43 families of martyrs and the wounded, and those affected by the various measures of the Israeli occupation, and to provide some services for those whose houses were completely or partially destroyed in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The Israeli violations of killing civilians, detentions, house demolitions, land leveling, land confiscation, military checkpoints, and the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip influenced the ability of the (PNA) to perform its role in fighting poverty and unemployment and in providing basic necessities. The number of people eligible for help increased because of the arbitrary Israeli measures; this resulted in high rates of poverty, unemployment and marginalization, as well as the continued internal political division between the West Bank and Gaza Strip.26 Furthermore, the blockade and the Israeli measures imposed on the Gaza Strip have influenced the ability of the Palestinian Government in the Gaza Strip to carry out a number of measures related to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. There are still thousands of buildings yet in need of reconstruction or some level of rehabilitation, and this includes some schools, religious structures and even streets, all of them reminders of Israeli aggression. What hinders the reconstruction process in the Gaza Strip is the refusal by the Israeli occupation authorities to allow the entry of basic construction materials, including cement and sand27. The Israeli occupation authorities have allowed the entry of (114) varieties of goods. They also had previously allowed entry of (9,000) types of goods in mid‐June 2006.28 4‐ Impact of Israeli Violations on Prisoners and the Ministry of Detainees & Ex‐Detainees Affairs During 2010, the state of Israel arrested approximately (4,000) Palestinians,29 an average of (11) cases every day, the vast majority from the West Bank and Jerusalem. Two of the prisoners were martyred during the year as a result of medical negligence by the Prison Administration.30 The total number of prisoners in the Israeli jails is around (6,000) prisoners, distributed in (22) detention and investigation centers, under extremely harsh living conditions. Among the 26 Ibid.. For more information on the consequences of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the reconstruction, see the report, "The right to housing and reconstruction in Gaza Strip," Independent Commission for Human Rights, Ramallah, 2010. 28 Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, a position paper on easing the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, 01 July 2010. 29 According to a report issued by the PLO National and International Relations Department in 2010. 30 Ibid. 27