In Occupied Palestine

Zionism in practice

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

08:00, 06 August until 08:00, 07 August 2024

[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Gaza Strip

Attacks: There are no safe places for the militarily-dominated population in Gaza, who find themselves subjected to airstrikes and other missile attacks on buildings, homes and many essentialfacilities, as well as constant gunfire and invasions by Israeli forces. The Israeli Navy continues to fire missiles, targeting facilities and buildings along the entire Gaza shoreline.

Victims: 24 more people killed in Gaza now bring the total number of deaths, since 7 October, to at least 39,677. With another 110 wounded, that figure has risen to more than 91,645. The daily average of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 130 and, of those injured, it is more than 300.

Humanitarian Situation Update

#201 Gaza Strip

Key Highlights

• Sixteen Palestinians, including two children, were killed by Israeli forces during the reporting period. Nine of these were from airstrikes.

• The number of Palestinians displaced in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, by demolitions and confiscations has more than doubled since 7 October compared with the preceding 10 months (3,070 compared to 1,252).

• Since 7 October, about 181,000 people have been impacted at least once by 25 incidents involving demolitions and destruction of roads, water and sanitation facilities, and other public infrastructure, mainly during Israeli forces’ operations in Tulkarm and Jenin.

• More than 1,500 Palestinians are at risk of imminent displacement in the Al Bustan area of Silwan, in East Jerusalem, the Norwegian Refugee Council warns.

Latest developments (after 5 August)

• Initial reports indicate that 13 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank on 6 and 7 August. Israeli media indicate that Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man for allegedly stabbing a border patrol officer at the Tunnels Checkpoint, Bethlehem. The body of the man is currently being withheld by Israeli forces. Moreover, the Israeli army quoted in media claims that four Palestinians were killed in airstrikes and seven were killed by live ammunition in Jenin. According to Palestinian sources, a Palestinian man succumbed to wounds sustained during the airstrike in Jenin. One Israeli soldier was injured during the operation. According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Israeli forces shot at their ambulances and prevented them from evacuating the casualties.

Humanitarian Developments (30 July-5 August)

• During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed 16 Palestinians, including two children, and injured another 56 Palestinians, including six children. In Israel, a Palestinian from the West Bank stabbed and killed two Israeli civilians and injured two others. On 2 August, a Palestinian paramedic from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) died from wounds sustained on 27 July in Balata Refugee Camp, Nablus city. The paramedic sustained shrapnel wounds to his head from an Israeli airstrike and live ammunition in his legs. Two other Palestinians died during the same incident.

  • On 30 July, Israeli forces shot and killed a 16-year-old boy after he allegedly attempted to stab them at Beit ‘Einun junction near Hebron. The body of the boy is currently being withheld by Israeli authorities.

  • On 30 July, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man during an Israeli forces’ operation in Nablus city. During the operation, Palestinians threw stones at Israeli forces, who shot live ammunition at Palestinians. According to local sources, the Palestinian man was reportedly not involved in this encounter and was heading to his home.

  • On 3 August, an Israeli drone strike killed five Palestinians travelling between Zeita and Attil villages, in northern Tulkarm. According to local sources, their car was struck twice. The first strike’s explosion caused one of the fatalities to fly about ten metres away from the vehicle. The second strike incinerated the vehicle and the people inside.

  • On 3 August, an Israeli drone strike killed four Palestinians between Iktaba and Bal’a, southeast of Tulkarm city. The Palestinians were driving on a dirt road and upon reaching a point where the car could no longer drive, they exited the vehicle and continued on foot. An Israeli military jeep on the scene reportedly opened fire at them, followed by a drone missile strike. The bodies of the Palestinians are being withheld by Israeli authorities. According to the Israeli military, the nine Palestinians killed in the two incidents in Tulkarm were responsible for attacks against Israeli security forces and Israeli settlers and were on their way to perpetrate further attacks.

