In Occupied Palestine

Zionism in practice

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

08:00, 23 September until 08:00, 24 September 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 essential facilities, as well as constant gunfire and invasions by Israeli forces. The Israeli Navycontinues to fire missiles, targeting facilities and buildings along the entire Gaza shoreline.

Victims: 12 more people have been killed, bringing the total number killed in Gaza since 7 October to at least 41,467. Another 43 have been wounded, bringing that total up to 95,921. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 139 and, that of those injured is now more than 322.

OCHA: These atrocities must end

Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME/WASHINGTON – As world leaders gather in New York for the 79th United Nations General Assembly, and as the threat of a wider regional escalation looms, we renew our demand for an end to the appalling human suffering and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

We mourn the loss of innocent life everywhere, including those killed on October 7 and during the 11 months of conflict since then. 

We urgently call for a sustained, immediate and unconditional ceasefire. This is the only way to end the suffering of civilians and save lives.

All hostages and all those arbitrarily detained must be released immediately and unconditionally. 

Humanitarians must have safe and unimpeded access to those in need.

We cannot do our jobs in the face of overwhelming need and ongoing violence. More than 41,000 Palestinians in Gaza – the majority of them civilians, including women, children, older persons and at times entire families – have reportedly been killed, and more than 95,500 have been injured, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. It is estimated that a quarter of the injured in Gaza, or around 22,500 people, will require lifelong specialised rehabilitation and assistive care including individuals with severe limb injuries, amputations, spinal cord damage, traumatic brain injuries, and major burns.

More than 2 million Palestinians are without protection, food, water, sanitation, shelter, health care, education, electricity and fuel – the basic necessities to survive. Families have been forcibly displaced, time and time again, from one unsafe place to the next, with no way out. 

Women and girls’ dignity, safety, health and rights have been severely compromised. 

The risk of famine persists with all 2.1 million residents still in urgent need of food and livelihood assistance as humanitarian access remains restricted.

Healthcare has been decimated. More than 500 attacks on health care have been recorded in Gaza.

Aid hubs have been forced to relocate and re-build many times over; convoys carrying life-saving aid have been shot at, delayed and denied access; and relief workers have been killed in unprecedented numbers. The number of aid workers killed in Gaza in the past year is the highest ever in a single crisis.

Unnecessary and disproportionate force unleashed in the West Bank, combined with escalating settler violence, house demolitions, forced displacement and discriminatory movement restrictions, have caused increased fatalities and casualties.

The war is also jeopardising the future for all Palestinians and rendering eventual recovery far from reach. Meanwhile, close to 100 hostages remain in Gaza, while freed hostages have reported ill treatment, including sexual violence. The parties’ conduct over the last year makes a mockery of their claim to adhere to international humanitarian law and the minimum standards of humanity that it demands. 

Civilians must be protected and their essential needs must be met. There must be accountability for serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law. Humanitarian and aid organisations have been doing their utmost to provide relief in Gaza and the West Bank, often at great personal risk, and with many aid workers paying the ultimate price. 

Our capacity to deliver is indisputable if we are granted the access we need. The first round of the polio vaccination campaign, reaching more than 560,000 children under the age of 10, is but one example. The second round of vaccinations must be carried out safely and reach all children in Gaza. We urge world leaders, once again, to wield their influence to ensure respect for international humanitarian law, international human rights law and the rulings of the International Court of Justice – through diplomatic pressure and co-operation in ending impunity.

Let us be clear: The protection of civilians is a bedrock principle for the global community and in all countries’ interest. Allowing the abhorrent, downward spiral caused by this war in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to continue will have unimaginable, global consequences. 

These atrocities must end.

Signatories:¹

• Ms. Joyce Msuya, Acting Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

• Ms. Sofia Sprechmann Sineiro, Secretary General, CARE International 

• Dr. Qu Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 

• Ms. Amy E. Pope, Director General, International Organization for Migration (IOM) 

• Mr. Tom Hart, President and Chief Executive Officer, InterAction

• Ms. Tjada D’Oyen McKenna, Chief Executive Officer, Mercy Corps

• Mr. Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) 

• Ms. Paula Gaviria Betancur, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (SR on HR of IDPs)  

• Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 

• Ms. Janti Soeripto, President and Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children US 

• Ms. Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) 

• Mr. Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)  

• Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) 

• Ms. Catherine Russell, Executive Director, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF)  

• Ms. Sima Bahous, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Women 

• Ms. Cindy McCain, Executive Director, World Food Programme (WFP)  

• Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization (WHO)

[1] The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) fully supports the statement and the call by Principals of the IASC, for a sustained, immediate and unconditional ceasefire.

