In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, on 13 January until 08:00, 14 January 2024
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[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: 125 people killed in Gaza brings the total number of deaths since 7 October to at least 23,968. With another 265 wounded, that has risen to 60,582. Fully accurate statistics are not available due to insecurity menacing hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
OCHA Flash Update #92
One hundred days into the conflict, intense Israeli bombardments from air, land, and sea continued across much of the Gaza Strip on 14 January, resulting in further civilian casualties and destruction. The firing of rockets by Palestinian armed groups into Israel reportedly continued, and also ground operations and fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups across much of the Gaza Strip.
Between the afternoons of 12 and 14 January, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, 260 Palestinians were reportedly killed, and another 577 people were reportedly injured. Between 7 October 2023 and 12:00 on 14 January 2024, at least 23,968 Palestinians were killed in Gaza and 60,582 Palestinians were injured, according to the MoH.
Between 12 January and 14 January, two Israeli soldiers were reportedly killed in Gaza. Since the start of the ground operation, 186 soldiers have been killed, and 1,113 soldiers have been injured in Gaza, according to the Israeli military.
On 14 January, UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, stated: “The crisis in Gaza is a man-made disaster compounded by dehumanizing language and the use of food, water and fuel as instruments of war. The humanitarian operation has fast become one of the most complex and challenging in the world; largely due to cumbersome procedures for the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip and a myriad of obstacles to the safe and orderly distribution of aid, including ongoing hostilities. Humanitarian aid alone will not be sufficient to reverse a looming famine. A flow of commercial goods must also be allowed in.”
Telecommunication services in Gaza have been shut down since 12 January. This is the seventh time that communications have stopped working since 7 October. On 13 January, a telecommunications company vehicle was reportedly struck in central Khan Younis, although the crew was on a repair mission and had secured security coordination. Two staff were reportedly killed.
On 13 January, 108 trucks with food, medicine and other supplies entered the Gaza Strip through Rafah crossing. On 13 January, UNICEF Special Representative, Lucia Elmi, stated that: “We still aren’t getting sufficient aid in. The inspection process remains slow and unpredictable. And some of the materials we desperately need remain restricted, with no clear justification. These include generators to power water facilities and hospitals, and plastic pipes to repair badly damaged water infrastructure… In addition, once aid gets in, there are significant challenges to distributing it across the Gaza Strip, particularly to the North and recently also the middle area. Humanitarian aid alone is not sufficient. The volume of commercial goods for sale in the Gaza Strip needs to increase, and increase fast.”
Hostilities and casualties (Gaza Strip)
The following are among the deadliest incidents reported on 12 January and 14 January 2024:
On 12 January, at about 13:00, six people were reportedly killed when a house in Deir al Balah, central Gaza, was struck.
On 12 January, at about 21:00, 12 people, including at least seven children, were reportedly killed and tens were injured when a house in Rafah was struck. The house was reportedly being used as a shelter for IDPs.
On 13 January, in the early morning, 20 people were reportedly killed and several injured when a residential building in Ad Daraj neighbourhood, Gaza city, was struck.
On 13 January, at about 15:30, three people were reportedly killed when a group of people working on agricultural land, east of Khan Younis were struck.
According to the Palestinian Journalist Syndicate in Gaza, as of 11 January, 117 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed, since 7 October 2023. According to the MoH in Gaza, 337 Palestinian medics have been killed. According to the Palestinian Civil Defense, 45 of their members have been killed. According to UNRWA, WHO, and UNDP, 146 UNRWA staff, one WHO staff member, one UNDP staff member have been killed since 7 October 2023.
Displacement (Gaza Strip)
On 11 January, new evacuation orders were issued to people in parts of Al Mawasi area and several blocks near Salah Ad Deen Road in southern Gaza, covering an estimated 4.6 square kilometres. The Israeli military stated that it was preparing to operate in the area and ordered those affected to move to Deir al Balah. More than 18,000 people and nine shelters, accommodating an unknown number of IDPs, are expected to be affected by this latest round of orders.
