In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
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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.
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.
Victims:
[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]
125 people killed in Gaza brings the total number of deaths since 7 October to at least 22,438. With another 318 wounded, that has risen to 57,614. Fully accurate statistics are not available due to insecurity menacing hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
Latest developments
On 3 January, the Israeli military designated two additional blocks for evacuation in Deir al Balah governorate, issuing orders via air-dropped leaflets. The orders cover an estimated 1.2 square kilometres, home to about 4,700 people and where one UN-supported health centre (Nusseriat) is located. Since 1 December, evacuation orders have been issued for several areas, estimated to cover 128 square kilometres south of Wadi Gaza alone (35 per cent of the Gaza Strip) and previously home to just over 1 million people (44 per cent of Gaza’s population). This area encompasses 13 hospitals, 29 health facilities and 143 shelters where over 550,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were taking refuge.
The UN and other humanitarian partners have been unable to deliver urgently needed life-saving humanitarian assistance north of Wadi Gaza for four days due to access delays and denials, as well as active conflict. This includes medicines that would have provided vital support to more than 100,000 people for 30 days, as well as eight trucks of food for people who currently face life-threatening food insecurity. Humanitarian organizations are calling for urgent, safe, sustained and unhindered humanitarian access to areas north of Wadi Gaza, which has been severed from the south for more than a month.
On 4 January, the vicinity of Al Amal hospital and Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Khan Younis was struck for the third consecutive day. PRCS reported that seven IDPs sheltering in the compound, including a five-day-old baby, had been killed, while another 11 people were injured over the three days of bombardment. PRCS also reported that dozens of residential buildings and people gathered at the entrance of Al Amal Hospital had been hit, resulting in dozens more deaths and injuries.
On 3 January, WHO stated that, over the previous three days, 13 trucks carrying crucial medical supplies for surgeries and anaesthesia had been delivered through the Rafah crossing. The medical aid is set to be delivered to Nasser Medical Complex, Al Aqsa, Al Awda, and European Gaza hospitals in southern Gaza, benefiting about 142,000 patients. WHO called for unimpeded access for these life-saving items to reach their final destinations.
On 4 January, 177 trucks with food, medicine and other supplies entered the Gaza Strip through the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings.
Hostilities and casualties (Gaza Strip)
On 3 January, at about 13:00, tens of people were reportedly killed when a residential building in Jabalya refugee camp, northern Gaza, was struck.
On 3 January, at about 19:30, four people were reportedly killed by an airstrike near the Aisha Mosque, Rafah, Southern Gaza.
On 3 January, at about 23:00, ten people were reportedly killed when two houses in Deir al Balah were struck.
On 4 January, at about 1:00, 14 people, including at least nine children and two women, were reportedly killed when a house, west of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, was struck. The building was reportedly being used as a shelter by IDPs.
On 4 January, at about 1:00, six people were reportedly killed and another six injured, when agricultural land where IDPs were sheltering, west of Khan Yunis, was struck.
Displacement (Gaza Strip)
By the end of 2023, according to UNRWA, 1.9 million people, or nearly 85 per cent of the total population of Gaza, were estimated to be internally displaced, including many who have been displaced multiple times, as families are forced to move repeatedly in search of safety. Nearly 1.4 million IDPs are sheltering in 155 UNRWA facilities across all five governorates. Rafah governorate is now the main refuge for those displaced, with over one million people squeezed into an extremely overcrowded space, following the intensification of hostilities in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah and the Israeli military’s evacuation orders. Obtaining an accurate figure of the total number of IDPs remains challenging.
On 4 January, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that he was “very disturbed by high-level Israeli officials’ statements on plans to transfer civilians from Gaza to third countries. 85 per cent of people in Gaza are already internally displaced. They have the right to return to their homes. International law prohibits forcible transfer of protected persons within or deportation from occupied territory.”
