According to the latest figures from the Palestinian Red Crescent, since Oct. 1, 2015, at least 186 Palestinians have been killed, and another 15,645 injured by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip and Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.Over the same period, according to Israeli figures, 33 Israelis have been killed in a months-long wave of violence that some Palestinians are calling a third Palestinian "Intifada" (Arabic for "uprising"). In a statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) noted that 41 of the 186 Palestinians slain were killed in 2016.According to the PRC, over the course of the last five months, Israeli forces have killed 41 Palestinians from East Jerusalem, 73 from Hebron and Ramallah, 19 from Jenin, 10 from Bethlehem, 10 from Nablus, five from Tulkarm and Salfit, as well as 25 Palestinians from Gaza, and two Arab-Israelis.The NGO noted that 88 of the slain Palestinians had been killed after allegedly stabbing – or attempting to stab – Israelis; 53 during clashes with Israeli troops; 21 after allegedly carrying out vehicular attacks; four by Israeli bombardments; and two died after being driven over by Jewish settlers. It also noted that over the same period, a Palestinian child was killed in Gaza by an explosive device, while one Palestinian detainee died in an Israeli prison.The PRC detailed that since Oct. 1, 15,645 Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire, 1,418 were struck by heavy ammunition, while 3,153 sustained injuries from rubber bullets. Another 10,608 had suffered temporary asphyxia due to teargas fired by Israeli forces, the PRC said, while 464 others were injured after being beaten by Israeli troops.Israel's Magen David Adom paramedic service, states that over the same period, 33 Israelis were killed and 311 injured in alleged attacks by Palestinians, including 38 who were seriously injured and 48 who sustained moderate wounds. The Israeli Foreign Ministry alleges that since Oct. 1 of last year, Palestinians have carried out more than 188 knife attacks, 75 shooting attacks and 39 vehicular attacks against Israelis.Since last October, the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories have seen numerous clashes between frustrated Palestinians and Israeli forces. Many observers attribute the recent uptick in violence to the insistence of extremist Jewish settlers – often accompanied by Israeli security forces – on forcing their way into East Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, Islam's third holiest site.Israel occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank during the 1967 Middle East War. It later annexed the holy city in 1980, claiming it as the capital of the self-proclaimed Jewish state, a move which was not recognized by the international community. Palestinians continue to demand the establishment of an independent state in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank with East Jerusalem, currently occupied by Israel, as its capital.