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| | Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: Israel, The Occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Palestinian Authority ... |
 | | Most of the deaths were the result of excessive, and often indiscriminate, use of lethal force by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers, police, and border police against unarmed civilian demonstrators, including children. |
 | | Israel retained extensive control over, and placed restrictions on, the freedom of movement of all West Bank and Gaza Strip Palestinians. |
 | | On October 25, 1999, Israel opened a "safe passage" allowing some increased movement between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, but the arbitrary nature of the criteria for issuing travel permits and their indiscriminate imposition on an entire population assured that the restrictions remained a form of collective punishment. |
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