In Occupied Palestine

Zionism in practice

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

08:00, 27 August until 08:00, 28 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: 58 more people killed in Gaza now bring the total number of deaths, since 7 October, to at least 40,534. With another 131 wounded, that figure has risen to over 93,778. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 124 and, of those injured, more than 288.

OCHA Update #210 – West Bank

Key Highlights

Some 13 Palestinians, including four children, were killed between 20 and 26 August. Eight of these were killed in Israeli airstrikes.

Some 136 Palestinians have been killed and 41 injured in Israeli airstrikes since October 2023, 135 of them occurring in the northern governorates.

By contrast, between 2020 and October 2023, six Palestinians were killed in airstrikes, all in 2023.

Latest Developments (after August 26)

On 28 August, initial reports of wide-scale Israeli operations involving helicopters, drones, and ground forces in Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas governorates are reported. At least ten Palestinians, have been killed, seven of which were in airstrikes, and 11 others injured.

Humanitarian Developments (20-26 August)

During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed 13 Palestinians, including four children. Eight out of the 13 killed were in airstrikes. Israeli forces and settlers have injured 47 Palestinians, including 9 children. On 25 August, a Palestinian man succumbed to wounds sustained from live ammunition during an Israeli operation on 23 July in Izbat al Jarrad village, Tulkarm. The injured man was initially arrested and taken to an Israeli hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

On 22 August, an Israeli forces’ airstrike killed three Palestinians, during a 16-hour operation in Tulkarm Refugee Camp. According to the family of one of the Palestinians killed, he was in his kitchen preparing milk for his child and was not aware of the attack. The operation involved exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and armed Palestinians, who also used explosive devices. Military bulldozers caused considerable damage to infrastructure, residential buildings, and livelihood structures. Consequently, at least 21 households comprising 85 people, including 21 children, have been displaced as their homes have become uninhabitable. During an on-site assessment by UNRWA, sewage floods were observed in different road sections and at least 35 sewer holes and at least 50 house water connections were damaged.

On 25 August, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, including one child, near the entrance of the Salfit governorate. According to the Israeli military, a vehicle drove against the flow of traffic attempting to run over soldiers. One soldier was injured in the incident.

On 25 August, Israeli forces shot and injured two Palestinians in the village of Tarqumiya, west of Hebron city. The Palestinians were workers attempting to enter Israel through a hole in the Separation Barrier and were stopped by Israeli forces. The soldiers ordered them to lay down on the ground then shot them in the legs. As a result, one of the Palestinians had his leg amputated.

On 25 August, Israeli forces shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy near Al Jalama checkpoint, north of Jenin city. According to local sources, armed clashes occurred at the checkpoint when Palestinians opened fire from within a car towards the checkpoint and Israeli forces responded by firing live ammunition, which hit a Palestinian inside the vehicle. In addition, two houses that were 50 meters away from the area were struck with live ammunition, one of which was damaged by a gas cylinder that exploded.

On 26 August 2024, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man near Khirbet al Majaz in the Israeli-designated “Firing Zone 918 area” of Masafer Yata. The man, a Palestinian labourer, attempted to cross into Israel along with other workers. Israeli forces patrolling the area opened fire at the group, hitting the man in the head. He was transferred to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

On 26 August, Israeli airstrikes killed five Palestinians, including two children, in Nur Shams Refugee Camp, Tulkarm governorate. Israeli drones launched missiles at a group of Palestinians gathered on the street in Al Manshiya neighborhood, killing five Palestinians on the spot. According to the Israeli military, among the five Palestinians killed were Palestinians that had planned attacks against Israeli forces.

Between 7 October 2023 and 26 August 2024, 622 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in addition to two who died of wounds sustained prior to 7 October. Among them, 136 Palestinians have been killed and 41 injured in 49 airstrikes, with 135 of the fatalities occurring in the northern governorates (60 Tulkarm, 51 Jenin, 13 Nablus and four in Tubas). In comparison, between 2020 and October 2023, six Palestinians were killed in airstrikes, all in 2023. Of the total 622 Palestinian killed in West Bank since 7 October, 602 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, 11 by Israeli settlers, and 7 where it remains unknown whether the perpetrators were Israeli forces or settlers. During the same period, 15 Israelis, including 9 members of Israeli forces and 5 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 10 Israelis and seven Palestinian perpetrators.