As of 8 January, 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 154 UNRWA facilities across all five governorates, including 160,000 in the north and Gaza city; facilities are far exceeding their intended capacity. A total of 1.78 million IDPs are receiving assistance from UNRWA. Rafah governorate is 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.
As of 11 January, some 230 incidents affecting UNRWA premises and people inside them have been reported since 7 October 2023 (some with multiple incidents affecting the same location). At least 23 of the incidents involved military use and/or interference on the premises. They also include 66 direct hits on UNRWA installations and 69 different UNRWA installations sustaining damage when a nearby object was hit. In total, at least 330 IDPs staying in UNRWA shelters have been killed and at least another 1,149 were injured since the escalation of hostilities.
Electricity
Since 11 October 2023, the Gaza Strip has been under an electricity blackout, after the Israeli authorities cut off the electricity supply and fuel reserves for Gaza’s sole power plant were depleted. The communications and fuel shutdown continues to significantly hinder the aid community’s efforts to assess the full extent of needs in Gaza and to adequately respond to the deepening humanitarian crisis. For more information on electricity supply to the Gaza Strip, please see this dashboard.
Access
Access denials of humanitarian missions and severe access constraints by the Israeli authorities have risen since the start of 2024. As of 14 January, only 24 per cent (7 out of 29) of planned missions to deliver food, medicine, water and other lifesaving supplies successfully reached their destinations in northern Gaza, where humanitarian needs are estimated to be the highest and most severe. This represents a significant deterioration when compared with December 2023, when more than 70 per cent (13 out of 18) of planned missions to the north were successfully carried out. These denials paralyze the ability of humanitarian partners to respond meaningfully, consistently and at-scale, to the hundreds of thousands of people who remain in northern Gaza. As access to northern Gaza is becoming more restricted, the capacity of humanitarian actors to access Deir al Balah and Khan Younis in central and southern Gaza is also diminishing by the day.
Referring to ongoing access restrictions, the Humanitarian and Resident Coordinator, James McGoldrick, stated that: “We’re trying to save the population, but we know that probably all of the population of 2.3 million need assistance of some kind. And we are right now facing an uphill struggle to just address the needs of those we reach. We need to reach far farther, far deeper, and for other places like the north. But there’s ongoing conflict and military operations prevent us from either moving in some of the central zones. So, we’re stuck where we are, and it’s very hard to move convoys, the convoys going north to serve those 250,000 – 300,00 estimated population there.
On 12 January 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that after more than two weeks, humanitarian partners were able to reach Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza. They delivered 9,300 litres of fuel and medical supplies to cover 1,000 trauma and 100 kidney dialysis patients. Shifa Hospital has reestablished some of its medical services, with 60 medical staff, a surgical and medical ward with 40 beds, an emergency department, four operating theatres, basic emergency obstetric and gynaecologic services, a limited haemodialysis unit, minimal laboratory services, and basic radiology services.
Health care, including attacks (Gaza Strip)
According to WHO, 15 out of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are partially functional; nine in the south and six in the north. 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. Hospitals in the north have been offering limited 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.
On 14 January 2024, Dr. Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, stated that only 15 facilities are currently providing limited health care in the strip as a result of “300 attacks on health and continuous lack of safe access to critical aid…WHO, UN and partners (are) repeatedly stymied from providing the aid so critically needed…while patients facing avoidable amputations due to the health system’s destruction. Those with serious chronic conditions are dying due to the lack of care. People in Gaza are living in hell. Nowhere is safe. Everything must be done to end the violence to prevent more needless death and injury.”
Hostilities and casualties (Israel)
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed in Israel, including 36 children, according to the Israeli authorities, the vast majority on 7 October.
