In Occupied Palestine

Zionism in practice

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

08:00, 25 June until 08:00, 26 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: 60 more people killed in Gaza now brings the total number of deaths, since 7 October, to at least 37,718. With another 140 wounded, that figure has risen to more than 86,377.

OCHA Flash Update #183

Key Highlights

• Settlement expansion continues to shrink the grazing space available for herding communities in Area C.

• Israeli settlers injured eight Palestinians, including four in a Bedouin community in Jericho; 40 settler attacks in that community were documented so far in 2024, compared with two in 2023.

• OHCHR condemns the tying of an injured Palestinian man to the hood of an Israeli military jeep while driving around Jenin, as shown in video footage.

Latest developments (after 24 June)

• On 26 June at around noon, according to initial reports, demolitions in Umm al Kheir, south of Hebron, resulted in the displacement of about 38 people, most of them children. Demolished structures reportedly include a community shelter, a structure housing the community generator and three residential structures. The displaced families’ water tanks and solar panels were also damaged during the demolition incident. According to the community, there are at least 20 residential and other structures that have pending demolition orders against them, placing additional families at risk of displacement. In the afternoon, the Israeli military reportedly declared the area a closed military zone, confiscated a tent erected to temporarily house the displaced families, and arrested an activist.

• On 26 June, the Humanitarian Co-ordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Muhannad Hadi, led a field visit to the West Bank to witness access and movement restrictions and settlement expansion that generate humanitarian needs. The mission, which was organised by OCHA and UNRWA, included a visit to Tulkarem city and its two adjacent refugee camps, Tulkarem and Nur Shams. Mr Hadi listened to residents’ stories on the impact of the recurrent operations carried out by Israeli forces in the camps. The mission also visited farmers affected by the 712-kilometre-long West Bank Barrier.

Humanitarian Developments (18-24 June)

• During the reporting period, Israeli forces shot and killed four Palestinians (see details below), including one child, and injured about 60 others across the West Bank. Most injuries occurred during search-and-arrest operations. In addition, on 22 June, a 12-year-old boy died of wounds sustained on 12 June from live ammunition fired by Israeli forces during a search-and-arrest operation in Al Bireh city. No confrontations were reported during that incident and medical teams reported being denied access to the child for half an hour.

  • On 18 June, Israeli forces shot and killed a 39-year-old Palestinian man for allegedly attempting to stab a member of Israeli forces at the entrance to Beit Fajjar town, Bethlehem. Palestinian medical teams were prevented from reaching the man and his body has been withheld by Israeli forces.

  • On 20 June, Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old child when Palestinians threw stones at Israeli forces during a search-and-arrest operation in Qalqiliya City, reportedly following the theft of an Israeli vehicle.

  • On 21 June, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians in Qalqiliya city. According to Qalqiliya municipality and an eyewitness, undercover Israeli forces in civilian vehicles followed a Palestinian car and opened fire on it, killing two Palestinians inside. Israeli forces then surrounded the vehicle, prevented access to the area, withheld the bodies of the two Palestinians and confiscated the vehicle. According to the Israeli military, the two Palestinians had opened fire at their forces and were planning an attack; the military further stated that two pistols were seized from the scene.

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• According to Israeli media, at least one person, believed to be Palestinian, shot and killed an Israeli man in Qalqiliya city on 22 June. The incident is under investigation by the Israeli police. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) attempted to treat the Israeli man’s injuries at the scene, before handing him over to Israeli forces. He was later pronounced dead. Following the incident, Israeli forces restricted movement in and around Qalqiliya and conducted search-and-arrest operations.

• On 22 June, Israeli forces shot and injured four Palestinians and arrested three others during a search-and-arrest operation in the Al Jabiriyat neighbourhood of Jenin city. No exchanges of fire or confrontations were reported at the time of the incident. PRCS reported that Israeli forces prevented their access to the casualties. Video footage from the incident shows an injured Palestinian tied to the hood of a military jeep while passing by two ambulances. According to a 23 June statement by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), Israeli forces subsequently drove the man for about 200 metres before reportedly interrogating and releasing him and allowing him access to medical treatment. OHCHR condemned the incident as an example of “continued and flagrant violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law binding on Israel as the occupying Power.” The Israeli military cited in Israeli media stated that an exchange of fire ensued during a search-and-arrest operation and that the matter was being investigated.