During the reporting period, Israeli settlers perpetrated 31 attacks against Palestinians, resulting in 1 fatality and 11 injuries, and damage to property. Palestinians perpetrated one attack against settlers in this period, with no injuries reported. Between 7 October 2023 and 26 August 2024, OCHA recorded about 1,270 attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, of which over 120 led to Palestinian fatalities and injuries, about 1,030 led to damage to Palestinian property, and over 130 led to both casualties and property damage.

On 20 August, Israeli settlers believed to be from Rosh Ha’Ayin settlement set fire to and burned an agricultural structure in the village of Az Zawiya, west of Salfit. According to the municipality and the affected farmer, a group of Israeli settlers burned a large agricultural room; destroying equipment, water tanks, crops and twenty-five chickens. Two days prior to this attack, Israeli settlers wrote threatening messages on the structure.

On 23 August, Israeli forces physically assaulted and injured two Palestinian men near the Al ‘Auja in Jericho governorate. According to local community sources, a group of armed Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, attacked two Palestinians who were picnicking in the area. The Israeli settlers fired live ammunition at the men’s vehicle, damaging the tires, and stole the license plate. Israeli forces then arrested the two men and detained them at a military base in Jericho where they were physically assaulted and injured before being transported to Jericho Hospital for medical treatment.

On 25 August, Israeli settlers injured four Palestinians and displaced two Palestinian families, comprising 19 members including five children from Al Buwieb village, Hebron governorate. An armed Israeli settler and his sheep entered the community and attempted to steal livestock from two Palestinian families. The men of the families stopped the settler and forced him out of the area, after which he returned with a group of ten armed settlers who attacked the families with stones, sticks, and knives. Other Palestinians arrived and threw stones at the settlers. Three Israeli settlers were injured from Palestinian stone throwing. The incident occurred in the presence of Israeli forces, who detained members of the Palestinian families who were under attack. While they were detained, the settlers stole farming material, an electric generator, a fridge used to store milk products, and the families’ belongings. The two families were part of a group of four families who had previously been displaced from Al Buwieb and relocated to Masafer Bani Na’im after 7 October 2023. They returned three months ago but have now been displaced for a second time.

On 26 August 2024, Israeli settlers in military reservist unit, shot and killed a Palestinian man with East-Jerusalem residency and injured three others in Wadi Rahhal, near Bethlehem. According to Israeli media, an initial investigation by the Israeli military claims that the settler unit acted against military protocols and left their designated area to attack this community. Allegedly, they were responding to incidents of stone throwing between settlers and Palestinians in the area. The injured Palestinians were taken to the hospital for treatment.

During the reporting period, at least two Palestinian households comprising at least 19 people, including five children, were displaced due to Israeli settler violence and harassment, and the takeover of Palestinian property. Since 7 October 2023, 261 Palestinians households comprising 1,566 people, including 758 children, have been displaced in the context of incidents related to Israeli settlers.

Between 20 and 26 August, Israeli authorities and military demolished or forced the demolition of 30 Palestinian-owned structures in Area C and East Jerusalem (17 structures) as well as in areas A and B (13 structures) of the West Bank. Of the total 30 structures, some 17 structures were destroyed during an Israeli forces’ operation, and the remaining 13 were demolished due to the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. As a result, 111 Palestinians, including 34 children, were displaced and another 35, including 9 children, were otherwise affected.

On 20 August, Israeli Civil Administration along with Israeli forces demolished two inhabited residential building and a water cistern in Khirbet ad Deir in Tuqu’, Bethlehem governorate. The incident took place in Area C for lacking an Israeli-issued building permit. As a result, two families comprising 11 people, including 6 children, were displaced. Most of belongings of the displaced families were lost under the rubble. The case was pending in court and was rejected this year.

On 22 August, Israeli Civil Administration along with Israeli forces demolished a residential house in Kharbatha Al Misbah, Ramallah. As a result, two households of seven Palestinian, including three children, were displaced. The destroyed structure included a basement with a water cistern and most of the personal belongings were buried under the rubbles. According to the affected families, the first Israeli demolition order was issued against the house in 2021, the family directly appointed a lawyer to follow up the case and started the permit process and all documents were submitted to the Israeli Civil Administration, however it did not prevent the demolition from proceeding.

