2009 displays a significant decline in the amount of attacks coming from the Palestinian Territories as opposed to previous years. The decline in the amount of attacks brought about a decrease in the number of casualties and injured people: 15 casualties, 9 of them died during the Gaza Operation (as opposed to 36 in 2008) and 234 injured people, 185 of them were wounded during the Gaza Operation (as opposed to 679 in 2008).

Prominent Trends in 2009

• 2009 displays a significant decline in the amount of attacks coming from the Palestinian Territories as opposed to previous years.
• The 2008 Gaza Operation (hereinafter: the Gaza Operation,27/12/08-18/01/09) is the reason for the decline in Gaza Strip-based attacks. The operation caused a sharp decline in rocket launchings against Israel – 566 launchings (406 of them were launched in January during the operation) as opposed to 2,048 launchings in 2008.   
• In the West Bank – the continuous CT activity conducted by Israel and the Palestinian security apparatuses is the main reason for the decline in the amount of attacks. It should be mentioned that above 90% of the total number of attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem are in the form of Molotov cocktail throwings. 
• The decline in the amount of attacks brought about a decrease in the number of casualties and injured people: 15 casualties, 9 of them died during the Gaza Operation (as opposed to 36 in 2008) and 234 injured people, 185 of them were wounded during the Gaza Operation (as opposed to 679 in 2008). 
• It should be noted that no suicide attacks were executed in 2009.
• After the Gaza Operation, Gaza Strip-based Hamas has been focusing on rebuilding its military power and improving the network of smuggling tunnels used for smuggling various weapons, including long-range rockets. 
• At the same time, Israel has managed to thwart dozens of attempts by Gaza Strip-based terrorist organizations to execute attacks in its territory using armed perpetrators through the U-Route (GS-Sinai-Israel route, hereinafter: the U-Route).
• There is also a substantial propagation in Global Jihad ideology across the Gaza Strip and a sizeable joining of dozens of military activists to different Gaza Strip-based organizations established according to Global Jihad ideology.
• Hizballah has been constantly attempting to perform the revenge attack following Imad Mughniyah’s death, causing a gear up and a high level of readiness.
• Jacob (Jack) Teitel’s arrest exposed a series of severe attacks he committed over the past 12 years.
• The never-ending war against terror funds – Issam Yousef’s resigning from the Union of Good and seven other charity societies in Britain, including Interpal. Yousef was the executive director of these charity institutions.

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