Al Haq, a Palestinian Human Rights Organization, reports that since the outbreak of the second intfada, the Israeli forces have assassinated 1,745 Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, 334 of whom were children and 71, were women. The human rights group estimated that 285 were killed in targeted assassinations. The field report also highlighted the punitive demolition of 511 homes, 474 of which were totally demolished and 37 partially. As a result, 3,174 Palestinians were displaced. The human rights group stated that the Israeli occupying power has "almost completely eliminated the already limited authority of the PNA [Palestinian National Authority]" which "exacerbated the PNA’s inability to uphold law and order in the OPT [occupied Palestinian territories]."