Between 7 October 2023 and 26 August 2024, Israeli authorities demolished, confiscated, or forced the demolition of 1,446 Palestinian structures across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, displacing more than 3,300 Palestinians, including about 1,430 children, which is more than double the number when compared with the same period before 7 October, where 1,339 Palestinians were displaced, including 626 children. The demolitions after 7 October include over 500 inhabited structures, more than 300 agricultural structures, more than 100 water, sanitation and hygiene structures, and 200 livelihood structures. Some 28 incidents of demolitions and destruction of infrastructure, mostly in Tulkarm and Jenin, account for the majority of those affected.

West Bank (Negotiations Affairs Department)

Israeli Army attack on refugee camp – 2 killed – 2 wounded: Jenin – midnight, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition while storming the city as well as the refugee camp andsurrounding the Government and Ibn Sina Hospitals, killed two people: Qassam Muhammad Jabareen and Asim Walid Ibrahim Dabaya. Two others were wounded.

Israeli Army attack – 3 killed – 1 wounded: Jenin – 05:30, an Israeli drone-launched missile, targeting a vehicle in Seir village, killed three people: Ahmed Al-Sous, Saeed Wahdan and Muhammad Abu Ramoz. In addition, one other person, Ahmed Hussein Mahmoud Yaqoub, was wounded.

Israeli Army attack and airstrike on refugee camp – 4 killed – 8 wounded: Tubas – 23:45, during an Israeli Army storming of the al-Far’a refugee camp, a drone-launched airstrike killed 13-year-old, Murad Masoud Jaabsa, and three other people: the boy’s 17-year-old brother, Muhammad, as well as Ibrahim Abdel Qader Ghoneimi and Ahmed Saleh Nabrisi. The airstrike also left eight people wounded: a 12-year-old boy, Masoud Muhammad Asaad Najah, and seven adults: Nassim Marwan Muhammad Nabrisi, Firas Abdel Khaleq Abu Zeina, Moamen Moatasem Mahmoud Sobh, Bashar Masoud Muhammad Najah, Qusay Walid Muhammad al-Mughrabi, Khaled Saleh Muhammad Nabrisi and Wissam Youssef Suleiman Juma.

Israeli Army attack – 1 child wounded – another wounded: Tulkarem – 22:05, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the town of Anabta, wounding one child and abducting another.

Israeli Army attack and airstrike on refugee camp – 2 wounded – economic sabotage: Tulkarem – 23:35, the Israeli Army stormed the city as well as the Nour Shams refugee camp, carrying out a a drone-launched airstrike on the refugee camp that wounded two residents. One other person was taken prisoner. Israeli forces also vandalised the area, bulldozing and destroying livestock shelters, water–supply network, roads and other infrastructure.

Israeli Army attacks on refugee camps: Nablus – 22:10, Israeli troops, firing live ammunition, stormed the city as well as the Askar and Balata refugee camps.

Israeli settler attacks and terrorism – agricultural sabotage: Bethlehem – evening, armed Israeli Occupation settlers stormed al-Minya village farmland, opening fire towards and terrorising farmers.

Israeli Army attack on refugee camp: Hebron – 19:35-21:15, the Israeli military, firing live ammunition, stormed the al-Fawar refugee camp.

Home invasion: Jerusalem – 21:00–23:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Bir Nabala and searched a house.

Home invasion and destruction: Jerusalem – 09:30, Israeli forces demolished a home, in the Silwan neighbourhood.

Home invasion and destruction: Jerusalem – 20:00, the Israeli Army demolished a house, in the al-Thawri neighbourhood.

Home invasions – 3 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 04:00–08:00, Israeli troops raided the city and searched a number of homes, taking prisoner three residents.

Home invasions: Nablus – 00:45–04:45, the Israeli military raided the village of Salem, invading houses as well as a shop.

Home invasions: Nablus – 01:55–04:50, Israeli soldiers raided Jama’in and invaded a number of homes.

Home invasions: Hebron – 18:35-20:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided Qalqas village and searched several houses.

Home invasion: Hebron – 02:20–04:10, Israeli forces raided the town of Sa’ir and searched a home.

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: Jenin – Occupation forces closed to traffic the southern entrance the city.

