In Occupied Palestine

Zionism in practice

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

08:00, 05 June until 08:00, 06 June 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: 68 more people killed in Gaza brings the total number of deaths since 7 October to at least 36,654. With another 235 wounded, that figure has risen to more than 83,309.

Palestine today

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VIDEO:

Australian journalist attacked at violent Jerusalem Day march

Jewish extremists chanting “death to Arabs and songs about burning Arab villages down.” While marching through the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem under the Israeli occupation armies’ protection.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-06/australian-journalist-attacked-at-violent-jerusalem-day-march/103942704

Israeli army expands its use of quadcopters to kill more Palestinian civilians

As part of its genocide that has been ongoing since 7 October 2023, Israel has been ramping up its use of small drones, or quadcopters, to drop explosive bombs and “shoot to kill” more Palestinians. The Israeli army uses electronically controlled quadcopter drones remotely for a variety of tasks, including espionage and surveillance, issuing displacement orders, frightening civilians with loud noises, and—most dangerously—using them as a weapon to kill and injure Palestinians. Since the start of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army has increased the number of extrajudicial executions and premeditated killings of Palestinian civilians. Drones are being used for sniping and shooting operations in various parts of the Gaza Strip, and are also being used to infiltrate homes and narrow alleyways. Meanwhile, the Israeli army has continued to kill Palestinians on a massively large scale by targeting residential areas with artillery and aerial strikes. Israel’s army has released a video documenting its use of these kinds of quadcopter aircraft to drop bombs on groups of people and houses while conducting military operations in the Gaza Strip.

Israel Secretly Targets U.S. Lawmakers With Influence Campaign on Gaza War

The New York Times: Israel organised and paid for an influence campaign last year targeting US lawmakers and the American public with pro-Israel messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in the war with Gaza, according to officials involved in the effort and documents related to the operation. The covert campaign was commissioned by Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, a government body that connects Jews around the world with the State of Israel, four Israeli officials said. The ministry allocated about $2 million to the operation and hired Stoic, a political marketing firm in Tel Aviv, to carry it out, according to the officials and the documents. The campaign began in October and remains active on the platform X. At its peak, it used hundreds of fake accounts that posed as real Americans on X, Facebook and Instagram to post pro-Israel comments. The accounts focused on U.S. lawmakers, particularly ones who are Black and Democrats. ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, was used to generate many of the posts. The campaign also created three fake English-language news sites featuring pro-Israel articles. The secretive campaign signals the lengths Israel was willing to go to sway American opinion on the war in Gaza. The United States has long been one of Israel’s staunchest allies, with President Biden recently signing a $15 billion military aid package for the country. But the conflict has been unpopular with many Americans, who have called for Mr. Biden to withdraw support for Israel in the face of mounting civilian deaths in Gaza.

Between 7,000 and 11,000 Palestinians in Gaza need ‘urgent medical evacuation’, WHO warns

The increased number comes as emergency medical evacuations came to an abrupt halt in May, following the start of Israel’s military campaign in Rafah. The number was confirmed by Hanan Balkhy, the WHO’s regional director in the Eastern Mediterranean, during a meeting in Geneva with the Association of the Accredited Correspondents to the United Nations, Anadolu Agency said.

She went on to emphasise that “borders need to be open” and for “peace” to be implemented in order to alleviate the dire health situation in Gaza. Balkhy’s comments come after WHO condemned an “abrupt halt” to medical evacuations early last month, when Israel began its deadly military operation in Rafah, raising fears that the cut-off would mean more people would die waiting for treatment.

‘They forced us to undress’: children after Gaza raid

Palestinian children in Gaza describe how they were forced to undress by Israeli forces during a raid on the town of al-Qarara, in the central part of the besieged Strip.

Racists are Israel’s best friends in European Parliament

Right-wing parties are expected to have a sizable presence in the European Parliament following this week’s elections. The Israel lobby will be pleased with such an outcome. Its main buddies are bigots. That much is clear from a recent report by the European Coalition for Israel (ECI). After analysing voting records, the ECI concluded that representatives from Vox in Spain were the most consistently pro-Israel among all members of the European Parliament. Christian Zionist in orientation, it makes biblical references when seeking to defend Israel’s subjugation of the Palestinians.

 

West Bank

[Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Israeli Army attack – 1 resident killed: Jenin – 20:45–02:35, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition while storming Ya’bad, killed a resident: Muhammad Hafez Rafiq Abu Bakr.

Israeli Army attack – 1 resident killed: Tulkarem – 14:00, Israeli forces, storming Tulkarem, shot, wounded and took prisoner a resident, Ammar Abdel Qader Abdel Rahim Nasrallaa, while they were besieging an apartment building.

Home invasions: Qalqiliya – 00:45–04:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Saniria and searched a number of homes.

