In Occupied Palestine

Zionism in practice

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

08:00, 05 April until 08:00, 06 April 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: 46 people killed in Gaza brings the total number of deaths since 7 October to at least 33,137. With another 65 wounded, that figure has risen to 75,815. Fully accurate statistics are not available, due to insecurity menacing hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

OCHA Flash Update #151 Not yet available

Humanitarian Access Snapshot –

Gaza Strip | 1-31 March 2024

An Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis

The population in the Gaza Strip continues to face an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, characterized by intense hostilities and escalating humanitarian access constraints that have severely impeded the delivery of life saving humanitarian assistance and services. While humanitarian organizations continue efforts to scale up response operations, intense aerial bombardment in densely populated urban areas, large-scale military ground operations, unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination, prevailing insecurity, the closure of key border crossings, movement restrictions, infrastructure damage and persistent access restrictions and denials by Israeli authorities have generated a volatile, insecure, and non-permissive operational environment. These obstacles are hindering the ability of humanitarian actors to address the essential needs of Gaza’s population.

Famine is imminent in Gaza as 1.1 million people—half of Gaza’s population—are facing conditions of catastrophic food insecurity due to the intense conflict and severe limitations on humanitarian access. Urgent action is required from Israeli authorities and all parties to the conflict to facilitate safe, unimpeded access for humanitarian organizations to respond to the urgent needs of Gaza’s population.

Persistent Access Restrictions and Denials Undermine Humanitarian Response

In March, an array of access restrictions and denials imposed by Israeli authorities continue to obstruct and limit humanitarian operations throughout Gaza. Israeli authorities have authorized the use of only one primary border crossings preventing humanitarian assistance or commercial goods from entering directly into northern Gaza, where levels of catastrophic food insecurity and humanitarian needs are most acute. In addition, lengthy inspection processes, fuel shortages resulting from Israeli restrictions, and restrictions on the movement of trucks, convoys, and vetted drivers create significant delays, while congestion at the Kerem Shalom crossing present a major operational bottleneck.

Moreover, the Israeli authorities’ designation of the Al Rasheed Coastal Road as the primary route for humanitarian movement between Gaza’s southern and northern areas has caused significant delays. The majority of humanitarian convoys travelling northward must navigate high security risk areas and a single Israeli checkpoint on the Salah Ad Din Road, leading to increased road congestion, substantial delays and exacerbated logistical constraints. Access to medical facilities was particularly constrained. In the last week of March, all four planned medical missions to Al Shifa hospital were either denied or impeded.

Israeli authorities continue impose constraints limiting humanitarian actors’ use of the central Salah Al Deen Road, which could potentially offer a more efficient and potentially more secure option, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of aid distributions. Humanitarian agencies continue to seek authorizations to alternative crossings in the north and routes, such as the Fence Road on Gaza’s western border where only five convoys were facilitated out of the 16 co-ordinated missions planned (three of these were postponed by the organization due to operational constraints).

Prevailing movement restrictions and shortage of approved trucks and drivers continue to result in considerable delays, particularly limiting the quantity and frequency of humanitarian food convoys and distributions. In addition, in late March, Israeli authorities announced that one of the three partners delivering food in Gaza would no longer be allowed in northern Gaza, where more than 300,000 people face catastrophic food security conditions. Amid imminent famine and severe levels of acute food insecurity, food distributions in Gaza continue to encounter persistent challenges in mission co-ordination and encounter high proportion of mission denials, postponements, or impediments.

In March, in areas requiring co-ordination with IDF, that only 26 per cent of requested humanitarian food missions were facilitated by Israeli authorities. The remaining convoys were denied by Israeli authorities (40 per cent), postponed (20 per cent), impeded (11 per cent), or withdrawn (3 per cent) due to prevailing restrictions, security concerns, or operational constraints.

Important – see the full OCHA report for much more essential information

West Bank

[Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces, firing ammunition, stormed the village of Kafr Elive and wounded a resident.

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 14:45, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the village of Osirin, wounding one resident, Khalil Samir Hassan Adili, and taking prisoner another.

Israeli Army attack – 1 child and 1 adult wounded – 2 residents taken prisoner: Hebron – 22:50, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, stormed Beit Ummar, wounding a child as well as an adult, besides taking prisoner two other people.

Home invasion: Qalqiliya – 00:25–03:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Hajjah and invaded a home.

Israeli Army mosque violation – population control: Jerusalem – 09:00, Israeli Occupation forces prevented West Bank residents from praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque, forcing citizens them to pray near military checkpoints and outside the walls of the Old City.

Israeli Army mosque violation – stun grenades: Jerusalem – 12:00, Israeli forces stormed the grounds of the Al-Aqsa Mosque for a time, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards the worshippers.

Occupation settler invasion: Nablus – 14:55, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded the spring area in Qaryut village, using it to swim in.

Occupation settler invasion – arson and racist hate–messages: Jericho – Israeli settlers invaded the spring area of ​​al-Auja and terrorised the Bedouin community, setting fire to homes as well asspray-painting racist hate–messages in Hebrew.

Raids: Ramallah – 09:30–11:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided as well as patrolling the villages of Deir Jarir, Betello and Deir Ammar.

Raid: Ramallah – 12:30, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Saleh.

Raid: Ramallah – 15:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya.

Raid: Ramallah – 00:45, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Kharbatha al-Misbah.

Raids: Jenin – 15:10, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the villages of Beit Qad, Faqua and Jalboun.

Raid: Jenin – 20:35–22:45, Israeli soldiers raided the village of al-Fandaqumiya.

Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Qalqiliya – 10:45-11:55, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the village of Kafr Qaddum.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 21:40–04:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Azzun.

Raids: Nablus – 08:50-14:30, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Sebastia, Deir Sharaf and Naqoura.

Raid: Salfit – 14:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled al-Zawiya.

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

Raid: Salfit – 17:10, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Sarta.

Raid: Salfit – 23:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Kafr al-Dik.

Raid: Bethlehem – 10:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled al-Khadr.

Raid: Hebron – 15:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Dura.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, the Israeli military again raided Dura, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, Israeli soldiers raided Yatta and took prisoner one person.