  • On 4 August, a Palestinian man stabbed and killed two elderly Israeli civilians and injured two others before he was shot and killed by an Israeli police officer in Holon city in Israel. The Palestinian man comes from the town of Salfit in the West Bank.

  • On 5 August, Israeli forces shot and killed four Palestinians, including one child, and injured nine others while conducting an operation in Aqqaba town, Tubas. Undercover Israeli forces followed by Israeli military forces surrounded a house in the town and positioned snipers around it. Palestinians in the building exchanged fire with Israeli forces, and as a result three Palestinians were killed, and one was injured and arrested. During the operation, Palestinians threw stones and Israeli forces opened fire and injured eight Palestinians. Israeli forces then broke into the Tubas Turkish Government Hospital where Palestinians threw stones at Israeli forces, who fired live ammunition, and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy who was in the vicinity of the hospital but was reportedly not involved in the confrontation.

  • Between 7 October 2023 and 5 August 2024, 587 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, including two who died of wounds sustained prior to 7 October. These include 570 killed by Israeli forces, ten by Israeli settlers, and seven where it remains unknown whether the perpetrators were Israeli forces or settlers. During the same period, 14 Israelis, including nine members of Israeli forces and five settlers, were killed by Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. In Israel, attacks by Palestinians from the West Bank resulted in the killing of ten Israelis and six Palestinian perpetrators.

• During the reporting period, Israeli settlers perpetrated 27 attacks against Palestinians, resulting in 17 injuries, including two children, and damage to property. Palestinians perpetrated five attacks against settlers in this period, resulting in the injury of one Israeli settler. Between 7 October 2023 and 5 August 2024, OCHA recorded 1,143 attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, of which 114 led to Palestinian fatalities and injuries, 964 led to damage to Palestinian property, and 127 led to both casualties and property damage. Since 7 October, some 255 Palestinian households comprising 1,500 people, mostly herding families, including 720 children, have been displaced amid settler violence and access restrictions. The following are some of the key incidents documented by OCHA during the reporting period:

  • On 30 July and 2 August, Israeli settlers believed to be from Givat Assaf and several surrounding settlements, attacked the village of Burqa in Ramallah governorate. The settlers cut down a metal fence surrounding a Palestinian house on the western outskirts of the village and attempted to set fire to the Palestinian home. Palestinian residents woke up while the door was on fire, and together with the village residents managed to douse it. Moreover, Israeli setters vandalised property by writing anti-Palestinian slogans on the houses’ walls. Three days later, the settlers returned and set fire to one Palestinian vehicle and threw stones towards nearby houses. No injuries were reported in both incidents.

  • On 31 July, armed Israeli settlers shot and injured two Palestinians and assaulted nine others with sticks and stones in the herding and farming community of Khirbet an Nahla, Bethlehem governorate. The settlers, believed to be from a nearby settlement, attacked farmers who were repairing a stone wall that the settlers had damaged in a previous attack. The settlers tried to kick the farmers off the land, who refused to leave, at which point the settlers fired at the farmers and attacked them with sticks and stones, resulting in the 11 injuries. Additionally, the settlers damaged three vehicles belonging to Palestinians that were parked nearby. Israeli forces intervened by shooting tear gas to disperse everyone, after which they confiscated the vehicles. After midnight, the owners were able to retrieve their vehicles from the area.

  • On 31 July, a Palestinian from Sa’ir, Hebron governorate, stabbed and injured an Israeli settler on Road 60 near Kiryat Arba settlement, in Hebron city. The Palestinian, who was driving a vehicle, approached the settler’s vehicle and opened fire with a handgun before stepping out of his own vehicle and stabbing the settler. The Palestinian fled the scene, and Israeli forces are still searching for the perpetrator.

  • In three separate incidents, on 31 July, 1 August and 4 August, armed Israeli settlers uprooted 140 olive trees and grape vines in Umm Fagarah community of Masafer Yatta, which is located in an area designated by the Israeli military in the 1980s as a closed miliary zone (“Firing Zone 918”). During the three attacks, Israeli settlers cut fencing around three dunums of agricultural land, set fire to an agricultural structure, destroyed agricultural equipment and uprooted trees.

