In Occupied Palestine

Zionism in practice

Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land

The ICJ did not order a ceasefire

but effectively put Israel on notice

Al Jazeera

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08:00, 25 January until 08:00, 26 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: 183 people killed in Gaza brings the total number of deaths since 7 October to at least 26,083. With another 377 wounded, that has risen to 64,487. Fully accurate statistics are not available, due to insecurity menacing hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

OCHA Flash Update #103

On 25 January and 26 January, Israeli protestors blocked aid trucks from accessing Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing. These trucks contained flour, food , hygiene items, tents and other non-food items. The trucks have not been able to access Gaza. The inability to deliver food, water and medical aid will exacerbate the already dire humanitarian situation of those in need of assistance.

In the second half of January, humanitarian partners continue to observe a declining trend in access to northern and central areas of the Gaza Strip. Reasons for this include excessive delays for humanitarian aid convoys before or at checkpoints and heightened military activity in the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip. Threats to the safety of humanitarian personnel and sites are also rife, not only hindering the delivery of time-sensitive and life-saving aid but also posing serious risks to the lives of those involved in humanitarian efforts.

As of 25 January, according to the WHO, 14 of 36 hospitals in Gaza are only partially functional; seven in the north and seven in the south. ‘Partial functionality’ indicates that a hospital is accessible to people in need of health care; it can admit some new patients and can undertake some level of surgery. In addition, Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis is, ‘minimally functioning,’ as it is surrounded by the Israeli military and is experiencing intense fighting and is no longer able to receive patients or supplies. On 24 January, the MoH in Gaza reported that the Nasser Hospital was besieged, and that no one was able to enter or exit the facility due to ongoing bombardment in the vicinity. Israeli authorities refute this, claiming they are facilitating access. Health staff were reported to be digging graves on the hospital grounds due to the large numbers of anticipated fatalities and the need to manage burials. Al Kheir Hospital in Khan Younis, which was previously designated as ‘minimally functioning,’ and one of only three in the Gaza Strip that provides maternity services, is no longer operational, with reports of patients, who had just undergone critical operations, having to flee the facility.

On 26 January, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that Israeli forces are continuing to besiege their ambulance headquarters and the nearby Al Amal Hospital in Khan Younis, restricting all movement in the area. Israeli authorities refute this, claiming they are facilitating access. On the same day, PRCS reported damages to the hospital building and fragments of artillery shelling scattered inside it due to a reported attack in the vicinity of the hospital. On 24 January, the entrance of the PRCS headquarters was reportedly struck, killing at least three Palestinians: on 23 January, another Palestinian was reportedly killed at the entrance to the hospital due to shelling amid intense fighting around the hospital. The PRCS stated that they have been forced to ask IDPs taking shelter in the compound to donate blood, as staff are unable to access blood banks and treat the wounded.

UNRWA reports that only 4 out of 22 UNRWA health centres are still operational. Continued bombardment and access restrictions prevent the provision of life-saving health services.

Hostilities and casualties (Gaza Strip)

The following are among the deadliest incidents reported on 25 and 26 January:

On 25 January, in the afternoon, 11 Palestinian IDP corpses who were thought to have been displaced from Jabalya, were reportedly recovered from under the rubble, in Al Maghazi, Deir al Balah. Another 26 IDPs still remain under the rubble.

On 25 January, at about 20:00, three Palestinians, including one child, were reportedly killed, and several others were injured, after a residential building in Deir al Balah was struck.

On 25 January, at about 20:00, 11 Palestinians, among them one journalist and children, were reportedly killed, after a residential building in Deir al Balah was struck.

On 25 January, at about 12:000, two Palestinians were reportedly killed, and several others injured, in a strike in Al Bureij, Deir al Balah.

On 25 January, at about 15:00, three Palestinians were reportedly killed, and several others injured, in a strike in Al-Dahra, Khan Younis.

On 25 January, two Palestinian brothers, one of whom was a child, were shot and killed with live ammunition while evacuating from their home in Al Amal neighbourhood, western Khan Younis, following the evacuation order issued by the Israeli military. The child was reportedly shot three times while carrying a white flag, and his brother was shot while attempting to rescue him.

On 25 January, at about 16:25 hours, Israeli forces reportedly detonated an entire residential neighbourhood in Al-Nimsawi area in Khan Younis. No casualties were reported.

Displacement (Gaza Strip)

On 26 January, Ajith Sunghay, Head of the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) for the Occupied Palestinian Territory said that the people displaced who reached Rafah are resorting to living in the street, with sewage running in the streets and “conditions of desperation conducive to a complete breakdown in order”. Overspilling of violence into Rafah would have severe implications to more than 1.3 million people, already crowded there.