Israeli Army population–control: Hebron – Israeli forces seized a concrete–pump in the village of al-Deira.

Israeli Army population–control: Hebron – 20:30, the Israeli Army closed the Ziv village road junction (the northern entrance to Yatta).

Occupation settlement development: Jerusalem – Occupation settlers returned to a new settlement outpost in the Khan al-Ahmar area, 150 metres away from a Bedouin community, setting up camp and installing electricity generators.

Occupation settlement development: Bethlehem – Israeli Occupation forces began building settlement connection roads in the Khallet Thabet area, south of the village of Wadi Fukin.

Occupation settler terrorism: Tubas – dawn, stone-throwing Israeli Occupation settlers terrorised families at home, in the Ghazal Spring area of Khirbet al-Farisiya.

Occupation settler population–control: Nablus – 20:10, Israelis, from the Yitzhar settlement, closed the roundabout, north of Huwara.

Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 23:20, Israeli Occupation settlers stoned passing vehicles, at the Yatma village road junction.

Occupation settler stoning – serious injuries: Salfit – 18:20, Occupation settlers, stoning vehicles near the Za’atara Junction checkpoint, inflicted head injuries on a man: Jihad Abdullah Assi.

Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – Israeli settlers grazed flocks of sheep on olive groves, east of al-Mufaqara village.

Occupation settler pastoral sabotage: Hebron – 01:20, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded the al-Buwaib area, in Musafer, and demolished livestock shelters.

Occupation settler arson and racism: Hebron – 07:50, Israeli settlers set fire to a motor vehicle, near the entrance to Idhna, and sprayed racist messages in Hebrew on the walls of people’s houses.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 01:35–03:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided Beit Rima, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 5 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:55–05:20, Israeli forces raided the village of Qarawat Bani Zaid, taking prisoner five people.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 05:55–07:10, the Israeli Army raided the town of Aroura, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 11:55-13:10, Israeli troops raided the village of Baqat al-Hatab, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – stun grenades fired: Nablus – 18:50–22:45, the Israeli military, firing stun grenades, raided Yatma village.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Nablus – 00:45–04:00, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Qusra, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 01:20–06:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided Orif village, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – violence: Salfit – 11:50-12:50, Israeli forces raided and patrolled al-Zawiya, assaulting one person.

Raid: Salfit – 20:15, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Bidya.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 07:40, Israeli troops raided Beit Fajjar, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – stun grenades fired: Bethlehem – evening, the Israeli military, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled al-Khadr.

Raid – abductions: Bethlehem – 05:00–07:10, Israeli soldiers raided Beit Fajjar and abducted two 15-year-old boys: Hammam Issa Ali Taqatqa and his brother, Ammar.

Raid – armed robbery – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 19:25, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Idhna, taking prisoner two people and robbing one of them of his motor vehicle.

Gaza Strip

Today’s OCHA report is solely for the West Bank and so we are including the unedited report on Gaza from the Palestinian Monitoring Group’s Negotiations Affairs Department report.

All governorates:

• At 07:00 on 11/24/2023, the temporary “humanitarian truce” entered into force in the Gaza Strip, after an Israeli aggression that has continued since 10/07/2023 against our people in the Strip, and before the end of the 4-day truce, it was extended. For two additional days starting at 07:00 on 11/28/2023, it was also extended (for the second time) and for one additional day from 07:00 on 11/30/2023, which included concluding prisoner exchange deals and bringing in relief aid and quantities of fuel. With the end of the seventh day of the “temporary humanitarian truce,” the occupation forces continued their aggression against the Gaza Strip.

• The occupation forces continued their invasion and positioning inside our areas in the governorates of North Gaza, Gaza, Central, Khan Yunis and Rafah, all the way to the Rafah border crossing, where they divided the Gaza Strip into two parts by isolating the governorates of North Gaza and Gaza from the central governorate and the governorates of Khan Yunis and Rafah. They also continued to fire and fire artillery shells. And tanks from their positions on the Green Line and from their positions inside our areas, and with gunboats firing fire and rocket shells at targets and facilities along the coast of the Gaza Strip, and with aerial bombardment with missiles from warplanes in all governorates of the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the martyrdom of 58 citizens, and thus the number of The martyrs since the start of the aggression on the Gaza Strip amounted to more than 40,534 citizens, and 131 citizens were wounded. Thus, the number of wounded since the beginning of the aggression on the Gaza Strip rose to more than 93,778 citizens.