  • On 3 August, Israeli forces shot and injured two Palestinians, physically assaulted another one, and fired tear gas while they accompanied Israel settlers who were attacking Al Mughayer village, Ramallah governorate. Another three Palestinians needed medical treatment for tear gas inhalation. In addition, two households comprising ten people, including six children, were displaced for the third time in less than a year as a result of this attack. Initially, eight Israeli settlers believed to be from Adei Ad settlement and other nearby outposts attempted to attack the village. Residents did not allow them to enter, and the settlers withdrew for a short while, returning with about 50 settlers and a group of Israeli soldiers. The soldiers shot live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas toward people in the village, while the settlers destroyed Palestinian property. According to affected people, Israeli settlers set fire to two residential tents, two water pump motors, a mobile latrine and one kitchen, destroying them and all they contained. Three other latrines were partially damaged by the fire. Four solar panels were also destroyed by stone-throwing. Lastly, Israeli settlers cut part of a metal fence surrounding agricultural land, set fire, and destroyed fifty beehives, and partially damaged several others. All the destroyed residential property, including the tents and mobile latrines, were donor-funded following two previous settler attacks on the same households. According to affected people, Israeli forces prevented medical teams and fire brigades from reaching the area to assist the injured and put out the fire.

• Between 30 July and 5 August, Israeli authorities demolished or forced the demolition of 23 Palestinian-owned structures, 22 of which were due to the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. All demolished structures were in Area C and East Jerusalem. As a result, 27 Palestinians, including 10 children, were displaced and about 105, including 38 children, were otherwise affected.

• On 31 July, the Israeli Civil Administration along with Israeli forces demolished an agricultural structure, two animal shelters and an agricultural water cistern for lack of Israeli-issued building permits in Beit ‘Awwa, Hebron governorate. During the incident, seven water tanks were destroyed. The same water cistern was demolished in February 2012.

• On 1 August, the Jerusalem Municipality along with Israeli forces delivered at least nine demolition orders against residential houses due to be implemented within one week and some families have started leaving their homes, in Al Bustan area of Silwan, East Jerusalem. The demolition orders are part of a plan to build and expand an Israeli settlement project by establishing public spaces designated for Israelis. According to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), who is representing 85 demolition cases in the community, “Al-Bustan, home to about 1,550 Palestinians and 150 housing units…is near the Jewish Quarter of the Old City. This has led Israeli authorities to focus on increasing the Jewish presence and displacing Palestinians. All structures in Al-Bustan are currently unprotected and at risk of demolition.”

• On 5 August, the Israeli Civil Administration along with Israeli forces demolished an agricultural water cistern in Al Jwaya community, Hebron governorate for lack of an Israeli issued permit. As a result, one family comprising 13 people including five children were affected.

• Between 1 January and 5 August, 730 structures were demolished and 880 were displaced for lacking Israeli-issued building permits in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, compared with 563 structures demolished and 639 people displaced in the corresponding period in 2023.

• Between 7 October 2023 and 5 August 2024, Israeli authorities demolished, confiscated, or forced the demolition of 1,355 Palestinian structures across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, displacing more than 3,000 Palestinians, including 1,343 children. This is more than double the number when compared to the same period before October 7, when 1,252 Palestinians were displaced, including 579 children. The demolitions after 7 October include over 500 inhabited structures, 100 uninhabited residential structures, more than 300 agricultural structures, more than 100 water and sanitation (WASH) structures, 200 livelihood structures, and about 100 infrastructure and other structures. Since 7 October 2023, more than 181,000 Palestinians have been affected at least once by 25 incidents of demolitions and destruction of public infrastructure during Israeli forces’ operations, in Tulkarm and Jenin. Many of these people have been affected more than once in multiple incidents.

