armed Groups plan, operate and react to floods. individually. deepened their knowledge of IHL, Humanitarian Principles and the Conduct of Hostilities, and Around 7’500 people ICRC teams followed up on the humanitarian consequences of more International Human Rights Law in the Gaza Strip, including standards. schoolchildren, learnt how to than 450 violent incidents reduce risks related to Explosive in the , Gaza and East 3’070 peo- Remnants of War during Jerusalem. awareness-raising sessions. ple benefited from physical The ICRC facilitated The Palestine Red Crescent 132’000 rehabilitation individual Society (PRCS) enhanced its services at Gaza’s Artificial visits from emergency preparedness and Limbs and Polio Centre. The family response through ICRC Disaster ICRC also helped the centre Response and Dead Body increase the quality and members from , Management trainings and quantity of its physiotherapy the Golan Heights, the West Bank technical, material and financial and the Gaza Strip to their detained services and prosthetic and relatives in Israeli places of support. orthotic devices. detention. For updated information, please visit: facebook.com/ICRCilot Or contact one of our spokespersons: English +972 52 601 91 50, English & Arabic: +972 52 601 91 48 Gaza +970 599 25 53 81

Nearly 2’000 Israeli school 4’740 households from Gaza, More than 5’150 West Bank and East Jerusalem or university students whose houses were households benefited from and professors attended IHL demolished, damaged the rehabilitation of agricultural courses or took part in IHL open or destroyed received lands, roads, and water pools, days and roundtables. emergency assistance. wells or reservoirs for irrigation use. 2015 also saw the 10th IHL Conference co- Over 1’580 Red Cross More than 2140 members organized with the Minerva Centre for Messages & 4’200 Oral of Palestinian civil Human Rights of the greetings (Salamat) were society, including young Hebrew University. exchanged between detainees in people, journalists, prayer Israel or the Occupied Territories leaders and political factions, (including migrants from countries attended ICRC events to foster a Several thousand Gazan without diplomatic representation debate or raise awareness about in Israel) and their families, here or humanitarian principles, IHL and students and professors, abroad. Under the ICRC auspice, 4 ICRC work. as well as mukhtars, religious and Lebanese civilians were also Around political leaders took part in the repatriated, and two children from 120 people international IHL and Gaza were with physical Sharia Law Conference reunited with disabilities learnt how in Gaza co-organised their mother in to play, referee, with the Islamic Iceland. organize and classify University. people for wheelchair basketball to promote social inclusion. Over 550 patients in 5 from the Gaza Strip received hemodialysis thanks to specialised equipment donated by ICRC. With ICRC With ICRC’s cooperation, Magen help, 5 hospitals damaged in 2014 were rehabilitated. Over 90 David Adom (MDA) . strengthened its disaster doctors and nurses took part in ICRC’s Emergency Room Trauma preparedness and response Course and 7 were trained to lead such trainings for their teams. 455 first capacities and improved its responders benefited from the psychosocial programme “Helping the training. It also expanded its helpers”, and the ICRC supported the West Bank Ministry of Health and services to include outreach to Makassed in East Jerusalem with weapon-wounded kits and life- vulnerable communities in Israel, saving drugs. An ICRC specialist surgeon facilitated an who can now better prepare and respond to local incidents and orthopaedic forum with Israeli medical large-scale emergencies. specialists on dealing with challenging orthopaedic cases.

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