North Gaza

Total closure of ports and crossings

* Beit Hanoun crossing – “Erez”: 08/27/2024 closed.

* On 08/27/2024, the occupation forces continued their invasion and positioning in the incursion areas in the North Gaza Governorate, while they continued to fire, tank and artillery shells, and aerial bombardment, towards buildings, facilities, and citizens’ homes, and were still present until the report was prepared.

Shooting

* From 08:00 on August 27, 2024 until 08:00 on August 28, 2024, the occupation forces fired dozens of artillery shells from their positions inside the Green Line, towards agricultural lands, targets, sites, and residential buildings in all governorates of the Gaza Strip.

Aerial bombardment

* From 08:00 on August 27, 2024 until 08:00 on August 28, 2024, Israeli warplanes continued to bombard them with missiles from warplanes, targeting many targets, service facilities, sites belonging to Palestinian armed groups, and residential buildings in all governorates of the Gaza Strip. Gaza, which resulted in the martyrdom of 58 citizens, and thus the number of martyrs since the beginning of the aggression against the Gaza Strip increased to more than 40,534 citizens, and 131 citizens were wounded, and thus the number of wounded since the beginning of the aggression against the Gaza Strip increased to more than 93,778 citizens.

Killing

* From 08:00 on August 27, 2024 until 08:00 on August 28, 2024, 58 citizens were martyred as a result of gunfire, artillery shelling, gunboats, and aerial bombardment in all governorates of the Gaza Strip. Thus, the number of martyrs increased since the start of the aggression against Gaza Strip to more than 40,778 citizens.

Injury

* From 08:00 on August 27, 2024 until 08:00 on August 28, 2024, 131 citizens were injured as a result of gunfire, artillery shelling, gunboats, and aerial bombardment in all governorates of the Gaza Strip, and thus the number of wounded has increased since the start of the aggression. On the Gaza Strip to more than 93,778 citizens.

Gaza

Total closure of ports and crossings

* Al-Mentar-Karni crossing: closed permanently since 03/02/2011 and by a unilateral Israeli decision.

* Al-Shujaiya crossing – “Nahal Oz” fuel crossing: closed since January 4, 2010 by a unilateral Israeli decision.

Storming

* On 08/27/2024, the occupation forces continued their invasion and positioning in the incursion areas in the Gaza Governorate, and thus continued to isolate the Gaza and North Gaza governorates from the Central Governorate, while they continued to fire, tank and artillery shells, and intense aerial bombardment, towards buildings, facilities and citizens’ homes, and are still present until Preparing the report.

* On 01/04/2024, the occupation forces closed the humanitarian corridor on Salah al-Din Street, and the humanitarian corridor was diverted to Al-Rashid Street (Al-Bahr Street), allowing movement from the north to the south of the Strip only, on foot or by vehicle, as of 01/04. 2024 between 09:00 and 16:00 daily.

Central

* On 08/27/2024, the occupation forces continued their invasion and positioning in the incursion areas in the Central Governorate, while they continued to fire intense fire, tank and artillery shells, and aerial bombardment, towards the homes and property of citizens, and were still present until the report was prepared.

Khan Yunis

storming

* On 08/27/2024, the occupation forces continued their invasion and positioning in the incursion areas in Khan Yunis Governorate, and they also continued to fire, tank and artillery shells, and aerial bombardment, towards the homes and property of citizens, and they are still present as of the preparation of the report.

Rafah

Total closure of ports and crossings

* Yasser Arafat International Airport: Closed.

* Sufa Crossing: Closed.

* Kerem Shalom crossing – “Kerem Shalom”: On August 27, 2024, it is partially open (for the entry of trucks loaded with aid, including medical supplies, medicines, food, and limited quantities of fuel).

* Return port – Rafah: on 08/27/2024 closed.

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* On 08/27/2024, the occupation forces continued their presence in the areas of incursion into the neighbourhoods of the city of Rafah and taking control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing and along the “Philadelphia Corridor” border strip between the Gaza Strip and the Arab Republic of Egypt, accompanied by their firing, tank and artillery shells, and aerial bombardment. towards citizens’ homes and property, and are still present at the time of preparation of the report.