B'Tselem, the Israeli Human Rights Organization has released it's casualty report for 2006. You can navigate to their home page by following the link on the right hand side of this page.
Here is how the numbers breaks down for 2006...
Palestinians killed 17 Israeli CIVILIANS in the Occupied Territories and in Israel proper in 2006. This includes 1 minor. Palestinians also killed 6 members of the Israeli "Security Forces".
Israelis Killed 660 Palestinians. This includes 141 minors. B'Tselem estimates that at least 322 of these Palestinians were uninvolved in any hostilities when they were killed.
So lets look at these figures head to head:
Total Israelis Killed = 23
Total Palestinians Killed = 660
Thats 28 Palestinians for every Israeli life lost.
Total Israeli Children Killed by Palestinians = 1
Total Palestinian Children Killed by Israelis = 141
Thats 140 Palestinians Children for every Israeli Child killed.
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