In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 24 August until 08:00, 25 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: 71 more people killed in Gaza now bring the total number of deaths, since 7 October, to at least 40,405. With another 112 wounded, that figure has risen to over 93,468. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 125 and, of those injured, more than 290.
Palestine today
(Selected from Ali Kazak‘s akazak@bigpond.net.au)
Don’t say you didn’t know
Freed Israeli captive, Noa Argamani, says she was wounded by Israel, not Hamas
Argamani denies reports that Palestinian fighters shaved her head and beat her during captivity, saying her injuries resulted from an Israeli strike. Noa Argamani, an Israeli woman freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza in June, said on Friday that her injuries were caused by an Israeli air strike during her rescue operation, not by a Hamas attack. Speaking to diplomats from G7 countries in Tokyo on Wednesday, Argamani detailed her ordeal after she was taken captive by Palestinian armed groups during the 7 October attack.
Contrary to some Israeli media reports, Argamani clarified that she was not beaten or had her hair shaved by Palestinian fighters. “I cannot ignore what happened here over the past 24 hours, taking my words out of context,” she wrote, referring to the Israeli media coverage of her Tokyo speech. “[Hamas members] did not hit me while I was in captivity, nor did they cut my hair; I was injured by the collapse of a wall caused by an [Israeli] Air Force pilot,” she added. “As a victim of 7 October, I refuse to be victimised once again by the media.”
Hospitals in Gaza left in the dark with no electricity, fuel or tools
Hospitals around the Gaza Strip have been left totally in the dark with no electricity, fuel or tools because of consistent Israeli bombing since 7 October. Many hospitals have now been rendered out of service, with doctors in the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia being forced to use the light from their phones to operate and get around. Many of the machines and devices used in hospitals can no longer be used because of the lack of electricity and fuel, the report adds. “I got to the hospital after suffering from kidney colic and there was no electricity or anything,” one man, named Ayman Zaqout, said. “I don’t know how the treatment will be done. May God help us,” he added.
Israeli forces have turned the designated “safe humanitarian zones” within the Gaza Strip into heaps of rubble and ashes, leaving only 9.5% of the territory as so-called “safe zones” for displaced civilians, the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza said on Saturday. As of August 2024, the Israeli Army has reduced these “safe humanitarian zones” to a mere 35 square kilometres (13.5 square miles), or 9.5% of Gaza’s total area. This zone includes only about 3.5% of agricultural, service and commercial areas, further shrinking the spaces where civilians can seek refuge, the authorities said, detailing how Israeli forces systematically destroyed the “safe zones.”
ICC prosecutor insists the court has the power to issue warrants for Israeli leaders linked to Gaza
Dozens of countries, academics and rights groups have written to the ICC to either support or reject their probe into the Gaza war and 7 October. The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Friday called on judges to “urgently” rule on his request for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others linked to the Gaza war, saying the court has jurisdiction.
“It is settled law that the Court has jurisdiction in this situation,” Prosecutor Karim Khan wrote in a 49-page legal brief. Khan called on a panel of ICC pre–trial judges to “urgently render its decisions” on the requests he filed in May for warrants for Netanyahu, his Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, and three leaders of Hamas, two of whom have since been killed.
West Bank
Israeli Army attack – 1 killed: Jenin – 01:05, Israeli Occupation forces opened fire on a vehicle carrying three people, near the al-Jalama checkpoint, killing one of them.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Qalqiliya – 13:05-15:15, one person, Jamal Essam Abu Haniyeh, was wounded by Israeli forces firing live ammunition, as they stormed the city
Israeli Army attack – 2 wounded: Nablus – 15:40, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, stormed Beit Furik, wounding two residents, Saif Faisal Najeh Nasasra and Muhammad Mahmoud Hanni.
Israeli Army attack – destruction and economic sabotage: Nablus – 02:40–06:35, Israeli troops, firing live ammunition while storming the city as well as the Balata refugee camp, bulldozed streets, destroyed infrastructure and demolished the Al-Arayshi Shopping Mall. Six people were taken prisoner during the attack.
Israeli Army home invasions: Salfit – 16:05–21:40, Israeli forces raided and invaded homes in Qarawat Bani Hassan, al-Zawiya and the village of Haris.
Home invasions, violence and vandalism by settlers: Hebron – 16:20, Israeli Occupation settlers raided homes in Susya village, vandalising the contents of one home, assaulting the owner, Nasser Al-Nawajaa, and smashing the windows of his motor vehicle.
Israeli Army population–control: Tubas – 13:55, Israeli Occupation forces obstructed the road between the villages of Bardala and Khirbet Ibziq.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 19:15, Israeli Occupation settlers stoned passing vehicles, near Turmusaya.
Occupation settler vandalism: Nablus – 18:00, Israeli settlers raided an area, east of the village of Rujeib, smashing the windows of a number of vehicles.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 20:55, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded Sarra village farmland and set fire to large areas of land planted with olive trees.
Occupation settler land-grab: Bethlehem – Israeli settlers set up camp on areas of land in the centre of the village of al-Minya.
Raid: Jerusalem – 13:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled al-Ram.
Raid: Jerusalem – 16:10, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Bir Nabala.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Jerusalem – morning, the Israeli Army raided the Qalandiya refugee camp, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Ramallah – 14:30, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Madia.
Raid: Ramallah – 14:45-17:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the city of Rawabi.
Raids: Ramallah – 14:55-17:00, Israeli soldiers raided Sinjil, Abwein and Aroura, as well as the villages of Jaljuliya and Ajul.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 20:20–00:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Betello, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Ramallah – 15:50, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided Abwein.
Raid: Jenin – 12:45-16:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Silat al-Dahr.
Raid – armed robbery and population–control: Jenin – 13:30, Israeli troops raided the village of al-Fandaqumiya, seizing a cement mixer and forcing a halt to building a house.
Raid: Jenin – 16:55, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Rumana.
Raid: Tulkarem – 12:55–15:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the city.
Raids: Tulkarem – 16:05, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the villages of Kafr Abbush, Kafr Zibad and Kafr Jamal.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 10:20-13:55, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the Hotel village.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 10:30, the Israeli Army raided Jayus.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 16:05, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Jayus.
Raids: Qalqiliya – 16:05, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the villages of Baqat al-Hatab, Hajjah and al-Funduq.
Raid: Qalqiliya – midnight–05:30, the Israeli military raided the village of Kafr Laqif.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – midnight–05:30, Israeli soldiers raided the village of Baqa al-Hatab, taking prisoner one resident.
Raid: Nablus – 11:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Beit Dajan.
Raid: Nablus – 12:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Majdal Bani Fadel.
Raid: Nablus – 14:55, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Beita.
Raid: Nablus – 00:15–05:35, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Qusin.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 01:55–05:45, the Israeli military raided the village of Madama, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Salfit – 22:05–23:25, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Deir Ballut.
Raid – stun grenades fired: Bethlehem – 22:00–01:00, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled the village of Husan.
Raid: Bethlehem – 23:35–02:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of al-Khadr.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 02:05–03:50, the Israeli Army raided the town of Tuqu, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Hebron – 09:30, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the city.
Raid – 5 taken prisoner: Hebron – 17:15–06:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the city, taking prisoner five people.