• Since 7 October and as of 24 June, 536 Palestinians, including 130 children, have been killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem; these include 519 killed by Israeli forces, ten by Israeli settlers, and seven where it remains unknown whether the perpetrators were Israeli soldiers or settlers. In addition, over 5,370 Palestinians have been injured, including about 830 children. More than a third of the injuries were caused by live ammunition. During the same period, at least 12 Israelis, including seven soldiers and five settlers, were killed by Palestinians and at least 105 Israelis, including 70 soldiers, were injured in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Moreover, attacks by Palestinians from the West Bank in Israel resulted in the killing of eight Israelis, as well as four of the Palestinian perpetrators.

• During the reporting period, OCHA documented 18 attacks by Israeli settlers across the West Bank, resulting in the injury of eight Palestinians and damage to at least 100 trees and other property. The following are among the key settler incidents reported between 18 and 24 June:

  • During the reporting period, Israeli settlers perpetrated four attacks in Ras ‘Ein al ‘Auja Bedouin community, Jericho, during which four Palestinians, including three children, were injured and at least 11 sheep stolen. The community has experienced about 40 attacks since the beginning of 2024, as documented by OCHA, compared with two incidents for the whole of 2023.

  • On 18 June, Israeli settlers physically assaulted and injured two elderly Palestinians after stoning their vehicle on Al Mu’arrajat Road that connects Ramallah and Jericho governorates.

  • On 18 June, Israeli settlers, dressed in military-like uniform, vandalised a water well, cut off irrigation pipes, destroyed farming tools and vandalised 50 olive trees in Yasuf village, Salfit.

  • On 22 June, armed Israeli settlers from Ma’on settlement raided agricultural land, in At Tuwani herding community in Masafer Yatta, and destroyed 50 olive trees aged about 40 years. They destroyed part of the terraces and fences surrounding six dunams of agricultural land. Two days later, in the same governorate, a group of armed Israeli settlers, from Mitzpe Yair outpost, raided Manitqat Shi’b al Butum community during the night. Video footage shows the settlers stealing a donkey that belonged to a Palestinian family from the community.

  • On 23 June, Israeli settlers threw stones at a Palestinian family on their farming land near Beitar Illit settlement in Hebron, injuring an elderly woman. The settlers then stole the family’s tractor. This was the first time the family had permission to access their land since 7 October, due to restrictions imposed by Israeli forces.

  • On 24 June, Israeli settlers attacked and injured a Palestinian elderly man in Al Jwaya herding community, south of Yatta (Hebron). According to the family, a masked settler, with his flock of sheep, approached the man while he was shepherding with his family, near their home, and started grazing the land. Other settlers, in military-like uniform, were observing from a distance, the family added. When the family protested at the settler’s sheep grazing the land, the settler initially attacked the elderly man with a knife and then hit him with a bat and stones. An ambulance arrived at the scene after about 30 minutes and transported the injured man to a hospital.

• Since 7 October, OCHA has recorded 1,018 attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, of which 105 led to Palestinian fatalities and injuries, 800 to damage to Palestinian property and 113 have led to both casualty and damage to property. As a result, over 44,260 Palestinian-owned trees and saplings have been destroyed by Israeli settlers.

• On 20 June, the Israeli Civil Administration, including members of the Archaeology Unit, handed over six evacuation orders to all the six families in the Bedouin community of Barriyet Hizma, to the west of Hizma village in Jerusalem governorate, citing concerns related to the destruction of antiquities. As a result, an estimated 30 people are at risk of displacement. Community sources report that, since the beginning of the year, they have been repeatedly subjected to attacks by Israeli settlers believed to be from a newly-established settlement outpost in the area. Since 1 January 2024, OCHA has documented seven settler attacks in the community, resulting in the injury of two Palestinians and damage to nine structures.

• On 23 June, Israeli authorities demolished six structures for lacking Israeli-issued permits in Area C of Jericho governorate, including four inhabited residential structures, one under-construction house, and one pool. The demolitions took place in ‘Ein ad Dyuk at Tahta, Isteih area of Jericho city, and Aqbat Jaber Refugee Camp. As a result, three households comprising 12 people, including six children, were displaced and three households comprising 14 people, including two children, were otherwise affected. Between 7 October and 24 June, Israeli authorities demolished, confiscated or forced the demolition of 1,013 Palestinian structures in East Jerusalem and Area C, of which 37 per cent (377 structures) were inhabited homes. As a result, 2,246 people, including 991 children, were displaced. Over half of those displaced (1,149) were during military operations, particularly in Jenin and Tulkarm cities and the surrounding refugee camps; 42 per cent (938 people) were due to the lack of permit; and 7 per cent (159) were displaced by punitive demolitions.