The Israeli authorities estimate that about 136 Israelis and foreign nationals remain captive in Gaza. During the humanitarian pause (24-30 November), 86 Israeli and 24 foreign national hostages were released. On 13 January, Israeli media reported that an agreement had been reached for medicine to be delivered to some of the hostages still held in Gaza, which will reportedly be delivered by means of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
On 12 January, the Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths stated that “The families of the hostages have been waiting for the release of their loved ones for nearly 100 days, or at least for some information about their well-being. Unfortunately, since November no hostages have been released and no information has been shared with their families and loved ones.” He reiterated his call for the humane treatment and immediate release of all hostages.
Violence and casualties (West Bank)
On 12 January 2024, Israeli forces shot and killed three Palestinians, including a 16-year-old child, who had infiltrated into the Adora Israeli settlement near Idhna village in the Hebron governorate. One Israeli soldier was shot and injured during the incident by one of the assailants. Israeli forces subsequently conducted a search operation in the houses of the Palestinians and arrested two men.
On 14 January, Israeli forces shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian child during clashes that erupted in Ein As Sultan Refugee Camp in Jericho during an Israeli search-and-arrest operation.
Also on 14 January, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, both aged 17, who were driving near Bet El Israeli settlement in the Al Bireh area (Ramallah). Israeli sources reported that the two were attempting to throw a Molotov cocktail at the settlement. Israeli forces closed the area and prevented medical crew from accessing the vehicle for half an hour and shot at the ambulance, damaging the front light; one of the bodies is still withheld by Israeli forces.
From 7 October 2023 and as of 14 January 2024, 339 Palestinians have been killed, including 88 children, across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. 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 (339), 330 were killed by Israeli forces, eight by Israeli settlers and one by either Israeli forces or settlers. So far in 2024 (as of 14 January), 30 Palestinians, including seven children, have been killed. 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.
From 7 October 2023 and as of 14 January 2024, five Israelis, including four members of Israeli forces, have been killed in Palestinian attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Four Israelis were killed in an attack carried out 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 (36) in the West Bank and Israel in 2023 in attacks perpetrated by Palestinians from the West Bank was the highest since OCHA started recording casualties in 2005.
From 7 October 2023 and as of 14 January 2024, 4,197 Palestinians, including 635 children, were injured in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Of them, 4,067 have been injured by Israeli forces, 109 by settlers and 21 by either Israeli forces or settlers. Of the total injuries, 52 per cent were reported in the context of search-and-arrest and other operations, 36 per cent in demonstrations and 8 per cent during settler attacks against Palestinians. 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
Since 7 October 2023 and as of 14 January 2024, OCHA recorded 413 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians, resulting in Palestinian casualties (41 incidents), damage to Palestinian-owned property (321 incidents), or both casualties and damage to property (51 incidents). This reflects a daily average of four incidents since 7 October 2023 until 14 January 2024.
One-third of the settler attacks against Palestinians after 7 October 2023 involved 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.
In 2023, 1,229 incidents involving Israeli 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.
Displacement (West Bank)
From 7 October 2023 and as of 14 January 2024, 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).
A total of 453 Palestinians, including 227 children, have been displaced between 7 October 2023 and 14 January 2024, following the demolition of their homes, due to lack of Israeli-issued building permits in Area C and East Jerusalem, which are almost impossible to obtain.
A total of 19 homes have been demolished and 95 Palestinians, including 42 children, displaced due to punitive demolitions in the last three months of 2023. The numbers exceed those reported in the first nine months of the same year, during which 16 homes were punitively demolished and 78 people displaced.
From 7 October 2023 and as of 14 January 2024, 602 Palestinians, including 263 children, have been displaced, following the destruction of 94 homes during other operations carried out by Israeli forces across the West Bank. About 94 per cent of the displacement was reported in the refugee camps of Jenin, and in Nur Shams and Tulkarm, both in Tulkarm. This represents 65 per cent of all displacement reported due to the destruction of homes during Israeli military operations since January 2023 (908 people).
West Bank
[Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Israeli Army attack – 2 wounded – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 19:40, Israeli Occupation forces , firing live ammunition, stormed into Araba and invaded homes, wounding two residents: Yamen Ahmed Musa Asfour and Nafez Nader Obaid. One other person was taken prisoner.