West Bank

[Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Tulkarem – 19:40–21:40, Israeli Occupation forces stormed into the town of Anabta, wounding a resident:Tariq Adnan Jabbar.

Israeli Army attack – 3 wounded – 1 beaten-up: Hebron – 20:30-07:40, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, stormed al-Dhahiriya, wounding two 17-year-old youths, Haidar Ahmed Wael Al-Batat and Muhammad Haitham Eid Shuwaika, as well as a third person: Younis Ali Younis Al-Qaisiyah. Israeli troops also severely beat-up one other resident: Atef Misbah Al-Jabarin.

Home invasions: Jenin – 22:30–02:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Arbouna and invaded a number of homes.

Home invasions – 2 taken prisoner: Jenin – 03:05–06:20, Israeli forces raided al-Yamoun and invaded a number of houses, taking prisoner two people.

Home invasions: Tubas – dawn, the Israeli Army raided Tamoun and invaded a number of homes.

Home invasions – violence – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Nablus – 01:30–04:00, Israeli troops, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the town of Beita, invaded a number of homes and assaulted a resident: Muhammad Baseem Muhammad Al-Najjar.

Home invasion and demolition: Jericho – 09:00, the Israeli military demolished a house, in the village of al-Jiftlik.

Home invasion and demolition: Hebron – Israeli forces demolished a home, as well as one other house under construction, in the west of Idhna town.

Home invasions: Hebron – 11:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided al-Dhahiriya and searched a number of houses.

Home invasion: Hebron – 00:35–07:40, Israeli forces raided the town of Idhna 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 – agricultural sabotage: Hebron – Israeli Occupation forces demolished a number of agricultural facilities, on the western side of Idhna.

Israeli Army – violation: Hebron – afternoon, Israeli forces prevented members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the State of Palestine from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City, in order to hide vandalism the mosque has being subjected to.

Israeli Army – mosque violation – population–control: Hebron – evening, the Israeli Army prevented residents from gaining access to the Ibrahimi Mosque, in order to enable Occupation settlers to invade the grounds and dance there to extremely loud music.

Israeli Army – land–violation: Salfit – Occupation forces bulldozed areas of land in the Bir Abu Ammar area, north-west of Qarawat Bani Hassan, to enable more settlement spread.

Occupation settler violence: Nablus – 14:05, Occupation settlers raided the Expo area, near Beit Iba, and assaulted a number of residents.

Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 17:00, Israelis, from the Yitzhar Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles on the nearbybypass road.

Occupation settler stoning: Salfit – 09:55, Israeli settlers stoned and damaged passing vehicles at the eastern entrance to Yasuf village.

Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Bethlehem – 13:25, Israeli Occupation settlers assaulted a working farmer, Mahmoud Hussein Musa, on his land in the Jabal Abu Sud area of al-Khadr.

Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 11:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Anata, taking prisoner three people.

Raid – stun grenades fired: Jerusalem – 18:20-20:50, Israeli forces, firing stun grenades, raided al-Ram.

Raid: Ramallah – evening, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Budrus village.

Raid – 6 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 01:10–03:40, Israeli troops raided the village of Deir Abu Mash’al, taking prisoner six people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 02:55–06:05, Israeli soldiers raided the city, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Jenin – 03:05–05:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided Ya’bad, taking prisoner three people.

Raid: Tubas – 08:30-10:50, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Atouf.

Raid – agricultural sabotage: Tulkarem – 13:55-16:00, the Israeli Army raided the Shweika suburb and demolished greenhouses.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 11:20–14:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Azzun.

Raid: Nablus – 22:00–23:55, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Qusra.

Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Nablus – 02:55–04:50, Israeli soldiers raided the city, taking prisoner three people.

Raid – 7 taken prisoner: Nablus – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces raided Madama village, taking prisoner seven people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Hebron – 01:50–04:20, Israeli forces raided the al-Arroub refugee camp, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:20–06:50, the Israeli Army raided Beit Ummar, taking prisoner one person.