In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 15 July until 08:00, 16 July 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 Navy continues to fire missiles, targeting facilities and buildings along the entire Gaza shoreline.
Victims: 49 people killed in Gaza brings the total number of deaths since 7 October to at least 38,713. With another 69 wounded, thatnumber has risen to 89,166.
The daily average of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 144 and, of those injured, the daily average is 334.
How an immoral global leadership allows
Israel’s savage slaughter in Gaza to continue
As the world marked the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June, reports of widespread torture and abuse were emerging from all corners of Gaza and Israeli detention and torture centres in the desert. In observance of the occasion, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated: “Torturers must never be allowed to get away with their crimes, and systems that enable torture should be dismantled or transformed.” In Gaza today, Palestinians are subjected to two types of mass torture: the first is the abduction from their homes by Israeli soldiers during night-time military raids – stripping them down of “anything that resembles human beings” in Israeli torture camps. The second is the infliction of such horrific levels of violence on the entire civilian population that it constitutes torture.
Human shields: Israel’s hidden atrocities in Gaza
Israeli occupation forces have repeatedly used Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the beleaguered Gaza Strip as human shields since 1976, placing civilian lives deliberately and unnecessarily at risk, according to reports by several international human rights organisations. During the ongoing Israeli atrocities in Gaza, Israeli forces have largely intensified the use of this policy. Extensive evidence of the Israeli occupation army using human shields has been detailed in statements by its victims and in videos released online. Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has documented several testimonies of Palestinian civilians used as human shields by the Israeli occupation army who forced them into dangerous situations to secure and protect its military personnel and operations in several areas, including inside Al-Shifa Hospital. Nadeen Abu Aloun, a 23-year-old graduate who studied English, recalls three occasions Israeli troops used her as a human shield. Her home in Gaza City is adjacent to the Al-Shifa Hospital, where she lived with 24 people in the same apartment. The first time she was used as a human shield was on 20 March during the invasion of Al-Shifa Hospital. Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, and other international human rights organisations did, however, find ample evidence that Israel used Palestinian civilians as human shields.
West Bank
Israeli Army attack – economic sabotage: Jerusalem – morning, raiding Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, demolished fourbusinesses in the town of Hizma: a petrol station, tyre–repair shop, grocery store and car–wash facility.
Israeli Army attack – 1 killed: Ramallah – 00:20–05:45, Israeli Occupation forces stormed al-Bireh, raiding a currency exchange company and shooting dead one person: Ahmed Ramzi Abd Sultan.
Israeli Army attack – population–control: Tulkarem – 14:20, Israeli forces, at Gate No. 104 on the Annexation Wall, opened indiscriminate fire towards Kadoorie University, forcing the evacuation of students and employees.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Hebron – 12:40, the Israeli Army stormed an area in al-Shuyukh, wounding a resident: Alaa Fayez Sarhan.
Home invasions – violence – 2 taken prisoner: Tubas – 01:40–05:40, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, stormed Tubas and invaded a number of homes, as well as the offices of the Gulf Exchange Company. Two residents were taken prisoner.
Home invasions: Nablus – 20:25–00:15, Israeli forces raided Qusin village and searched a number of homes.
Home invasions – currency exchange business plundered: Jericho – 01:00–03:00, the Israeli Army raided Jericho and invaded a number of homes, as well as the Gulf Exchange Company‘s offices, plundering large sums of money.
Home invasions – currency exchange business plundered: Bethlehem – 03:30–06:10, Israeli troops raided the city and invaded a number of homes, as well as the Gulf Exchange Company, stealing large sums of money.
Homes invaded and demolished: Bethlehem – 14:45, the Israeli military demolished five homes, in the village of al-Walaja.
Home invasions: Hebron – 04:50–07:30, Israeli soldiers invaded Yatta, raiding and searching a number of 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 land–violation: Qalqiliya – 14:15, Israeli Occupation forces bulldozed land, near the entrance to Azzun.
Occupation settler violence: Jerusalem – 17:00, Israeli Occupation settlers beat–up a man, Hassan Nabil Da’na, in the city.
Occupation settler road-rage and injury: Jerusalem – 21:20, in Beit Hanina an Israeli settler drove his motor vehicle into, and injured, a man: Ihab Hisham Ibrahim Al-Birawi.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 09:30, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded Luban al-Sharqiya village agricultural land,setting fire to olive trees and crops.
Occupation settler stoning: Salfit – 19:15, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles, near the entrance to Yasuf village.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 03:25–05:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided the Shweika suburb, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 05:10–07:55, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the city.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Nablus – 13:50, the Israeli Army raided the village of Qusin, taking prisoner three people.
Raid: Nablus – 21:50–00:15, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Aqraba.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – dawn, the Israeli military raided the village of Abu Najim, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Hebron – 03:10–04:30, Israeli soldiers raided the al-Aroub refugee camp, taking prisoner four people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Wadi al-Shajna, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – abduction: Hebron – 03:50–07:30, Israeli forces raided al-Samou and abducted a 17-year-old youth: Moataz Ahmed Abdullah Abu Awad.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 04:00–07:05, the Israeli Army raided Sa’ir, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, Israeli troops raided the village of Deir Samit, taking prisoner one person
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