In Occupied Palestine

Zionism in practice

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

08:00, 29 February until 08:00, 01 March 2024

[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Gaza Strip

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: 193 people killed in Gaza brings the total number of deaths since 7 October to at least 30,228. With another 920 wounded, that has risen to 71,377. Fully accurate statistics are not available, due to insecurity menacing hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

OCHA Flash Update #130:

Key Highlights

The Ministry of Health in Gaza reports that the casualty toll from the incident on Rashid Street on 29 February morning has increased to 112 killed and 760 injured.

The MoH in Gaza has reported that another four children have died of malnutrition and dehydration, bringing to 10 such child fatalities so far.

On 29 February, two Israeli settlers, including a 16-year-old child, were killed near Eli settlement in Nablus governorate in the occupied West Bank.

On 29 February, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian brothers near Beit ‘Awwa village in Hebron.

Gaza Strip Updates

Intense Israeli bombardment from air, land and sea continues to be reported across much of the Gaza Strip, resulting in further civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction of civilian infrastructure. Ground operations and heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups also continue to be reported.

Between the afternoon of 29 February and 12:30 on 1 March, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, 193 Palestinians were killed, and 920 Palestinians were injured. Between 7 October 2023 and 12:30 on 1 March 2024, at least 30,228 Palestinians were killed in Gaza and 71,377 Palestinians were injured, according to MoH in Gaza. On 1 March, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated: “I am appalled by the tragic human toll of the conflict in Gaza – more than 30,000 people reportedly killed and over 70,000 injured. I reiterate my call for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and the unconditional release of all hostages.”

According to the MoH in Gaza, the casualty toll from the incident on Rashid Street south of Gaza city on 29 February has risen to 112 fatalities and 760 injuries. A number of countries have called for an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident. Condemning the deaths, the UN Secretary-General stated that “the desperate civilians in Gaza need urgent help, including those in the besieged north where the United Nations has not been able to deliver aid in more than a week.”

The following are among other deadly incidents reported on 28 February:

On 28 February, at about 16:45, 14 Palestinians were reportedly killed, and tens of others injured, when four buildings in An Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in Deir al Balah, were struck.

On 28 February, at about 19:00, nine Palestinians were reportedly killed, and tens of others injured, when a house in An Nuseirat, in Deir al Balah, was struck.

By midnight on 28 February, 18 bodies were reportedly recovered from under the rubble in An Nuseirat, in Deir al Balah.

By midnight on 28 February, 14 bodies were reportedly recovered from under the rubble in Khan Younis.

On 28 February, at about 18:00, four Palestinians were reportedly killed, and others were injured, when a house in Al Bureij, in Deir al Balah, was struck.

Between the afternoons of 29 February and 1 March, there were no Israeli soldiers reported killed in Gaza. As of 1 March, 240 soldiers have been killed and 1,432 soldiers injured in Gaza since the beginning of the ground operation, according to the Israeli military. In addition, over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed in Israel, the vast majority on 7 October. As of 1 March, the Israeli authorities estimate that 134 Israelis and foreign nationals remain captive in Gaza, including fatalities whose bodies remain withheld in Gaza.

The MoH in Gaza reported that 10 children have died so far as a result of malnutrition and dehydration, including four at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza on 29 February. On 27 February, Save the Children warned that Gaza is witnessing “a mass killing of children in slow motion because there is no food left and nothing getting to them,” echoing earlier warnings of the threat of malnutrition among children by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO). On 29 February, the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), Jan Egeland, reported witnessing “the children of Gaza visibly malnourished, reduced to searching the streets for food and assistance. … It is unimaginable that an entire population is left to starve while vast amounts of supplies sit waiting just a few miles away across the border.” The NRC Secretary General called on all states supporting the parties to the conflict to “insist on a ceasefire and full humanitarian access and aid supplies. The human suffering in Gaza is already beyond belief, and this war on civilians must end immediately.”

On 29 February, the Union of Gaza Strip Municipalities appealed for the prompt entry of fuel to the Gaza city and northern Gaza governorates, to enable the municipalities to provide basic services including water, wastewater treatment and solid waste collection and transfer. Neither governorate has received fuel since the end of October 2023, compounded by the electricity cut, leading to a significant gap in service provision and a lack of water, and to the accumulation of waste and overflow of sewage. The union also appealed for the provision of heavy and medium machinery and back-up generators to replace destroyed equipment. According to Care, an analysis of satellite images reveals that cities in the Gaza Strip have experienced an enormous decrease in electricity, with nighttime light reduced by 84 per cent, and Gaza city witnessing the largest reduction at 91 per cent. The analysis found that 70 per cent of hospitals had little or no night-time light, with power outages being particularly severe in Gaza city and North Gaza. “Power means life or death in hospitals. We hear of newborns dying because there is no electricity for the incubators; children ceasing to breathe and mothers dying on the operation table simply because lifesaving machinery switched off,” the Care Country Director stated.