Health care, including attacks (Gaza Strip)
According to WHO, as of 3 January, 13 out of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are partially functional; nine in the south and four in the north. Those in the north have been offering maternity, trauma, and emergency care services. However, they face challenges such as a shortage of medical staff, including specialized surgeons, neurosurgeons, and intensive care staff, as well as a lack of medical supplies such as anesthesia, antibiotics, pain relief medicines, and external fixators. Additionally, they have an urgent need for fuel, food, and drinking water. The situation of hospitals and the level of functionality depend on fluctuating capacity and minimum level of supplies that can reach the facilities. The nine partially functional hospitals in the south are operating at three times their capacity, while facing critical shortages of basic supplies and fuel. MoH in Gaza, occupancy rates are reaching 206 per cent in inpatient departments and 250 per cent in intensive care units.
Food security
The Famine Review Committee (FRC), activated due to evidence surpassing the acute food insecurity Phase 5 (Catastrophic threshold) in the Gaza Strip, warns that the risk of famine is increasing daily amid intense conflict and restricted humanitarian access. The FRC stated that, to eliminate the risk of famine it is imperative to halt the deterioration of the health, nutrition, food security, and mortality situation through the restoration of health, water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services. In addition, the FRC has called for the cessation of hostilities and the restoration of humanitarian space for delivering multisectoral assistance as vital first steps to eliminate any risk of famine.
Violence and casualties (West Bank)
On 4 January 2024, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in the village of Tammun (Tubas) during a search-and-arrest operation that involved exchanges of fire between them and Palestinians. Another Palestinian man was arrested during the operation. This brings to 314 the number of Palestinian fatalities in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since 7 October 2023 and as of 4 January 2024. Among the fatalities were 80 children. Additionally, two Palestinians from the West Bank were killed while carrying out an attack in Israel on 30 November. Of those killed in the West Bank, 305 were killed by Israeli forces, eight by Israeli settlers and another one by either Israeli forces or settlers. The number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem in 2023 (507) marks the highest number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank since OCHA started recording casualties in 2005.
Since 7 October 2023 and as of 3 January 2024, four Israelis, including three members of the Israeli forces, have been killed in attacks by Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Another four Israelis were killed in an attack by Palestinians from the West Bank in West Jerusalem (one of the four was killed by Israeli forces who misidentified him). The number of Israelis killed in the West Bank and Israel in 2023 in attacks by Palestinians from the West Bank (36) is the highest since OCHA started recording casualties in 2005.
Since 7 October 2023 and as of 4 January 2024, Israeli forces have injured 3,949 Palestinians, including at least 593 children; 52 per cent in the context of search-and-arrest and other operations and 40 per cent in demonstrations. Another 91 Palestinians have been injured by settlers and 12 other Palestinians have been injured by either Israeli forces or settlers. Some 33 per cent of those injuries have been caused by live ammunition, compared with 9 per cent in the first nine months of 2023.
Settler Violence
On 1 January, settlers, reportedly from the settlement of Pnei Hever, attacked Palestinian shepherds who were grazing their animals, killing three of their livestock.
Since 7 October 2023 and as of 4 January 2024, OCHA has recorded 381 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians, resulting in Palestinian casualties (36 incidents), damage to Palestinian-owned property (297 incidents), or both casualties and damage to property (48 incidents). The number of such incidents represents almost one third of all settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank recorded from 1 January 2023 to date.
In 2023, 1,229 incidents involving settlers in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (with or without Israeli forces), resulted in Palestinian casualties, property damage or both. Some 913 of these incidents resulted in damage, 163 resulted in casualties and 153 resulted in both. This is the highest number of settler attacks against Palestinians in any given year since OCHA started recording incidents involving settlers in 2006.
