In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
Dayenu Press Release, 9 January 2024:
NZ Jews Against Occupation calls for NZ to Support South Africa’s Case Against Israel
in International Court Of Justice
New Zealand must support South Africa’s claim for a provisional ruling from the International Court of Justice to prevent ongoing genocide in Gaza. Dayenu co-founder Avigail Allan says: “The genocide convention requires every country to prevent atrocities and say never again for anyone. Many of us have family who were victims of the Holocaust – we understand genocide can happen wherever dehumanisation becomes normalised, and wherever the international community abandons the duty to protect.”
Dayenu is a New Zealand Jewish organisation that stands for peace, justice and equality for all peoples, Israeli and Palestinian, between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. Read full Press Release.
08:00, on 08 January until 08:00, 09 January 2024
[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]
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:
126 people killed in Gaza brings the total number of deaths since 7 October to at least 23,210. With another 241 wounded, that has risen to 59,167. Fully accurate statistics are not available due to insecurity menacing hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
OCHA Flash Update
Intense Israeli bombardments from air, land, and sea continued across much of the Gaza Strip on 9 January, particularly in the Deir al Balah and Khan Younis governorates. The offensive in these areas results in the killing and injury of many people and having devastating consequences for tens of thousands of civilians, many of whom had already fled for safety from Gaza city and the north to central and southern Gaza. The firing of rockets by Palestinian armed groups into Israel also continued. Ground operations and fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups were reported across much of the Gaza Strip, particularly in the Deir al Balah and Khan Younis governorates, resulting in additional casualties.
On the morning of 8 January, a shell penetrated the wall of a shelter in Khan Younis housing over 100 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff and their families. Four people were injured, including a five-year-old child of one of the staff members, who subsequently died of her injuries. According to MSF, the shell did not detonate on impact, otherwise more fatalities would most likely have occurred. Four MSF staff have been killed since 7 October in Gaza, in addition to numerous family members. Expressing its outrage at the death, MSF stated “that it doesn’t matter where you are in Gaza, nowhere is safe,” and reiterated a call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire.
Hostilities and casualties (Gaza Strip)
The following are among the deadliest incidents reported between 8 January and 9 January:
On 8 January, at about 15:30, four people were reportedly killed and tens injured when a house northwest of Deir Al Balah, was struck.
On 8 January, overnight, eight people were reportedly shot and killed in An Nuseirat Camp, Deir al Balah. governorate
On 8 January, at about 18:30, 12 people were reportedly killed, and 40 people injured, when a house west of An Nuseirat Camp was struck.
On 9 January, at about 10:15, 10 people were reportedly killed when a car in An Nuseirat Camp, was struck.
Some 220 incidents affecting UNRWA premises and people inside them have been reported since 7 October (some with multiple incidents affecting the same location), including at least 23 incidents of military use and/or interference at UNRWA premises. This includes 63 direct hits on UNRWA installations and 69 different UNRWA installations sustaining damage when a nearby object was hit. In total, at least 319 IDPs staying in UNRWA shelters have been killed and at least another 1,135 were injured since 7 October.
Health care, including attacks (Gaza Strip)
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), 15 out of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are partially functional; nine in the south and six in the north.
Hospitals 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, and have an urgent need for fuel, food, and drinking water. The nine partially functional hospitals in the south are operating at three times their capacity, while facing critical shortages of basic supplies and fuel. According to the MoH in Gaza, occupancy rates are reaching 206 per cent in inpatient departments and 250 per cent in intensive care units.
In Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis, three hospitals – Al Aqsa, Nasser, and Gaza European – are at risk of closure due to the issuance of evacuation orders in adjacent areas and the ongoing conduct of hostilities nearby. On 9 January, shelling was again reported in the vicinity of the Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah, from where most medical staff and many patients had evacuated on 7 January. Reportedly, only one emergency doctor and two surgeons remain, to respond to hundreds of patients who require treatment in the hospital. On 7 January, staff from WHO and OCHA visited the Al Aqsa Hospital, and delivered medical supplies to support 4,500 patients needing dialysis for three months and 500 patients requiring trauma care. The WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that “Al Aqsa is the most important hospital remaining in Gaza’s Middle Area [Deir al Balah] and must remain functional, and protected, to deliver its lifesaving services. Further erosion of its functionality cannot be permitted – doing so in the face of such trauma, injury and humanitarian suffering would be a moral and medical outrage.”
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. The FRC has also called for the cessation of hostilities and the restoration of humanitarian space for delivering multi–sectoral assistance as vital first steps to eliminate any risk of famine.
West Bank
[Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded – homes invaded – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 04:20–04:50, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed Ramallah and al-Bireh and raidedhomes, wounding one resident, Fahim Ahmed Fahim Al-Khatib, and abducting a 17-year-old youth: Awad Hussein Awad Amira. The youngster’s father was also taken prisoner.
Israeli Army attack – 3 killed – homes invaded – 1 wounded and taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 20:15-21:15, Israeli forces stormed the Ektaba suburb, opening fire on a number of people, killing three: Ahed Suleiman Musa Rajab, Youssef Ali Al-Khouli and Tariq Amjad Shaheen. One other person, Mahmoud Mutee Mahmoud Salit, was wounded and taken prisoner.
Israeli Army attack – homes invaded: Tulkarem – 22:50–05:30, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, stormed and invaded homes.
