jerusalem (jta) | In addition to the human dimensions, this summer’s disengagement plan can be measured by the numbers:
4 — Israeli settlements to be uprooted in the West Bank
21 — Israeli settlements to be uprooted in the Gaza Strip
100 — percent of the Gaza Strip to be evacuated and handed over to the Palestinian Authority
300 — square miles of the West Bank to be evacuated
9,000 — approximate number of Israelis to be evacuated
45,000 — Israeli soldiers and police expected to participate in the Gaza withdrawal
$360,000 — average compensation the Israeli government expects to pay each relocated family
$870 million — approximate cost to resettle former West Bank and Gaza residents elsewhere in the country
$1.74 billion — approximate cost of the withdrawal to the Israeli government
$2.2 billion — amount of special assistance Israel plans to request from the United States