The weekly average of such incidents since 7 October is 30, compared with 21 incidents per week between 1 January and 6 October 2023. The number of incidents since 7 October has declined from 127 incidents in the first week (7-13 October) to 18 incidents between 23 and 28 December. One-third of those incidents after 7 October included firearms, including shootings and threats of shootings. In nearly half of all recorded incidents after 7 October Israeli forces were either accompanying or reported to be supporting the attackers.
Displacement (West Bank)
Since 7 October 2023 and as of 3 January, at least 198 Palestinian households comprising 1,208 people, including 586 children, have been displaced amid settler violence and access restrictions. The displaced households are from at least 15 herding/Bedouin communities. More than half of the displacements occurred on 12, 15, and 28 October, affecting seven communities. The displacement toll since 7 October 2023, represents 78 per cent of all displacement reported due to settler violence and access restrictions since 1 January 2023 (1,539 people, including 756 children).
On 3 January 2024, three Palestinian families comprising 14 people, including four children, were displaced after their homes were demolished in Jabal al Mukkabir in East Jerusalem. These demolitions were carried out due to the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. This brings to 444 the number of Palestinians displaced since 7 October, following the demolition of their homes, due to lack of Israeli issued permits in Area C and East Jerusalem. Among them are 224 children. This represents 36 per cent of all displacement reported due to the lack of building permit since 1 January 2023 (1,153 people).
A total of 19 homes have been demolished on punitive grounds since 7 October, resulting in the displacement of 95 Palestinians, including 42 children. Between January and September 2023, 16 homes were punitively demolished, resulting in the displacement of 78 Palestinians. Punitive demolitions are a form of collective punishment and as such are illegal under international law.
Another 537 Palestinians, including 238 children, have been displaced since 7 October following the destruction of 82 residential structures during other operations carried out by Israeli forces across the West Bank; 55 per cent of the displacement was reported in Jenin Refugee Camp, and 39 per cent in Nur Shams and Tulkarm Refugee Camps (both in Tulkarm). This represents 59 per cent of all displacement reported due to the destruction of homes during Israeli military operations since January 2023 (908 people).
West Bank
Israeli Army attack – youngster injured: Jerusalem – 17:00, Israeli Occupation forces, in al-Ram firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, seriously injured a 16-year-old youth: Abdullah Hazem Tayseer Al-Hashlamoun.
Israeli Army attack – 1 killed – 1 taken prisoner: Tubas – 00:55–04:55, Israeli forces stormed into Tamoun, killing one resident, Usaid Jawad Matar Bani Odeh, and taking prisoner one other.
Israeli Army attacks on villages and refugee camp: Tubas – 00:55–04:55, the Israeli Army stormed the villages of Tayasir and al-Far’a as well as the al-Far’a refugee camp.
Israeli Army attacks on refugees and homes – air strike – 8 wounded – 16 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – since 00:10 on 3 January 2024, Israeli Occupation forces continued the storming of Tulkarem as well as the Nour Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps. A curfew is being imposed on Nour Shams refugee camp, with constant home invasions and drone-launched missile attacks. One drone strike injured eight residents: Muhammad Shiraz Mashy, Fawaz Qasim Abu Sariya, Mahmoud Yahya Al-Ghoul, Basil Abdullah Badawiya, Mahmoud Essam Muhammad Shawabkeh, Moataz Ibrahim Obaid, Aws Raafat Al-Zabet, and Moamen Al-Awfi. The siege on the Thabet Thabet Governmental and Al-Israa Specialist Hospitals continues, along with searching ambulances and taking prisoner many people. Main roads, homes and shops are being destroyed or damaged. In Tulkarem refugee camp, sixteen people have been taken prisoner and their homes partially destroyed.
Israeli Army attack – special–needs patient shot and wounded: Hebron – 16:45, Israeli Occupation forces, in the al-Masafer area, shot and wounded a patient with special needs: Abdullah Hussein Al-Najada.
Home invasion and destruction – destruction and economic sabotage: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces demolished an apartment building, grocery shop and parking lot in the Jabal Mukaber neighbourhood.
