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Source: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/461975.html
More Israelis Killed, Hurt in Past 4 Years Than in Previous 53
(Ha'aretz) Gideon Alon- Over the last four years, Israel has suffered 11,356 casualties, compared to 4,319 terror-related casualties between November 1947, when the UN voted to establish Israel, and 2000, Shin Bet security service chief Avi Dichter told the cabinet Sunday. Dichter noted a sharp rise in the use of women and children in terror attacks, to 7.8% this year, up from 2.7% in 2001. The increase indicates that the terrorist organizations are having recruitment problems and are therefore turning to weaker, more easily influenced populations. Every day there are about 50 warnings of terror attacks. 90% of recent Israeli fatalities have resulted from attacks by Fatah-Tanzim cells directed and trained by Hizballah. Since the start of the year, Palestinians have fired 168 Kassam rockets at Israel.