West Bank

Israeli Army attack – 6 killed – 4 wounded – economic sabotage: Jenin – Israeli Occupation forces continued its assault on people and homes in the city as well as the refugee camp that started at 15:55 on 5 August. During the assault, a drone-launched airstrike on a motor vehicle killed six people, including two youngsters: 15-year-old Ahmed Hussam al-Din al-Saadi and Khattab Majd Badawiyeh (aged 16). The four wounded are: Ayham Hassan Jabr Zakarneh (aged 18), Muhammad Ali Muhammad Abu Hijab, Saif al-Din Ali Mahmoud Abu Ubaid and his brother, Omar. Israeli forces bulldozed and destroyed market stalls along pavements, the al-Ahmadin, al-Anbar and al-Baydawi roundabouts, as well as a commercial road, a petrol station and the street surrounding ahospital. Also destroyed were the road to the refugee camp, water reticulation, the Al-Quds Bank‘s ATM people’s motor vehicles. Occupation forces ended the attack at 13:35.

Israeli Army attack – 2 killed – 3 taken prisoner: Jenin – 12:45-15:50, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, stormed the village of Kafr Qud, killing two people: Walid Jamal Muhammad Hussein and Khader Hussein Khader Abu Qatana. Three other villagers, Jihad Jamal Abu Al-Kamil, Kifah Essam Hussein Dabaya and Ahmed Muhammad Najeeb Farahti, were wounded and taken prisoner.

Israeli Army attack – 1 killed: Tubas – 22:15, Israeli troops opened fire on two people in the North Jordan Valley, killing one of them: Rabi’ Muhammad Masoud Daraghmeh. The other person managed to escape.

Israeli settler attack: Nablus – 20:55, an armed Israeli Occupation settler opened fire on a vehicle, in Beit Dajan village.

Israeli Army attack – 3 wounded: Nablus – 23:00, the Israeli military, firing live ammunition, stormed the town of Beit Furik, wounding a 17-year-old youth, Ahmed Awni Khair Haj Muhammad, as well as two other people.

Israeli Army attack – explosives and arson in refugee camp: Nablus – 01:20–05:50, Israeli Occupation forces stormed the Balata refugee camp and used explosives to destroy an office building, setting it on fire.

Israeli Army attack – youngster shot and wounded: Bethlehem – 11:35, 17-year-old Ahmed Atiya Tayseer Obaid was shot and hospitalised, in Beit Jallah.

Israeli Army attack – 1 killed: Bethlehem – 12:20, Israeli forces, at the tunnel checkpoint, shot and killed one person: Muhammad Rizq Ibrahim Hamash.

Israeli Army attack – 4 taken prisoner : Bethlehem – 04:50–06:40, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, stormed the Dheisheh refugee camp, taking prisoner four people.

Home invasion and destruction: Jerusalem – 09:35, Israeli Occupation forces demolished a house, in the Silwan neighbourhood.

Home invasions and destruction: Nablus – 20:25, Israeli Occupation settlers raided the east of ​​Yatma village and surrounded one home, while smashing the windows of two others. The settlers also set fire to two motor vehicles and smashed the windows of one other.

Home invasions: Bethlehem – 20:05, Israeli Occupation troops raided the village of al-Jaba’a and searched two 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 population–control: Jerusalem – 08:10, Israeli Occupation forces closed the entrance to Ras Karkar village.

Israeli Army – abduction: Jerusalem – 14:00, Israeli troops abducted a 16-year-old youth: Yaqoub Bassem Idkidek.

Israeli Army – abductions: Jerusalem – 00:10, Israeli forces abducted two 17-year-old youths, Muhammad Ayman Hantash and Issa Bashir Abdullah Issa, when they reported, as ordered, for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.

Israeli Army population–control: Qalqiliya – 18:05, the Israeli Army closed the Jit village road junction for a time.

Israeli Army population–control – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 20:30, the Israeli military took prisoner one person, Alaa Samir Awni Sabah, when he reported, as ordered, for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.