Home invasion and destruction – 1 youngster abducted: Bethlehem – 02:15–05:10, Israeli forces raided Beit Fajjar, taking prisoner a 16-year-old youth: Muhammad Walid Issa Taqatqa.
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 assault with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Jerusalem – 09:00, Israeli Occupation forces fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades at people in the Jabal Mukaber neighbourhood.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Jerusalem – 17:00, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards people in the Silwan neighbourhood.
Israeli Army assault – youngster wounded: Qalqiliya – 20:00, the Israeli Army, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards people, near the entrance to the village of Hajjah,wounded a 17-year-old youth: Abdel Qader Nour Masalha.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades in refugee camp: Hebron – 19:45, Israeli troops fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards people, near the entrance to the al-Arroub refugee camp.
Occupation settler land-grab, with Israeli Army complicity: Nablus – 12:55, Israelis, from the Magdolim Occupation settlement and accompanied by the Israeli Army, moved onto an area in Qusra and set up mobile homes there.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 11:00, Israeli settlers invaded farmland, in the al-Taybeh area of Tarqumiya, and destroyed the contents of an agricultural building as well asother property.
Raid: Jerusalem – 02:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Hizma.
Raid: Ramallah – 14:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Medea.
Raid: Ramallah – 14:50, the Israeli Army raided the village of Nabi Saleh.
Raids: Ramallah – 18:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the villages of Deir Abu Mash’al and Qibya.
Raid: Ramallah – 22:25–23:55, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Ein Yabroud.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 02:45–04:10, Israeli soldiers raided al-Bireh, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – on refugee camp: Ramallah – 02:45–04:10, Israeli soldiers raided the Jalazoun refugee camp.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided Beit Rima, taking prisoner three people.
Raid: Ramallah – 03:10, Israeli forces raided Deir Ghassaneh.
Raid: Ramallah – 14:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Saleh.
Raid: Ramallah – 03:10, Israeli troops again raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Saleh.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:15–07:20, Israeli soldiers raided the city, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Jenin – 11:00–16:15, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Zububa.
Raid: Jenin – 18:30-21:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Nazlet Zeid.
Raid: Jenin – 21:00–02:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of al-Jalameh.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 02:00, Israeli forces raided the village of Jalboun, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – the Israeli Army raided the village of Shufa, taking prisoner four people.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 09:45-13:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Jinsafut.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Qalqiliya – 12:00–13:30, the Israeli military, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, stormed into Azzun.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 02:00–03:30, Israeli soldiers raided the village of Beit Amin, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Nablus – 09:10–11:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Awarta.
Raid: Nablus – 11:15–17:10, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Madama.
Raid: Nablus – 12:30–15:05, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Yatma village.
Raid: Nablus – 13:10–17:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Qabalan.
Raids: Nablus – 13:10, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Aqraba as well as Beita.
Raid: Nablus – 20:00–21:10, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Beita.
Raid: Nablus – 00:30–02:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Beit Furik.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 01:40–03:25, Israeli forces raided the village of Qusin, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Salfit – 12:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the city.
Raid: Salfit – 12:30-16:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Deir Ballut.
Raid: Salfit – 20:45, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Kafr al-Dik.
Raid: Salfit – 19:20, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled al-Zawiya.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Salfit – 00:30–03:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided Bidya, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Salfit – 01:15, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Qira.
Raid: Jericho – 15:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Ein al-Dyouk.
Raid: Bethlehem – 16:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled al-Khadr.
Raid: Bethlehem – 02:20–04:15, the Israeli military raided the city.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 02:20–04:15, Israeli soldiers raided Husan, taking prisoner four people.
Raid: Hebron – 08:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the city.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:00–07:30, Israeli forces raided the city, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 5 taken prisoner – armed robbery: Hebron – 02:10–07:30, the Israeli Army raided Yatta, taking prisoner five people and seizing four motor vehicles.