As of 26 January, according to UNRWA, there are an estimated 1.7 million IDPs in Gaza. Many of them have been displaced multiple times, as families have been forced to move repeatedly in search of safety. Due to continued fighting and evacuation orders, some households have moved away from the shelters where they were initially registered. Rafah governorate is where over one million people are squeezed into an extremely overcrowded space. Following intense Israeli bombardment and fighting in Khan Younis and the central area of the Gaza Strip in recent days, as well as new Israeli military evacuation orders, a significant number of displaced people have moved further south.

On 23 and 25 January, the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders via social media to Palestinians in a number of city blocks in Khan Younis. The affected area covers some four square kilometres. There are about 88,000 residents in the area, in addition to an estimated 425,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) seeking shelter in 24 schools and other institutions. The affected area includes Nasser Hospital (475 beds), Al Amal Hospital (100 beds) and the Jordanian Hospital (50 beds), representing almost 20 per cent of the remaining partially functioning hospitals across the Gaza Strip. Three health clinics are also located in the affected area. Some 18,000 IDPs are reported to be in the Nasser Hospital, with an unknown number of IDPs seeking shelter in the other health facilities. On 25 January, the Israeli military reissued the same evacuation orders via social media.

Health care, including attacks (Gaza Strip)

According to WHO, health care in Gaza remains extremely fragile. The seven partially functional 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 seven partially functional hospitals in the south are operating at three times their capacity, while facing critical shortages of basic supplies and fuel. Hospitals in Khan Younis are at risk of closure due to intense hostilities and the issuance of evacuation orders in adjacent areas. Over 90 health facilities and over 80 ambulances have been impacted since the escalation of hostilities. Other factors include power supply disruptions and fuel shortages. According to the MoH in Gaza, occupancy rates are reaching 206 per cent in inpatient departments and 250 per cent in intensive care units.

Humanitarian Access

Between 1 and 25 January, 51 movements of humanitarian aid were planned for the north of Wadi Gaza; however, only eight were facilitated while 29 were denied. Most of the missions that were facilitated were related to food distribution, while support to critical hospitals and WASH facilitates were largely denied. Two missions were partially facilitated (e.g., assessments only instead of a planned delivery of aid supplies) and another four were postponed (due to security and other competing medevac requirements). In an emerging pattern, an additional eight planned missions were initially facilitated, but subsequently impeded through the provision of unpassable routes, or the imposition of excessive delays at checkpoints or prior to departure.

On 22 occasions, requests by the United Nations to the Israeli military to open checkpoints early to access north of Wadi Gaza were not facilitated. Given the heavy congestion around UN warehouses and the high levels of needs, early movements are essential for security, programmatic and protection reasons. The humanitarian community has consistently called for both main supply routes (MSRs) to be open in Gaza, and for checkpoints to open at 6:00 every day.

In addition to widespread attacks on health care facilities and workers, 12 incidents of attacks against and access constraints on humanitarian Emergency Medical Teams were recorded between 7 November 2023 and 24 January 2024. These included ten instances of direct and indirect fire resulting in seven deaths and 12 injuries and two entry blockages. These teams have been undertaking life-saving surgeries in partially functioning over-congested hospitals across the Strip.

Violence and casualties (West Bank)

Since 7 October 2023 and as of 26 January 2024, 361 Palestinians have been killed, including 92 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 these 361 fatalities, 351 were killed by Israeli forces, eight by Israeli settlers and two 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. So far in 2024 (as of 26 January), 52 Palestinians, including at least 11 children, have been killed.

Since 7 October 2023 and as of 26 January 2024, five Israelis, including four members of Israeli forces, have been killed in Palestinian-perpetrated attacks in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. In addition, 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) on 30 November 2023. Another Israeli woman was killed in another attack perpetrated by Palestinians in Israel on 15 January 2024. The number of Israelis killed in the West Bank and Israel in 2023 in attacks perpetrated by Palestinians from the West Bank (36) was the highest since OCHA started recording casualties in 2005.

Since 7 October 2023 and as of 26 January 2024, 4,358 Palestinians, including 657 children, have been injured in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Of them, 4,223 have been injured by Israeli forces, 114 by settlers and 21 by either Israeli forces or settlers. Of the total injuries, 54 per cent were reported in the context of search-and-arrest and other operations, 34 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 26 January 2024, OCHA has recorded 460 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians, resulting in Palestinian casualties (45 incidents), damage to Palestinian-owned property (359 incidents), or both casualties and damage to property (56 incidents).

