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Source: http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=440
Palestinians Target Women, Seniors
(Institute for Counter-Terrorism - Herzliya) Don Radlauer - An updated study by the International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya provides an in-depth look at the fatalities on both sides of the current Palestinian/Israeli conflict, with some surprising conclusions. Over 54 percent of the Palestinians killed were actively involved in fighting, while on the Israeli side, 80 percent of those killed have been noncombatants. Palestinians are directly responsible for the deaths of at least 203 of their own number - one out of every eight Palestinians killed. Women and girls account for almost 40 percent of the Israeli noncombatants killed by Palestinians, while Palestinian fatalities are over 95 percent male. 190 Israeli females were killed, compared to 70 Palestinian females. Comparing "mature" noncombatant victims, Palestinians have killed at least 148 Israelis aged 45 and over, while Israelis have killed 55 Palestinians of that age.