Gaza Strip: Situation Report | 01 June 2007

Since the escalation in Palestinian-Israeli violence on 16 May, a total of 53 Palestinians including five children have been killed and 185 injured including 10 children. Over the same period, two Israeli Defence Force (IDF) soldiers have been injured in Gaza, and two Israeli civilians killed, 18 injured and scores more have required treatment for shock and trauma from Qassam rockets fired by Palestinian militants into Israel