Israeli army killed 660 Palestinians in 2006: Rights group

B'Tselem, which monitors human rights in the Palestinian territories, said that 141 of those killed were minors and that at least 322 of the victims had taken no part in hostile acts.

In the Gaza Strip alone, 405 Palestinians -- 88 minors among them -- were killed by the Israeli army since Corporal Gilad Shalit was captured in a June 25 cross-border raid.

Of these, more than half (205) were not involved in fighting with Israeli forces, B'Tselem said.

Seventeen Israeli civilians and six soldiers were killed during the year by Palestinians, the group said.