Israeli Army attack – homes invaded and infrastructure ruined: Jenin – 21:20–02:20, Israeli forces stormed Jenin as well as the refugee camp, invading homes and laying waste to local roads and infrastructure.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded and taken prisoner: Jenin – 22:55–02:20, the Israeli Army stormed Kafr Qud village, wounding and taking prisoner a resident: Qasim Jawad Qasim Muhammad.
Israeli Army attack – 1 child and 9 other people wounded: Tubas – 10:10, Israeli troops, firing live ammunition, raided homes in the al-Far’a refugee camp, wounding a 14-year-old boy, Reda Ashraf Saud Barahma, as well as nine adults: Iyab Zidan, Amir Tayseer Nayef Shafi’i, Sultan Hussein Ali Masaeed, Muhammad Jamal Omar Janajra, Anas Jabr Mustafa Jabr, Omar Amjad Fawzi Ainbusi, Amr Muhammad Mahmoud Daraghmeh, Hassan Mahmoud Sobh and Marwan Adnan. Ibrahim Khalifa.
Israeli Army attack – youngster wounded: Tulkarem – 23:00–00:25, the Israeli military stormed into Kafr al-Labad, wounding a 17-year-old youth: Asem Wael Muhammad Aboudi.
Israeli settler attack – 1 wounded – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 13:20, armed Occupation settlers shot and wounded one person, Harb Aziz Al-Shawamreh, near the entrance to Deir al-Asalvillage.
Home invasions: Qalqiliya – 04:30–06:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided the city and searched a number of homes.
Home invasions – 2 youngsters abducted in refugee camp: Hebron – 04:10, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the al-Aroub refugee camp, invaded homes and abducted two youngsters: Saif Al-Din Salah Al-Jawabra (aged 15) and Malik Al-Saghir (aged 16).
Home invasions – 1 refugee taken prisoner and another severely beaten: Hebron – 07:30, the Israeli Army raided Surif and searched a number of homes, taking prisoner one person and beating up another, Muneeb Ibrahim Abdel La’ Ghanimat, severely fracturing a hand and a leg.
Home invasions: Hebron – dawn, Israeli troops raided Beit Ummar and searched several homes.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Jerusalem – 22:00, Israeli Occupation forces fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards people in al-Eizariya.
Israeli Army – beating-up: Nablus – 17:05, Israeli forces beat–up and severely injured a man: Rami Mahmoud Odeh Al-Khatib.
Raid: Ramallah – evening, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Silwad.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 23:25, Israeli forces raided al-Mazraa al-Gharbiya, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 02:45, the Israeli Army raided al-Bireh, taking prisoner a woman.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 02:50, Israeli troops raided Aroura, taking prisoner a woman.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – dawn, the Israeli military raided Beit Rima, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Jenin – 15:55, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Bir al-Basha.
Raid: Tulkarem – 15:50-17:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the al-Shuweika suburb.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 11:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Kafr Thulth.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 19:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Hajjah.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 22:45, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Azzun.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 11:40, the Israeli military raided Kafr Thulth.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Qalqiliya – 19:40, Israeli soldiers, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided Hajjah village.
Raid: Nablus – 13:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Aqraba.
Raid: Nablus – 14:00-17:10, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Qusin.
Raid: Nablus – 18:30, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Beita.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Nablus – 02:05–03:30, Israeli troops raided the city, taking prisoner four people.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Nablus – 02:05–03:30, the Israeli military raided the village of Beit Imrin, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – 15 taken prisoner: Salfit – 01:15, Israeli soldiers raided Bidya, taking prisoner 15 people.
Raid: Bethlehem – evening, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled the village of Husan.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 02:40, Israeli forces raided Tuqu, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Hebron – 20:05-midnight, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Yatta.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Hebron – evening, Israeli troops, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided a funeral parlour in Idhna.
