In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00 on 13 December until 08:00 on 14 December 2023
[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Restrictions of movement: Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza are under relentless and extreme control over all travel and movement.
Gaza Strip
Armed Palestinian Resistance: Palestinian Resistance continued launching dozens of missiles towards the Green Line.
Air strikes: Heavy aerial bombardment on buildings, homes and many facilities.
Victims: Another 179 people in Gaza have been killed by Israeli forces, now raising the total to more than 18,787. A further 303 people have been wounded, bringing that number up to more than 50,897. Precise statistics are not available, due to the violence surrounding hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
Attacks: All over Gaza, there are air strikes, heavy gunfire, tank and artillery shelling, as well as missiles fired from Israeli forces and military occupation, especially in Khan Yunis. The Israeli Navycontinues to fire missiles, targeting facilities and buildings along the shoreline of the whole of Gaza.
On 14 December, heavy Israeli bombardments from air, land and sea across Gaza continued, especially in Jabalya, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Between the afternoons of 13 and 14 December, at least 179 Palestinians were killed and another 303 injured, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza. Overall, according to MoH, between 7 October and 14 December afternoon, at least 18,787 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza. About 70 per cent are said to be women and children, and about 50,5897 were reportedly injured. Many people are missing, presumably buried under the rubble, waiting for rescue or recovery.
Additionally, intense ground operations and fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups continued, especially in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. According to the Israeli military, one Israeli soldier was killed in Gaza on 14 December, bringing the total number of Israeli soldiers who have been killed in Gaza since the start of the ground operations to 116, with 648 injured, according to the Israeli military. The firing of rockets by Palestinian armed groups into Israel has also continued.
On 14 December, for the third consecutive day, Israeli troops, accompanied by tanks, raided Kamal Adwan Hospital, in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza city, with reports of Palestinians being subjected to mass arrests and ill-treatment. The MoH in Gaza claimed that Israeli troops forced all the 2,500 internally displaced persons (IDPs) taking refuge inside the hospitals to leave and evacuated the remaining wounded people and medical staff to the hospital grounds. The MoH also claims that the Israeli military prevented medical staff from providing support to 12 babies in intensive care and to ten injured people in the Emergency Department, leading to the death of two patients.
On 13 December, following the release of some of the detainees, Israeli forces allegedly shot and injured five people while they were on their way back to the hospital. Over 70 medical staff, including the director of the hospital, remain detained at an unknown location. According to the Israeli military, tens of Hamas operatives have been detained in this operation. That day, the World Health Organisation (WHO) expressed its concern about the raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital. According to the MoH in Gaza, there are 65 patients including several needing intensive care, and 45 medical staff in the hospital. The hospital was already only minimally functional due to acute shortages of fuel, water, food and medical supplies even before the hospital was sieged. WHO called for the protection of all people inside the hospital.
Gaza Strip hostilities and casualties
The following are among the deadliest incidents reported between 14:00 on 13 and 14 December:
On 13 December, at about 18:20, at least 27 Palestinians were reportedly killed and at least ten others were injured when two residential buildings were hit in Ash Shabora area of Rafah, southern Gaza.
On 13 December, at about 22:00, at least 26 Palestinians were reportedly killed when a house was struck in Ad Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza city. The bodies were reportedly extracted from the rubble.
On 13 December, at about 21:00, a school that was being used as a shelter by IDPs, was struck in Ash Sheikh Radwan in Gaza city. Six Palestinians were reportedly killed, and tens were injured. UNRWA reports that, since 7 October, 222 IDPs sheltering in UNRWA premises have been killed and 911 injured. A total of 342 school buildings have sustained damage (over 69% of all school buildings in Gaza). Of the 70 damaged UNRWA schools, at least 56 serve as shelters for IDPs. Several schools, including UNRWA schools, have been directly hit by Israeli strikes or tank shells.
On 13 December, at about 12:30, an Israeli military drone reportedly killed a Palestinian girl in an UNRWA school sheltering IDPs in Ad Dahra area, western Khan Yunis. According to Ministry of Education (MoE), as of 5 December, more than 3,477 students and 203 educational staff have been killed. MoE further notes that more than 5,429 students and 507 teachers have been injured in the Gaza Strip since 7 October.
Displacement
Areas encompassing nearly 30 per cent of the Gaza Strip (excluding the orders to evacuate the areas north of Wadi Gaza) have been marked for evacuation on the Israeli military’s online map that was launched on 1 December. Access to this information is impaired by recurrent interruptions in telecommunications and the lack of electricity.
