A/HRC/12/48 page 90 strikes with several hundred targets hit, causing not only very substantial damage to buildings but also, according to some, underground structural damage.212 C. Data on casualties during the Israeli military operations in Gaza from 28 December 2008 to 17 January 2009 1. Palestinian casualties 352. The Mission received statistics on the fatalities of the military operations from the Gaza authorities, specifically from the Central Commission for Documentation and Pursuit of Israeli War Criminals (TAWTHEQ),213 as well as from PCHR,214 Al Mezan215 and B’Tselem.216 The first three also provided lists of all the persons killed in the military operations, with their names, sex, age, address, occupation, and place and date of the fatal attack. Another NGO, Defence for Children International – Palestine Section,217 provided a list of all the children killed. 353. The three lists give different numbers. According to TAWTHEQ, 1,444 persons were killed. The two Palestinian NGOs provide a lower number, 1,417 victims according to PCHR and 1,409 according to Al Mezan, while B’Tselem mentions 1,387 victims. The Mission has not cross-checked the three lists. TAWTHEQ, PCHR, Al Mezan and B’Tselem also provide disaggregated data. 354. TAWTHEQ reports that 341 of those killed were children (under 18), 248 members of the police, 11 members of the Internal Security Service and 5 members of the National Security Service. It provides no figures for the number of combatants killed. 355. PCHR divides the overall 1,417 victims into 926 civilians, 255 police218 and 236 combatants.219 It reports that 313 of the dead were children and 116 women. 356. Al Mezan reports that overall 1,409 persons were killed during the military operations, of whom 237 were combatants (including 13 under-age combatants) and 1,172 non-combatants, including 342 children, 111 women and 136 members of the police.220 Thus, according to PCHR 212 UNOSAT Report. These lists were prepared by the Gaza authorities’ Ministry of Justice, TAWTHEQ, The Central Commission for Documentation and Pursuit of Israeli War Criminals and submitted to the Mission. 213 214 The list is available at: http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2008/list.pdf. Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, “Cast lead offensive in numbers”, available at: http://www.mezan.org/ upload/8941.pdf. In September 2009 Al Mezan published an updated list of victims with 1,412 names. 215 B’Tselem, “B’Tselem publishes complete fatality figures from operation cast lead”, press release, 9 September 2009, available at: http://www.btselem.org/English/Press_Releases/20090909.asp. 216 217 The list is available at http://www.dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?DocId=917&CategoryId=1. 218 In the PCHR list of victims the police officers are classified as civilians. PCHR, “Confirmed figures reveal the true extent of the destruction inflicted upon the Gaza Strip; Israel’s offensive resulted in 1,417 dead, including 926 civilians, 255 police officers, and 236 fighters”, press release, 12 March 2009, available at: http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/PressR/English/2008/36-2009.html 219 220 “Cast lead offensive in numbers…”, p. 7.