West Bank Updates

On 29 February, two Israeli settlers, including a 16-year-old child, were killed when a Palestinian man from Qalandiya Refugee Camp opened fire at a gas station on Road 60 near Eli settlement in Nablus. The man was subsequently shot and killed by an Israeli settler at the scene. Following the incident, Israeli forces closed most of the checkpoints and roads that connect the northern West Bank to the central and southern governorates. Settlers also gathered in multiple areas, preventing Palestinian vehicles from using Road 60.

On 29 February, Israeli forces shot at three Palestinian brothers near Beit ‘Awwa village in Hebron, reportedly for attempting to enter Israel through informal openings in the Barrier, killing two of them, aged 26 and 34 years, and injuring the third. Also on 29 February, a 22-year-old Palestinian prisoner with cancer died at an Israeli hospital; the man is from Kafr Ein village in Ramallah and had been in prison since September 2022. According to the Palestinian Prisoners Club, 11 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons since 7 October 2023, mainly due to reported medical negligence or abuse. Since 7 October 2023, 409 Palestinians have been killed, including 103 children, and 4,611 Palestinians have been injured, including 709 children, in conflict-related incidents across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Israel. Since the beginning of the year, 96 Palestinians have been killed, including 26 in refugee camps. During the same period, 15 Israelis, including four members of Israeli forces, were killed and 86 injured in conflict-related incidents in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.

Since 7 October 2023, 592 people, including 282 children, have been displaced in Area C and East Jerusalem, after their homes were demolished due to the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain.

Since 7 October 2023, OCHA has recorded 603 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians that resulted in Palestinian casualties (54 incidents), damage to Palestinian-owned property (482 incidents), or both casualties and damage to property (67 incidents).

West Bank

[Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Israeli Army attack – home invasion – 1 resident wounded: Jerusalem – 01:30, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the Qalandiya refugee and searched a home, wounding and hospitalising a resident.

Israeli Army attack in refugee camp – 1 resident wounded: Jenin – 09:50, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed Jenin as well as the refugee camp, wounding a resident: Nour al-Din Muhammad Ibrahim Yassin.

Israeli Army attack: Nablus – 13:25–15:30, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, stormed the village of Osirin.

Israeli Army attack – 1 killed: Nablus – 17:20, Israeli troops, shot and killed a man, Muhammad Yousef Dhiyab Manasra, near the village of al-Laban al-Sharqiya for, as claimed by Israeli forces, shooting and killing two settlers.

Israeli Army attack – 2 killed – 1 wounded: Hebron – 17:45, the Israeli military, near the annexation Wall close to the village of Beit Marsam, opened fire on three people, killing two of them, Najm al-Din Suleiman Shawamreh and his brother, Salah al-Din, as well as wounding the third: Nour al-Din Suleiman Shawamreh.

Death: Tulkarem – on 29 February, Ibrahim Muhammad Ali Mahameed, died from wounds sustained during the storming by Occupation forces of the Nour Shams refugee camp on 19 October last year.

Home invasion – 1 wounded – 2 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 01:30, Israeli Occupation forces stormed the Qalandiya refugee camp, wounding one person and taking prisoner two others while invading a home.

Home invasion and demolition: Jericho – 08:40, Israeli forces demolished a villager’s house in Ein al-Dyouk al-Tahta.

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 – settlement land–grabs: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces issued an order, seizing over 26 hectares of land in Abu Dis, al-Eizariya and Arab al-Sawahra, for settlement development.

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades: Jerusalem – morning, Israeli forces fired stun grenades at people in vehicles waiting to pass through the Jaba checkpoint.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Jerusalem – 10:00, the Israeli Army fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards people, near the Shuafat checkpoint.

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 20:00, Israeli troops fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards people, near the entrance to Burin village.

Israeli Army vandalism and pastoral sabotage: Jericho – morning, the Israeli military demolished two livestock shelters, in the village of Ein al-Dyouk al-Tahta as well as surrounding walls.

Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 18:00, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded the outskirts of Deir Dibwan as well as the village of Beitin, and stoned people’s homes.

Occupation settler stoning: Qalqiliya – 19:30, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles on the Wadi Qana Road.

Occupation settler beating: Nablus – 12:00, Israeli Occupation settlers beat up a pedestrian, Majdi Atta, walking down the main road near the village of al-Sawiya.

Occupation settler – agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 13:00, Israeli settlers invaded farmland, near the village of Majdal Bani Fadil, and cut off the branches from a number of olive trees.

Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 18:20, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles, near the entrance to Beit Furik.

Occupation settler stoning – home damaged: Nablus – dawn, stone-throwing Israeli settlers raided the outskirts of the village of Jalloud, causing damage to a home.

Occupation settler stoning and beating: Salfit – 18:20, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles at the Za’atara Junction checkpoint, and severely beat up and injured a man: Khalil Azzam Assi.

Occupation settler stoning: Salfit – 19:40, Israelis, from the Ariel Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles at the nearby roundabout.

Occupation settler stoning – women and children terrorised: Jericho – armed Israeli settlers stormed the Arab al-Maliha community, north–west of Jericho, and stoned people’s homes, terrorising women and children.

Occupation settler – pastoral sabotage: Bethlehem – evening, Israeli Occupation settlers, in the Badr gap area, destroyed two livestock shelters as well as other property.

Occupation settler stoning: Bethlehem – 18:50, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles, on the road between Bethlehem and Hebron.

Occupation settler stoning: Hebron – evening, Israelis, from the Kiryat Arba Occupation settlement, stoned and shattered the windows of passing vehicles on the main road, east of Hebron.

Occupation road casualties: Nablus – 21:10, an Israeli Occupation settler, driving along the main Nablus to Ramallah road, near the village of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, ran over and hospitalised a man: Mahdi Samir Mahmoud Al-Azza.

Raid: Jerusalem – 15:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Hizma.

Raid: Ramallah – 12:15-15:35, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Ras Karkar.

Raid: Ramallah – 12:20-15:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Saleh.

Raids: Ramallah – 13:55, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Yabroud and Ein Yabroud.

Raid: Ramallah – 14:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of al-Mugheir.

Raid: Ramallah – 15:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Betello.

Raid: Ramallah – 20:50–00:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided al-Bireh.

Raid – 1 wounded: Ramallah – 20:50–00:10, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided Bir Zeit, wounding one person.

Raid: Ramallah – 02:20, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Deir Abu Mash’al.

Raid: Jenin – 14:35, Israeli troops raided the village of Jalboun.

Raid: Jenin – 23:50, the Israeli military again raided – and patrolled – the village of Jalboun.

Raid: Jenin – 00:40, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Faqua.

Raids: Jenin – 01:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Jaba as well as the village of Sanur.

Raids: Jenin – 03:10, Israeli forces raided al-Yamoun, al-Sila al-Harithiya and Kafriyat villages.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 03:10, the Israeli Army raided Deir Abu Daif, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Tulkarem – 22:10–00:45, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Sur.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 09:45, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Jayus.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 11:40, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Azzun.

Raids: Qalqiliya – 14:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Hajjah and al-Funduq.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 16:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Hablat.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 23:30–00:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Azzun.

Raid: Nablus – 12:50-13:55, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Beita.

Raid: Nablus – 13:25-15:30, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Aqraba.

Raid: Nablus – 14:00-16:10, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Sebastia.

Raid: Nablus – 20:25–23:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Yatma village.

Raids: Nablus – 23:50–04:05, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Orif and Asira al-Qibliya villages.

Raid: Nablus – 07:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Jurish.

Raids: Salfit – 15:30-16:30, Israeli troops raided and patrolled al-Zawiya as well as Rafat village.

Raid: Salfit – 18:55–23:55, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Qarawat Bani Hassan.

Raid: Salfit – 23:15, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the city.

Raid: Jericho – 12:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the city.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Jericho – 02:45, Israeli forces raided the Aqbat Jabir refugee camp, taking prisoner two people.

Raid: Bethlehem – 19:05–00:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of al-Khadr.

Raid: Bethlehem – 17:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Za’tara.

Raid: Hebron – 09:50, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Khursa.

Raid: Hebron – 10:25, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Deir Samit.

Raid: Hebron – 11:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Yatta.

Raid: Hebron – 14:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the Bab al-Zawiya district.

Raid: Hebron – 16:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Halhul.