In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 14 February until 08:00, 15 March 2024
[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]
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 Navy continues to fire missiles, targeting facilities and buildings along the shoreline of the whole of Gaza.
Victims: 149 people killed in Gaza brings the total number of deaths since 7 October to at least 31,490. With another 300 wounded, that has risen to 73,439. Fully accurate statistics are not available, due to insecurity menacing hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
OCHA Flash Update #140:
Key Highlights
The World Health Organization and partners delivered medical supplies sufficient for 80,000 patients to Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah on 13 March.
The hunger crisis in Gaza is deepening, rendering almost the entire population reliant on food aid that remains insufficient to address soaring needs.
During the first two weeks of March, 12 humanitarian aid missions to northern Gaza were facilitated by the Israeli authorities, six were denied, and six were postponed.
Gaza Strip Updates
Intense Israeli bombardment and ground operations as well as heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups continue to be reported across much of the Gaza Strip, particularly in the Hamad area of Khan Younis, resulting in further civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction of houses and other civilian infrastructure.
Between the afternoon of 14 March and 10:30 on 15 March, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, 149 Palestinians were killed and 300 Palestinians were injured. Between 7 October 2023 and 10:30 on 15 March 2024, at least 31,490 Palestinians were killed in Gaza and 73,439 Palestinians were injured, according to MoH in Gaza.
Between the afternoons of 14 and 15 March, according to the Israeli military, there were no Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza. As of 15 March, 247 soldiers have been killed and 1,476 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 15 March, the Israeli authorities estimate that 134 Israelis and foreign nationals remain captive in Gaza, including fatalities whose bodies are withheld.
The following are among the deadly incidents reported on 13 and 14 March:
On 13 March, at about 20:00, six Palestinians were reportedly shot and killed and others injured while they were waiting for aid supplies at Al Kuwaiti roundabout, at the entrance to Gaza city.
On 14 March, at about 7:00, seven Palestinians were reportedly killed and others injured when a house in Al Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir al Balah, was hit.
On 14 March, 20 Palestinians were reportedly killed, and more than 155 others were injured, while waiting for humanitarian aid at Al Kuwaiti roundabout, at the entrance to Gaza city.
On 14 March, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reported that WHO and partners had delivered medical supplies sufficient for 80,000 patients to Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah the previous day. Some 140 health workers, 70 per cent of them volunteers, are serving 650 hospitalized patients, in addition to about 250 patients treated in the emergency room daily. In addition to health service needs, the hospital is struggling with water, sanitation, hygiene and waste management, with some 7,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) sheltering in two of the hospital’s warehouses. Al Aqsa is one of only 12 out of 36 hospitals across Gaza that remain partially functional. Of these, only two are providing maternity services, although it is estimated that some 180 women are giving birth every day in Gaza, and that 21,000 have delivered since the current conflict began. UNFPA has provided basic supplies to a doctor who has set up operations in a tent in a site established for 40,000 IDPs in Rafah. Dr. Mohamed Ragab, used to work as a gynaecologist and obstetrician at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, before damage to the hospital rendered it non-functional, following an Israeli military operation in February. Now treating up to 70 women every day, he stated that his operation “might be the only place in the displacement camps where we can provide antenatal and pregnancy care.” The WHO Director-General concluded that “the conditions in which people in Gaza are receiving health care are inhumane. We reiterate in the strongest terms our appeal: to protect health and civilian infrastructure; to allow us and partners safe and sustained humanitarian access; [and] for a ceasefire.”
The hunger crisis in Gaza is deepening, rendering almost the entire population reliant on food aid that remains insufficient to address soaring needs. The Humanitarian Co-ordinator, Jamie McGoldrick, has emphasised that road transport is the only solution for scaling up the flow of aid. This week, WFP delivered 88 metric tons of food parcels and wheat flour for 25,000 people in northern Gaza, while warning that “famine is imminent” if the amount of aid to the area is not “exponentially” increased. During the first two weeks of March, 12 humanitarian aid missions to northern Gaza were facilitated by the Israeli authorities, six were denied, and six were postponed.
West Bank Updates
Since 7 October, 418 Palestinians have been killed, including 407 by Israeli forces, nine by settlers and two by either Israeli forces or settlers, across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. These include 109 Palestinians killed since the start of 2024 (compared with 80 during the same period in 2023), the vast majority by Israeli forces. Some 4,690 Palestinians have been injured, including 724 children, since 7 October in the West Bank.
The Israeli authorities have announced measures on the entry of Palestinians holding West Bank IDs, with valid permits and magnetic cards, to Al Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of the month of Ramadan (15 March), limiting entry to children under 10 years of age, women over 50, and men over 55. In 2023, men over 55, women of all ages and children under 12 were allowed entry without a permit on Fridays during Ramadan.