Israeli Army attacks on refugee camps – airstrike – 9 wounded: Tulkarem – 22:50–05:30, Israeli troops stormed the Nour Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps, raiding homes and carrying out a drone airstrike injuring nine people. The Israeli military also destroyed roads, infrastructure and shops in both refugee camps.
Israeli Army attack – homes invaded – 1 resident wounded: Nablus – 15:15–17:15, the Israeli military, firing live ammunition stormed the village of Tal and invaded two homes. One resident, Muhammad Hussam Asida, was wounded.
Home invasion: Ramallah – 23:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided Atara and searched a house.
Home invasions: Jenin – 17:00–22:15, Israeli forces raided Araba and searched a number of homes.
Home invasions Tulkarem – 13:55, the Israeli Army raided the village of al-Nazlah al-Sharqiya and searched homes.
Home invasions – resident injured: Tulkarem – 18:35-21:15, Israeli troops raided Quffin, invading homes and injuring one resident.
Home invasion: Qalqiliya – 00:45–04:30, the Israeli military raided Kafr Qaddum village and invaded a house.
Home invasion: Nablus – 00:35, Israeli soldiers invaded the village of Madama, raided and searched a home.
Home invasion and demolition: Hebron – 10:55, Israeli Occupation forces demolished a house, in Birin village.
Home invasion: Hebron – 01:30, Israeli forces raided Beit Ula and searched a house.
Home invasions: Hebron – 02:15, the Israeli Army raided Surif and searched a number of homes.
Israeli police and settlers’ mosque violation: Jerusalem – 08:00, settler militants, escorted by Israeli troops and police, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and molested worshippers.
Israeli Army plunder and agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 10:05, Israeli Occupation forces plundered, and then destroyed, an agricultural building in Qusra.
Israeli Army armed robbery – agricultural sabotage: Salfit – 14:05, Israeli Occupation forces seized a tractor being used to work agricultural land, in Qarawat Bani Hassan.
Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Hebron – 23:05, Israeli forces, in the Al-Bassa area of al-Shuyukh, fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades at people.
Israeli Army – pastoral sabotage: Hebron – 12:40, the Israeli Army demolished a sheep-shelter in the village of Birin, and uprooted trees.
Israeli Army – agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 13:00, Israeli troops demolished agricultural buildings, in the Khirbet al-Taybeh area of Tarqumiya.
Israeli Army vandalism: Hebron – 13:50, the Israeli military damaged vehicles in the Yatta parking area, near the entrance to Qalqas village.
Occupation settler intrusion: Hebron – 09:55, Israeli Occupation settlers set up camp in Sadat al-Thala, east of Yatta.
Occupation settler – violent pastoral sabotage: Hebron – 12:55, Israeli settlers forced off shepherds and their flocks from pastoral land in the Khallet al-Adra area, east of Yatta.
Raid –1 child abducted, 1 adult taken prisoner: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli forces raided Ni’lin, taking prisoner a child and an adult.
Raid: Ramallah – 13:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Safa village.
Raid – in refugee camp: Ramallah – 17:15, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the Jalazoun refugee camp.
Raid: Ramallah – 00:40–02:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Sinjil.
Raid: Ramallah – 01:15, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Dura al-Qar’.
Raids:Jenin – 11:05-14:40, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled al-Yamoun and Silat al-Harithiya, as well as the villages of Ta’anak, Zububa and Kafr Dan.
Raid: Jenin – 12:35-14:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Tura.
Raid: Jenin – 13:05, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Silat al-Dahr.
Raid: Jenin – 14:05, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Nazlet Zaid.
Raid: Jenin – 14:40-17:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Jalboun.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Jenin – 20:00–23:55, the Israeli military raided Ya’bad, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Jenin – 04:10–05:50, Israeli soldiers raided the village of Tura.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 10:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Laqif.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 01:30–03:25, Israeli forces raided the city, taking prisoner three people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 03:10–05:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Azzun, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 04:50, Israeli troops raided Hablat, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Nablus – 10:05, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Burin.
Raid: Nablus – 10:50, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Beita.
Raid: Nablus – 13:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Odala.
Raid: Nablus – 14:55, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Iraq Burin.
Raid: Nablus – 18:15, the Israeli Army raided Qusra.
Raid: Nablus – 19:35–23:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the city.
Raid: Nablus – 22:50–06:05, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Qabalan.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jericho – 10:30, Israeli soldiers raided the city, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – in refugee camp: Jericho – 10:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided the Aqbat Jabir refugee camp.
Raid: Bethlehem – 11:05, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Husan.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 12:35-13:40, the Israeli Army raided Tuqu’, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Bethlehem – 18:25–22:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Harmala.
Raid: Bethlehem – 21:25–23:25, the Israeli military raided and patrolled al-Khadr.
Raid: Bethlehem – 21:30–02:50, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Beit Fajjar.
Raid: Bethlehem – 22:10–01:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Wadi Fukin.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 01:35–02:50, Israeli forces raided the village of Marah Rabah, taking prisoner three people.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 01:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Husan, taking prisoner three people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, Israeli troops raided al-Samou, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Hebron – 15:00, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Yatta.
Raid: Hebron – 20:25, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Bani Naim.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Hebron – 02:00–03:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided the al-Fawar refugee camp, taking prisoner three people.
YAWN!