Examination of the names of Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge - Part Two *

The findings of the current examination

1. This document is the second in a series of publications of the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) examining the names of the Palestinians killed in Operation Protective Edge. The goal is to ascertain the identity of terrorist operatives and non-involved citizens, and to examine the ratio between them.

2. To date, the ITIC has examined the first 300 names on the Palestinian Health Ministry's lists. In its second examination, the ITIC examined another group of 150 names of Palestinians killed between July 12 and July 19, 2014, in the order in which the names appear on the Palestinian Health Ministry's lists (see Appendix C). The present examination also includes Palestinians killed during the first two days of the IDF's ground operation in the Gaza Strip (which began on July 17, 2014).

3. Based on our examination of the second group of 150 names on the Palestinian Health Ministry's list, we reached the following findings:

a. We identified 69 names of Palestinians killed as terrorist operatives (for details about them see the table in Appendix A). In addition, we identified two terrorist operatives killed during the period that the Health Ministry's list refers to, but whose names do not appear on the Health Ministry's lists. We identified 71 terrorist operatives in total.

b. Of the 71 names of terrorist operatives that we identified, we found 39 photos of operatives (for photos of operatives, see Appendix B).

c. We identified 66 names thatappear on the Health Ministry's second list as non-involved civilians.

d. Fifteen names of dead Palestinians that appeared on the list have not yet been identified. At this stage we cannot determine whether they were terrorist operatives or non-involved civilians.

4. Of the 137 names of those killed who have been identified (about 90% of the names on the list that was examined), 71 were terrorist operatives, comprising about 52% of the names. In addition, 66 non-involved civilians were identified, comprising about 48%.


5. Below is a breakdown of 71 terrorist operatives identified by us, by organizational affiliation:

a. 39Hamas / Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades operatives

b. 16PIJ / Al-Quds Battalions operatives

c. Sevenoperatives of Fatah terrorist networks

d. Fouroperatives of an independent terrorist network by the name of the Al-Mujahedin Battalions

e. One Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) operative

f. Four terrorist operatives whose organizational affiliation is unknown