One-third of the settler attacks against Palestinians after 7 October 2023 have 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)

Since 7 October 2023 and as of 26 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 displacement 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).

Since 7 October 2023 and as of 26 January 2024, 495 Palestinians, including 246 children, have been displaced 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 22 homes have been demolished and 105 Palestinians, including 45 children, displaced due to punitive demolitions from 7 October 2023 and as of 26 January 2024. The numbers exceed those reported in the first nine months of 2023, during which 16 homes were punitively demolished and 78 people displaced.

Since 7 October 2023 and as of 26 January 2024, 743 Palestinians, including 311 children, have been displaced, following the destruction of 116 homes during other operations carried out by Israeli forces across the West Bank. About 95 per cent of the displacement was reported in the refugee camps of Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarm. This represents 82 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: Jerusalem – 15:00, Israeli Occupation forces opened fire, near the entrance to Qalandiya.

Israeli Army attack: Jerusalem – 19:00, Israeli forces opened fire, near the Shuafat checkpoint.

Home invasion: Nablus – 16:20–23:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided Yatma village and searched a home.

Home invasion and armed robbery: Salfit – 00:35–03:05, Israeli forces raided the village of Yasuf and searched a house, robbing the householder of gold jewellery as well as a motor vehicle.

Home invasions: Bethlehem – 23:55–02:20, the Israeli Army raided Beit Fajjar and invaded three homes.

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 – agricultural sabotage: Qalqiliya – 10:35, Israeli Occupation forces demolished an agricultural facility, in the village of Azun Atma.

Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 05:15, Israeli Occupation settlers stoned vehicles passing through the Awarta checkpoint.

Occupation settler population–control: Jericho – 10:15, armed Israeli settlers, riding tractors, for a time took prisoner a number of garbage facility workers.

Occupation settler armed violence: Bethlehem – morning, armed Occupation settlers, in the village of al-Rashayda, shot and killed a villager’s camel.

Occupation settler water crime: Hebron – 16:15, Israelis, from the Avigayil Occupation settlement outpost, polluted a well in east Yatta, using unidentified chemicals and oils.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Jerusalem – morning, Israeli Occupation forces raided the Qalandiya refugee camp, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Ramallah – 12:55-17:15, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided and patrolled Beit Liqiya.

Raid: Ramallah – 14:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Sinjil.

Raid: Ramallah – 17:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Aboud.

Raids: Ramallah – 21:35, the Israeli military raided Rawabi, Aroura and Atara, as well as the villages of Umm Safa and Deir al-Sudan.

Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Ramallah – 21:35, Israeli soldiers, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided Ajul.

Raids: Ramallah – 22:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Beit Rima and Aboud.

Raid: Ramallah – 00:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Burqa.

Raids: Jenin – 16:55, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the villages of Jalboun, Beit Qad, Jalqamus and al-Mugheir.

Raid: Jenin – 18:55, Israeli troops raided the Sabah al-Khair suburb.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 18:55, the Israeli military raided the village of Fahma, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Jenin – 03:45, Israeli soldiers raided Araba, taking prisoner three people.

Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Tubas – 02:15–05:30, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the Coffee Shop building as well as another café.

Raid – agricultural sabotage: Qalqiliya – 10:35-11:45, Israeli forces raided the village of Azzun Atma and demolished an agricultural facility.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 17:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Baqat al-Hatab.

Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Qalqiliya – 19:15, Israeli troops, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided and patrolled Azzun.

Raids: Nablus – 14:00, the Israeli military raided Beit Iba as well as the villages of Deir Sharaf, Qusin and Sora.

Raid: Nablus – 18:45, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Sarra.

Raid: Nablus – 02:40–04:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Beita.

Raid: Nablus – 03:40–06:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the city.

Raid: Nablus – 04:55–06:25, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Awarta.

Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Nablus – 18:45, Israeli troops, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided Sarra village.

Raid: Salfit – 16:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Rafat.

Raid: Salfit – 19:40–00:20, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Masha.

Raid: Salfit – 00:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the villages of Iskaka and Yasuf.

Raid: Salfit – 00:20–05:25, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the city.

Raid: Jericho – 08:50, the Israeli Army raided al-Auja and harassed the local police station.

Raid: Bethlehem – 09:20-14:30, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Jouret al-Shama’a.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 12:35, the Israeli military raided Nahalin, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Bethlehem – 01:05, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Beit Jallah.

Raid: Hebron – 00:50–07:25, Israeli Occupation raided and patrolled the city.

Raid: Hebron – 00:50–05:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Dura.

Raid: Hebron – 01:50–05:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Yatta.