In 2016, Israeli security forces killed 101 Palestinians, including 31 minors. Ninety of the casualties were killed in the occupied West Bank (including East Jerusalem), eight in the Gaza Strip, and three in Israel. Among the casualties were ten women and one female minor.

Seventy-five of the casualties (74%) were killed in incidents in which they assaulted, attempted to assault, or allegedly attempted to assault Israeli security forces and civilians. Seventeen more Palestinians (17%) were killed during clashes with the security forces, in demonstrations, and in stone-throwing incidents. The rest were killed by bombing, during arrest missions, and in other incidents.

Israeli security forces also killed two foreign nationals. Israeli civilians killed six more Palestinians, four of them minors.

According to B’Tselem’s investigation and analysis, these incidents were made possible by an open-fire policy that permits both shooting to kill in instances defined as “incidents of assault” and a trigger-happy approach to demonstrations or stone throwing. This policy, which is broadly supported by senior officials, conveys profound disregard for the lives of Palestinians.

In 2016, Palestinians killed eight Israelis and one foreign national: four men, four women, and a female minor. Palestinians also killed three members of Israel’s security forces.

Related: Full report by B’Tselem