Since 7 October, 15 Israelis, including four members of Israeli forces, have been killed and 99 injured in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
Between 7 October 2023 and 15 March 2024, over 300 Palestinian houses have been demolished in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, resulting in the displacement of about 1,680 people, the majority (903) during operations carried out by Israeli forces especially in refugee camps in Jenin and Tulkarm. In addition, 640 people were displaced due to the demolition of their homes for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, compared to 705 displaced in the first nine months of 2023. Nearly 140 people were also displaced due to the demolition of their homes on punitive grounds since 7 October, compared to 78 during the first nine months of 2023.
On 14 March, armed Israeli settlers from the “Sde Efraim” settlement outpost raided the nearby village of Kafr Ni’ma in Ramallah and attacked Palestinians and their property, injuring one Palestinian, vandalising and setting fire to vehicles and agricultural structures, and killing two sheep. Since 7 October 2023 and as of 15 March 2024, OCHA has recorded 646 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians that resulted in Palestinian casualties (59 incidents), damage to Palestinian-owned property (513 incidents), or both casualties and damage to property (74 incidents).
West Bank
[Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Israeli settler attack on homes: Ramallah – 21:30, Israeli Occupation settlers opened fire, towards homes in the village of Kharbatha Bani Harith.
Israeli Army attack on homes: Ramallah – 03:40, Israeli settlers raided the outskirts of Sinjil, stoning homes and opening fire towards one of them.
Israeli Army attack on homes: Nablus – 06:45, an Israeli security guard, from the Yitzhar Occupation settlement, opened fire towards homes in the village of Burin.
Home invasion – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Tubas – 05:00–07:10, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, stormed the al-Far’a refugee camp and searched a house.
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 population–control and robbery: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces, in the village of Qalandiya, prevented continuation of work on its stadium. The Israeli military also seized the construction contractor’s motor vehicle and equipment. The building work is financed by funding from Switzerland.
Israeli Army population–control – mosque violation: Jerusalem – 21:20, the Israeli Occupation issued an order, preventing a Silwan resident, Youssef Al-Rishq, from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the next seven days.
Israeli Army population–control – mosque violation: Jerusalem – 01:20, Israeli Occupation police raided the al-Qibli Prayer Hall in Al-Aqsa Mosque and forced out worshippers.
Israeli Army destruction – pastoral sabotage: Jenin – 17:10, the Israeli Army destroyed four livestock shelters and goods storage facilitiesin the village of Barta’a as well as three containers.
Israeli Army population–control and robbery: Hebron – 21:35, Israeli soldiers set up a checkpoint between Yatta and al-Samou and robbed a man, Amin Mahmoud Al-Hawamde, of cash.
Occupation settler arson: Ramallah – 23:45, Israeli Occupation settlers, invading an area between the villages of Kharbatha Al-Misbah and Kafr Ni’ma, set fire to somebody‘s motor vehicle.
Occupation settler arson and physical violence: Ramallah – midnight, Israeli settlers raided the village of Kafr Ni’ma, setting fire to farm buildings and assaulting people. One person, Khaled Saeed Awad, was admitted to hospital with severe bruising.
Occupation settler population–control and agricultural sabotage: Salfit – 18:45, Israeli settlers raided Yasuf village farmland, blocking agricultural roads with boulders and cutting off branches from 15 olive trees.
Israeli Occupation settler and Army violence: Hebron – 16:00-17:30, Israeli settlers, supported by Occupation troops, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, invaded the Abu al-Ra’at area near the village of al-Rihiya.
Occupation settler population–control and mosque violation: Hebron – 19:15, Israeli settlers gathered at the Old City Abu al-Rish checkpoint and obstructed worshippers’ entry to perform evening prayers in the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Occupation settler assault on school – theft: Hebron – 23:55, Israeli Occupation settlers raided the village of Birin, removing and destroying the Palestinian flag from the village school as well as assaulting villagers, including the Head of the Village Council.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces raided al-Jib village, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Jerusalem – 01:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled al-Ram.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 21:05–22:15, the Israeli Army raided the city, taking prisoner one person.
Raids: Jenin – 09:15-11:25, Israeli troops raided and patrolled al-Zababdah, Jaba, Warila and al-Dahr, as well as the villages of al-Jalama, Jalboun, Massalia, al-Jarba, Sanur and al-Fandaqumiya.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Jenin – 03:00–04:00, the Israeli military raided Araba, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Tulkarem – 12:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Ramin.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 02:00–04:55, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the city, taking prisoner three people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 02:40, Israeli forces raided Bal’a, taking prisoner one person.
Raids: Nablus – 09:05-15:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the villages of Bizzaria and Burqa.
Raid: Nablus – 09:10, Israeli troops raided the village of Madama.
Raid: Nablus – 19:15–22:25, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Madama.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – evening, Israeli Occupation forces raided al-Khadr, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Hebron – 14:45, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the city.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 01:20–04:40, the Israeli Army raided the city, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner – robbery: Hebron – 22:05, Israeli troops raided Sa’ir, invading a café, taking prisoner one person and seizing another’s motor vehicle.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 01:15–04:40, the Israeli military raided Yatta, taking prisoner one person.
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