48. Physicians for Human Rights. The Casualties of a Conflict: Medical Care and Human Rights in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Physicians for Human Rights, Massachusetts, USA, 1988, 46 pp.

The report presents the results of a fact finding mission which visited the Occupied Territories between February 4 and 12, 1988 and investigated the medical consequences of "civil disturbance and police military actions" in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. A major finding was that there was a systematic pattern of injuries suggesting intention to injure by breaking limbs. In addition other problems were associated with high velocity bullets, tear gas and rubber bullets. The local health care system was reportedly unable to deal with the massive scale of injury. Attention was drawn to the health consequences of prolonged curfews and to the long term physical and psychological damage to the population.