Tens of thousands have been killed or wounded by the Israeli army since 1967. During 2006, the number of Palestinians killed reached 650. Since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967, more than 650,000 Palestinians have been detained by Israel - about 40% of the male population.

Fayyad's appointment was never placed before or approved by the Legislative Council. The United States government condemned his remarks as "outrageous". Denied reentry to Gaza
On 14 December 2006 Haniyeh was denied entry to Gaza from Egypt at the Rafah border crossing.

Ismail Abdel Salam Ahmed Haniyeh (Arabic: إسماعيل عبد السلام أحمد هنية‎ Ismaʻīl Haniyya; sometimes transliterated as Ismail Haniya Ismail Haniyah; [About this sound] Arabic pronunciation (help·info)) (born 29 January 1963) is a senior political leader of Hamas and one of two disputed Prime Ministers of the Palestinian National Authority the matter being under political and legal dispute. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah–Hamas conflict but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues to exercise prime ministerial authority in the Gaza Strip.