Israeli Army agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 12:30, Israeli forces bulldozed agricultural land, close to the Rahalim Occupation settlement imposed on the land of Qabalan and the villages of Yatma and al-Sawiya.

Israeli Army population–control: Nablus – 01:50, the Israeli Army closed the entrance to the town of Bruqin.

Israeli Army armed robbery: Bethlehem – 14:00, Israeli Occupation forces seized a refuse-collection vehicle, at the entrance to the town of Tuqu, and took prisoner the two occupants.

Occupation settler stoning: Jerusalem – 17:40–00:50, Israelis, from the Beit El Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles on the local bypass road.

Occupation settler stoning: Jerusalem – 22:20, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles, near the town of Sinjil.

Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 20:40-midnight, Occupation settlers stoned passing vehicles, in the town of Beita.

Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 22:35, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles, at the Za’tara Junction checkpoint.

Occupation settler stoning: Bethlehem – evening, Israeli Occupation settlers stoned passing vehicles, near the entrance to the village of Marah Rabah as well as on the road to Tuqu.

Occupation settler violence and pastoral sabotage: Hebron – 10:45, Israeli settlers assaulted and injured members of a shepherd‘s family in the Tuba area, east of Yatta.

Occupation settler land-grab: Hebron – 10:50, Israeli Occupation settlers seized and fenced–off land in the al-Hayman area of Masafer Yatta, planting trees on it.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – morning, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of al-Jib, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 3 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Jerusalem – 02:15, Israeli forces raided the Qalandiya refugee camp, taking prisoner three people and interrogating 12 others.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 00:20, the Israeli Army raided the village of Deir Bazi, taking prisoner one person.

Raids: Jenin – 17:55, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the villages of Zububa, Rumana and Ta’anak.

Raids – surveillance: Tubas – 22:15–02:20, the Israeli military invaded the village of Atuf and raided the headquarters of the Village Council as well as the village’s mosque, to examine surveillance-camera recordings.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 03:30–06:10, Israeli soldiers raided Zeita and Alar, taking prisoner two people

Raid: Qalqiliya – 22:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Azzun.

Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 04:10–06:15, Israeli forces raided the city, taking prisoner four people.

Raid: Nablus – 22:10–00:45, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Bizzaria.

Raid: Nablus – 22:15–02:05, Israeli troops, firing stun grenades, raided the village of Madama.

Raid – stun grenades: Nablus – 22:30–00:05, the Israeli military, firing stun grenades, raided the village of Odala.

Raid: Nablus – 22:55–03:25, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Beita.

Raid – population–control: Salfit – 11:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Rafat, and harassed people working to extend a water-supply line for the village.

Raid: Salfit – 17:05, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Haris.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jericho – 08:55-12:20, the Israeli Army raided al-Auja, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Jericho – 21:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Marj Na’jah.

Raids – refugee camp: Jericho – 04:55, the Israeli military raided the city as well as the Ein al-Sultan refugee camp.

Raid – 3 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Jericho – 04:55, Israeli forces raided the Aqbat Jabir refugee camp, taking prisoner three people

Raid: Bethlehem – 07:10, Israeli soldiers raided the village of al-Sawahra and searched a farm.

Raid: Bethlehem – 18:55, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Jouret al-Shama’a.

Raid: Bethlehem – midnight, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Husan.

Raid – 1 abducted and 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 01:10, the Israeli Army raided the city of Beit Sahour, abducting a 17-year-old youth, Youssef Abd Ibrahim Abd al-Qader Nasr, as well astaking prisoner one other person.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 04:50, Israeli troops raided Doha, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Hebron – 11:55, the Israeli military raided Dura.

Raid – stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired: Hebron – 22:30, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided the al-Aroub refugee camp.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 22:40, Israeli forces raided the town of Idhna, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Hebron – 00:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Dura.

Raid: Hebron – 02:05–07:15, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the city.