Obtaining an accurate total of the displaced remains challenging, but as of 12 December, according to UNRWA, almost 1.9 million people in Gaza, or nearly 85 per cent of the population, are estimated to be internally displaced, including people who have been displaced multiple times. As of 13 December, nearly 1.3 million of these IDPs were registered in 155 UNRWA facilities across Gaza, including more than 1.2 million in 98 UNRWA shelters in the Middle Area, Khan Younis and Rafah. governorates. Tens of thousands of IDPs, who have arrived in Rafah since 3 December, continue to face extremely overcrowded conditions both inside and outside shelters. Without enough latrines, open-air defecation is prevalent, increasing concerns of further spread of disease, particularly during winter weather.
Health care, including attacks
On 14 December, WHO announced that it had delivered 4,200 body bags with support from the Contingency Fund for Emergencies (CFE), underscoring the critical need to safeguard civilians from the risk of infection.
For the ninth consecutive day, Al Awda Hospital, Jabaliya (northern Gaza), remains surrounded by Israeli troops and tanks, and fighting with armed Palestinian groups is reported in its vicinity. Reportedly, 250 doctors, patients, and their family members are trapped inside the hospital. On 9 December, two medical staff were reportedly killed while on duty inside the hospital, during clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups.
Currently, only 11 out of 36 hospitals in the Gaza Strip are functional and able to admit new patients, although services are limited. Only one of these hospitals is in the north, according to WHO. The two major hospitals in southern Gaza are operating at three times their bed capacity, while facing critical shortages of basic supplies and fuel. According to the MoH in Gaza, occupancy rates are now reaching 206 per cent in inpatient departments and 250 per cent in intensive care units. Additionally, these hospitals are providing shelter to thousands of IDPs.
On 14 December, Jabalya Health Centre was reportedly hit, with severe damage caused to the centre and the vicinity. No casualties have been reported. There have been significant increases or increased risk of outbreak in some communicable diseases and conditions such as diarrhea, influenza, chicken pox, meningitis, jaundice, impetigo acute respiratory infections, skin infections and hygiene-related conditions like lice and scabies. The heavy rains and flooding which affected large parts of Gaza on 13 December compounded human misery and added to the risk of waterborne diseases.
West Bank
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Ramallah – 10:00, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed into Abwein, wounding a resident: Abdullah Al-Barq.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Ramallah – 10:30, Israeli forces, raiding Aroura, wounded a man: Haitham Imad Saleh.
Israeli Army attacks – 1 wounded – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 01:20, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, stormed into al-Yamoun and al-Silah al-Harithiya, wounding one person: Fadi Hani Abu Al-Hayja, and taking prisoner two others.
Israeli Army attacks – 7-year-old child among those wounded – homes destroyed: Jenin – Since 03:40 on 12 December, Israeli Occupation forces have continued to attack Jenin as well as the Jenin refugee camp, invading homes and carrying out air strikes, using drones. Four residents, Qassam Bassem Zidan, Bashar Haitham Abu Zeid, Ahmed Jamal Abu Zina and Ayoub Muhammad Saleh Jalamneh, have been killed and ten more wounded, including a seven-year-old child: Qamar Hassan Khaled Shalabi. The other nine people wounded are: Qamar Hassan Khaled Shalabi, Majd Mahmoud al-Saadi, Ahmed Aqeel al-Hindawi, Ibrahim Abu Maryam, Imran al-Sukkar, Luay Farhan al-Saadi, Jamal al-Qahsh and Muhammad Haitham. In addition to 15 people taken prisoner, hundreds in the Salem refugee camp have been seized for interrogation. The entrances to hospitals continue to be controlled by the Israeli Army and other hospitals are being besieged. Nine homes have been destroyed by explosives. A mosque in the refugee camp has been raided and the loud speaker system used to control people.
Israeli settler attack – land-grab – agricultural sabotage: Bethlehem – Occupation settlers, firing live ammunition in the Jabal Abu Zeid area, south of Artas village, invaded farmland, ploughing it for themselves and terrorising the farmer land-owners.
Home invasion: Nablus – 01:30–03:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Azmout and searched a house.
Home invasions – refugee camp: Jericho – 01:15–04:50, Israeli forces raided the city as well as the Ein al-Sultan and Aqaba Jabir refugee camps, invading a number of homes.
Apartment building destroyed: Hebron – Occupation forces demolished an apartment building, near the village of Susiya.
Israeli police and settlers’ mosque violation: Jerusalem – 08:00, settler militants, escorted by Israeli police, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and molested worshippers.