Home invasion: Salfit – 18:05-21:00, Israeli forces raided Qarawat Bani Hassan and searched a house.

Home invasions in refugee camp: Jericho – 01:25–04:55, the Israeli Army raided the Aqbat Jabr refugee camp and searched a number of homes.

Home invasions: Bethlehem – 23:10–01:30, Israeli troops raided the village of Marah Rabah and searched three homes.

Home invasions: Hebron – 19:45–22:45, the Israeli military raided Bani Naim and searched several 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 armed robbery: Nablus – 16:05, Israeli Occupation forces seized an agricultural tractor belonging to a farmer, Muhammad Kanaan, in the Khirbet al-Tawil area, east of Aqraba.

Israeli Army agricultural sabotage: Salfit – Israeli forces bulldozed olive trees on privately-owned land, near the main southern entrance to Kifl Haris.

Israeli Army arson – agricultural sabotage: Hebron – the Israeli Army set fire to olive as well as almond trees, near the Adora and Telem Occupation settlements.

Israeli Army agricultural sabotage: Hebron – Israeli troops bulldozed olive and other trees on privately-owned land in Beit Ula.

Occupation settler stoning: Jerusalem – 08:00, Israeli Occupation settlers stoned passing vehicles and pedestrians, in the Silwan neighbourhood.

Occupation settler racist effrontery: Jerusalem – 21:00, Israeli Occupation settlers, led by members of the Knesset (including Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of Security, Smotrich, Minister of Finance, Amichai Eliyahu, Minister of Heritage and Miri Regev, Minister of Transportation), marched aggressively through neighbourhoods of the Old City, attacking news reporters and calling for the killing of Arabs and burning of Palestinian towns.

Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 12:20, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles, near the al-Mahkama checkpoint, north of al-Bireh.

Occupation settler land-grab: Tubas – morning, Israeli settlers raided the Khirbet al-Deir area, in the North Jordan Valley, and took control of a number of springs to be part of a resort for settlers.

Occupation settler stoning: Salfit – 17:30, Israeli Occupation settlers stoned passing vehicles, near the Za’tara village road junction.

Occupation settler violence – beating-up: Salfit – 18:35, Israeli settlers, in the Wadi al-Ein near Deir Ballut, beat-up one person: Jawad Mahmoud Mustafa.

Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Salfit – Israeli Occupation settlers bulldozed crops, on land in the Wadi Qana area.

Occupation settler stoning: Hebron – 11:40, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles, near the entrance to the village of Umm al-Khair.

Occupation settler land-grab: Hebron – Israeli Occupation settlers, from the Carmiel settlement, extended their irrigation network and planted olive trees on land in Musafer, east of Yatta.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of al-Qubeiba, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 02:00–04:30, Israeli forces raided the village of Deir Jarir, taking prisoner one person.

Raids: Ramallah – dawn, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the villages of Rantis and Kafr Ni’ma.

Raid: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli troops raided and patrolled al-Bireh.

Raid: Tulkarem – 12:00-13:00, the Israeli military raided the Shweika suburb of Tulkarem and bulldozed an area of ​​land along the Annexation Wall.

Raid – stun grenades fired: Tulkarem – 22:00–06:20, Israeli soldiers, firing stun grenades, raided the village of Pharaoh.

Raid – stun grenades fired: Tulkarem – 22:40–03:20, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades, raided Kafr al-Labad.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 08:15, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Azzun.

Raid – 10 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 23:45-04:35, the Israeli Army raided the village of Kafr Laqif, taking prisoner ten people.

Raid – 9 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 01:30–04:45, Israeli troops raided Qalqiliya, taking prisoner nine people.

Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 01:45–04:45, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Azzun, taking prisoner three people.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 01:55–04:45, the Israeli Army raided Kafr Thulth, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 02:45–04:45, Israeli troops raided Hablat, taking prisoner four people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – dawn, the Israeli military raided the village of Ras Atiya, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – stun grenades: Nablus – 20:25–23:50, Israeli soldiers, firing stun grenades, raided Huwara.

Raid: Nablus – 20:35–23:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Deir Sharaf.

Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Nablus – 01:40–05:50, Israeli forces raided the village of Madama, taking prisoner four people.

Raids – 3 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Nablus – 02:50–06:10, the Israeli Army raided Nablus and the Askar refugee camp, taking prisoner three people.

Raid: Salfit – dawn, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Bidya.

Raid – abduction: Hebron – 11:15-12:40, the Israeli military raided Hebron and abducted a 16-year-old youth, Amir Mohsen Muhammad Idris Al-Saeed.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 12:00-14:20, Israeli soldiers raided Beit Awa, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 13:50-15:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided Carmiel, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Hebron – 23:15–01:30, Israeli forces raided Beit Kahil, taking prisoner four people.