West Bank

[Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Israeli Army attack: Ramallah – 10:35, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed into and patrolled Kafr Malek.

Israeli Army attack – arson and population control: Jenin – 03:35–05:50, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed Jenin, setting fire to a market stall and taking six people prisoner.

Israeli Army attack – home invasions – 1 resident wounded: Qalqiliya – 01:05–02:35, firing live ammunition, the Israeli Army stormed Qalqilya, invading homes and wounding a resident, Osama Hamed Abdel Qader Salim.

Home invasions and demolition: Jericho – morning, Israeli Occupation forces demolished two houses in the airport area.

Home invasion: Bethlehem – 09:35, Israeli forces raided the village of Jouret al-Shama’a and searched a house.

Home invasions: Bethlehem – 01:30, the Israeli Army raided al-Ubeidiya and Za’atara and invaded a number of homes.

Home invasion and demolition: Hebron – 10:20, Israeli troops demolished a three-story house in the Farsh al-Hawa district.

Home invasion and demolition: Hebron – 15:25, the Israeli military demolished a house in the al-Taiba district of Tarqumiya.

Home invasion and demolition: Hebron – 18:55, Israeli forces demolished in the al-Taybeh area of Tarqumiya.

Home invasion and damage: Hebron – armed settlers raided the Fatih Sidra area of Yatta, invading the home of Farid Hamamda and destroying furniture and other property.

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 abductions: Jerusalem – evening, Israeli forces abducted two youngsters in the al-Tur neighbourhood, 16-year-old Omar Nizar Al-Sayyad and his brother, Ali (aged 15).

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades: Jerusalem – evening, the Israeli Army fired stun grenades towards people in the village of al-Issawiya.

Israeli Army demolition and population–control: Ramallah – morning, the Israeli military demolished a house-under-construction, in the village of Betello.

Israeli Army abduction: Ramallah – 12:50, Israeli troops at a military checkpoint abducted a 17-year-old youth, Hamza Marouf Zamra.

Israeli Army plunder: Ramallah – 18:25, Israeli soldiers seized a truck, belonging to a resident in Silwad.

Israeli Army agricultural sabotage: Jenin – 12:00, Israeli Occupation forces bulldozed an area of olive trees, in the village of Umm al-Rayhan.

Israeli Army population–control: Salfit – 17:40, Israeli forces closed to traffic the entrance to Kifl Haris.

Israeli Army population–control: Bethlehem – 11:05, the Israeli Army took prisoner a man, Tariq Muhammad Sidqi, when he reported as ordered, for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.

Israeli Army violence and hospitalisation: Hebron – 18:10, an Israeli military vehicle pursued and then rammed into another vehicle, near the village of Shweika, hospitalising the driver, Asaad Muhammad Hassan Rashayda, with severe bleeding of the brain.

Israeli Army population–control: Hebron – 08:40, Israeli Occupation forces closed the entrance to the Farsh al-Hawa area.

Israeli Army agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 15:25, Israeli soldiers demolished three farm buildings in Tarqumiya.

Israeli Army population–control: Hebron – 19:20, Israeli forces closed access to the Ziv village road junction for a time.

Israeli Army population–control: Hebron – 21:00, Israeli troops, fired stun grenades at people and motor vehicles, near the Ziv village road junction.

Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 14:55, Israeli settlers stoned workers operating crusher equipment, near Taybeh.

Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 14:55, Israelis, from the Beit El Occupation settlement, stoned nearby passing vehicles.

Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 20:15, Occupation settlers grazed their livestock on crops in Wadi al-Jawaya.

Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Ramallah – 19:00-20:10, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided and patrolled Silwad.

Raid: Jenin – 12:15, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Dhar al-Malih.

Raid: Jenin – 13:05-16:20, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Ya’bad.

Raid: Tubas – 10:05, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Bardala.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 18:05, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Azzun.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 23:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Qaddum.

Raids: Nablus – evening, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the villages of Asira al-Qibliya and Osirin.

Raids: Salfit – 19:55, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the villages of Iskaka and Yasuf.

Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired in refugee camp: Bethlehem – morning, the Israeli Army, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided and patrolled the Dheisheh refugee camp.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 08:00, Israeli troops raided Tuqu, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 01:30–07:10, the Israeli military raided Bethlehem, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Hebron – 18:30-20:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled al-Samou.

Raid – 8 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided Dura, taking prisoner eight people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:15, Israeli forces raided al-Dhahiriya, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 4 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Hebron – 04:40–05:50, the Israeli Army raided the al-Fawar refugee camp, taking prisoner four people.