On land: inside Palestinian territory:

· Second Intifada (2000): 150 metres

· According to Israel (2010) :  300 metres

· In reality:

Minimum: 300 metres to approximately 2 kilometres

· Approximately 17% of the total territory of the Gaza Strip

At sea, area off coast for Palestinian fishing:

· Oslo Accords (1994): 20 nautical miles (NM)

· Bertini Commitment (2002): 12 NM

· October 2006: 6 NM

· End of 2007 : 3 NM

· 1.5 NM in the north along the maritime boundary with Israel

· 1 NM in the south along the maritime boundary with Egypt

On Land:

· Approximately 27,000 dunums, 35% of the Gaza Strip's agricultural land can only be accessed under high personal risk, as Israeli attacks may result in injury or death of civilians.

· 95% of the restricted area is arable land

· After the evacuation of settlements (2005) and Operation Cast Lead (2008-2009) the majority of Palestinians families abandoned their land and houses.

At Sea:

· Palestinians are totally prevented from accessing 85% of the maritime areas in reference to 1994 Gaza Jericho Agreement.

· Approximately 3,700 fishermen expose themselves to high risk every day at sea.

· Approximately 8,200 persons are working in fishing industry.

· Approximately 65,000 persons, including individuals in the fishing industry and their dependents are affected by the "buffer zone" restrictions at sea.

· The area near the coast is markedly over-fished.

CONSEQUENCES

Total

Within Land "buffer zone"

Within Maritime

"buffer zone"

Deaths of Persons

9

9

0

Minors

0

0

0

Women

0

0

0

Injuries of Persons

9

9

0

Minors

0

0

0

Women

0

0

0