Israeli Army – 1 taken prisoner – population–control: Tubas – 15:50, Israeli Occupation forces took prisoner a man, Muhammad Khaled Muhammad Abu Hamad, when he reported, as ordered, for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.
Israeli Army – 1 taken prisoner – population–control: Bethlehem – 10:10, Israeli forces took prisoner a man, Muhammad Awni Al-Barqa, when he reported, as ordered, for interrogation at IsraeliMilitary Intelligence.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades: Hebron – 20:35, the Israeli Army fired stun grenades at people, near the entrance to the al-Arroub refugee camp.
Israeli Army – destruction: Hebron – 17:55, Israeli troops demolished a house under construction in the Beit Khairan area, between Beit Ummar and Halhul.
Occupation settler robbery: Qalqiliya – 11:00, Israeli settlers stole five cows from a Jinsafut villager.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Salfit – 13:35, Israeli settlers grazed cattle on agricultural land, near the Khallet Hassan area of Bidya.
Occupation settler vandalism – water crime: Hebron – 16:10, Israeli Occupation settlers raided the Shaab al-Butm area, vandalising water storage and smashing the windows of a motor vehicle.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 09:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided al-Eizariya, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Jerusalem – 00:20, Israel forces, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled Biddu.
Raid: Jerusalem – 00:30, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of al-Jib.
Raids: Jerusalem – 01:10–04:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled al-Eizariya and Abu Dis.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 04:00, the Israeli military raided Kafr Aqab, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Ramallah – 10:50-13:50, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Rawabi as well as the villages of Ajul and Qibya.
Raid: Ramallah – 14:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Ni’lin.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 15:45, Israeli troops raided the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – child taken prisoner: Ramallah – 19:10, the Israeli Army raided the village of Deir Birzeit, taking prisoner a child.
Raid: Ramallah – 23:10–06:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Beit Sira.
Raid: Ramallah – 23:55, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Saleh.
Raid: Ramallah – 00:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Beit Rima.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 05:40–06:45, Israeli forces raided Silwad, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Ramallah – 06:15, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Shuqba.
Raid: Tubas – 21:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Tayasir.
Raid: Tulkarem – 13:10, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Ramin.
Raid: Tulkarem – 15:35, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Beit Lid.
Raid: Tulkarem – 04:05–06:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Izbit Shufa.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 10:00-12:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Qaddum.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 12:30-13:45, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Jayus.
Raid: Nablus – 08:00-15:30, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Qusra.
Raid: Nablus – 08:00-10:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Azmout.
Raid: Nablus – 10:20-15:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Asira al-Qibliya.
Raids: Nablus – 12:45-13:55, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the villages of Deir Sharaf, Qusin and Sarra.
Raids: Nablus – 21:10–05:05, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the villages of Salem and Beit Dajan.
Raid: Nablus – 23:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Qabalan.
Raid: Nablus – 23:50–03:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Sebastia.
Raid: Nablus – 01:30–03:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided Deir al-Hatab.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Nablus – 02:10, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided Jama’in, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – plunder: Salfit – 13:40, the Israeli Army raided Deir Ballut and seized a bulldozer.
Raid – population–control: Salfit – 13:55, Israeli troops raided Kafr al-Dik and issued an order, for the demolition of a house under construction.
Raid: Salfit – 21:55–01:20, the Israeli military, escorting settlers, raided Kifl Haris.
Raid: Bethlehem – 18:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Harmala.
Raid: Bethlehem – 20:55–23:55, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Husan.
Raid: Bethlehem – 23:35–01:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Tuqu’.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 02:00–06:30, the Israeli Army raided Beit Fajjar, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – child abducted from refugee camp: Bethlehem – 02:25, Israeli troops raided the Aida refugee camp, abducted a 12-year-old boy and also took prisoner his father: Moataz Fahmi Ali Al-Debs.
Raids: Bethlehem – 02:25, the Israeli military raided the city, the Dheisheh refugee camp and Doha, al-Khadr and Janata.
Raids: Hebron – 00:50, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Nuba and Beit Ula.
Raid: Hebron – 01:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled al-Samou.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner – population–control: Hebron – 02:10, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided Kharas, taking prisoner one man and ordering his brother, Rami Zidan Al-Kassar, to report for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.
Raid: Hebron – 02:20–07:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled al-Dhahiriya.
Raid: Hebron – 03:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Halhul.
Raid – 5 taken prisoner – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Hebron – 03:45, the Israeli military, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided Beit Ummar and took prisoner five people.
YAWN!