On the occasion of four years since the start of the current war - known alternately as the Oslo War, the Road Map War, or merely the second intifada - the General Security Service released a special statistical report summing up these four tragic years. Some of the numbers:
* 1,017 dead, including 703 Israeli and foreign citizens, and 314 soldiers and policemen. The worst year was 2002, when 452 were murdered. The numbers started dropping following Operation Defensive Shield, which was launched in April 2002 following a wave of terrorist massacres.
* 5,598 were wounded to various degrees.
* 98 arms-smuggling tunnels discovered and destroyed between Egypt and Gaza.
* Estimated amounts of arms and explosives smuggled in via the above and other tunnels: 2,000 kilograms of explosives, 6,700 Kalachnikov rifles, 750 anti-tank shell launchers, 33 mortars, 18 submachine guns, 5 anti-aircraft missiles, 580,000 bullets, dozens of RPG bombs.
* 138 suicide bombing attacks, including 60 in 2002 and "only" 14 in 2004 as of today.
* 13,370 shooting attacks.
* 460 Kassam rocket attacks. Gush Katif sources say that the total number of Kassams and shelling attacks on their communities is about ten times that amount.
* 173 Arabs with Israeli ID cards, including 150 from eastern Jerusalem, were arrested for involvement in terror attacks.
* 8 female suicide terrorists, and another 45 were arrested before they could blow themselves up.
* 292 children involved in perpetrating terror attacks.
* 191 terrorists killed in targeted killings, and another 768 terrorists killed in battle or otherwise.
* Over 37 million shekels designated for terrorism confiscated by Israel.
* 1,017 dead, including 703 Israeli and foreign citizens, and 314 soldiers and policemen. The worst year was 2002, when 452 were murdered. The numbers started dropping following Operation Defensive Shield, which was launched in April 2002 following a wave of terrorist massacres.
* 5,598 were wounded to various degrees.
* 98 arms-smuggling tunnels discovered and destroyed between Egypt and Gaza.
* Estimated amounts of arms and explosives smuggled in via the above and other tunnels: 2,000 kilograms of explosives, 6,700 Kalachnikov rifles, 750 anti-tank shell launchers, 33 mortars, 18 submachine guns, 5 anti-aircraft missiles, 580,000 bullets, dozens of RPG bombs.
* 138 suicide bombing attacks, including 60 in 2002 and "only" 14 in 2004 as of today.
* 13,370 shooting attacks.
* 460 Kassam rocket attacks. Gush Katif sources say that the total number of Kassams and shelling attacks on their communities is about ten times that amount.
* 173 Arabs with Israeli ID cards, including 150 from eastern Jerusalem, were arrested for involvement in terror attacks.
* 8 female suicide terrorists, and another 45 were arrested before they could blow themselves up.
* 292 children involved in perpetrating terror attacks.
* 191 terrorists killed in targeted killings, and another 768 terrorists killed in battle or otherwise.
* Over 37 million shekels designated for terrorism confiscated by Israel.