In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 17 October until 08:00, 18 October 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: 62 more people have been killed, bringing the total number killed in Gaza since 7 October to at least 42,500. Another 300 have been wounded, bringing that total to 99,546. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 113 and, that of those injured, is now more than 264.
Will Israel learn from its history or
be doomed to repeat its mistakes?
By Ali Kazak | 19 October 2024
https://johnmenadue.com/will-
Israel succeeded in what it is good at — destroying, killing children and women and assassinating leaders — in killing Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. But the Israelis are only deceiving themselves if they think that through their crimes, they can accomplish success for their colonial project and force the Palestinian people to surrender.
Since its establishment in Palestine in 1948, Israel has committed hundreds of massacres, killing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, ethnically cleansing over seventy per cent of the Palestinian people, destroying 530 villages and towns, and now the entire Gaza strip, it has poisoned Fatah and PLO leader Yasser Arafat, assassinated his deputy Khalil al-Wazir in Tunisia, killed Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Ismael Haniyeh, and assassinated dozens of other Palestinian leaders; but Israel did not achieve victory and did not advance its colonial project an iota.
If Israel could not force the Palestinian people to surrender in 1948, when they were weak and displaced, it would not be able to do so today when they are stronger, more numerous and organised. The more crimes Israel commits, the more determined the Palestinian people are to continue their struggle to liberate their homeland and achieve their legitimate rights to the return of refugees to their cities and exercise their right to self-determination in their homeland, and new leaders will emerge to lead their march towards freedom.
Israeli arrogance, Western hypocrisy, and appeasement of this sadistic monster that it created, armed and protects to serve its interests in the Arab world will only bring more wars, bloodshed and instability in the Middle East and the world at large. While the US and some Western governments say they support a two states solution, instead of holding Israel accountable for its crimes and systematic violations, they reward it.
The US cannot hide from its complicity and partnership in Israel’s war crimes against the Palestinian and Arab people and destabilisation of the Middle East, which are being conducted with American weapons, financial assistance, political support, and protection. The United States continues to arm Israel to the teeth with the deadliest weapons it produces and finance its budget with around 24 billion US dollars this year alone.
Without this blind and unconditional support, Israel would not dare to challenge the international community, breach international law and resolutions, and continue with its occupation, violations, and crimes. This hypocrisy and double standard is the main reason behind the feeling of animosity and hatred from the international community towards the United States and some other countries.
The influence of the Israeli lobby over the US and other Western governments, especially Britain, Canada, and Australia, has become so powerful that their governments and main opposition parties are captive to it and compete with each other in showing their support for Israel to please its lobby and gain its approval, to the extent of often putting Israel’s interests above their own countries’ national interests and above international law.
The Palestinians have the right to fight for their freedom and independence. Israel, like all colonialists and occupiers, has no right to defend its occupation and an apartheid regime.
No honest person can blame the Palestinians for the conflict and collapse of the peace process, which the Israeli government turned into a process without peace. Occupation, oppression, ethnic cleansing, the building of colonies and apartheid are not the fault of Palestinians. If Israel and its Western protectors are keen for peace and security and do not want the October 7 operation or even worse to be repeated again, they must learn from history and their experience with the Palestinian people and the fate of all colonialists and apartheid regimes and recognise the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to return, self-determination, and equality.
The Palestinian people will not surrender; they are here to stay and achieve their rights no matter how long it takes and what the sacrifices are. Their history is full of invasions, from the Greeks and Romans to the Crusaders. They only remained in the dark pages of Palestine’s history. The current Zionist invasion will meet the same fate.
The Palestinian people, like all people, are entitled to have the right to live in freedom, peace and security in their homeland. The sooner Israel recognises this reality, the better for everyone.
West Bank
[Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Israeli Army attack – olive harvester shot dead: Jenin – 11:00, Israeli Occupation forces opened fire towards olive harvesters, close to entrance to Faqua village, killing a woman: Hanan Abdel Rahman Abu Salama.
Israeli Army attack – 2 youngsters and 1 adult wounded: Nablus – 13:15, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed Beit Furik, wounding two children, 15-year-old Izz al-Din Fadi Malitat and Nandour Samir Malitat (aged 16), as well as one other person: Hadi Munjed Fares Malitat.
Israeli Army attack – 3 wounded: Bethlehem – 13:30-17:10, Israeli forces stormed Beit Fajjar, wounding three people.
Israeli Army attack – 2 children wounded: Hebron – 15:00, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition and stun grenades near the entrance to the al-Fawar refugee camp, wounded two children: 11-year-old Yousef Akram Abu Ghazi and Ahmed Mohammed Abu Tama’a (aged 13).
Home invasion and forced personal demolition: Jerusalem – the Israeli Occupation forced a resident, Abdul Karim Qaoud Al-Tamimi, to destroy his home in the Silwan neighbourhood – or otherwise be forced to pay an extortionate sum to the Israeli Occupation demolition squads, who would be sent in to do it.
Home invasions and vandalism: Tubas – 01:35–04:05, Israeli forces raided the city, searched two houses and bulldozed streets.
Home invasions and surveillance: Nablus – 21:15–01:40, the Israeli Army raided Tal village, seizing surveillance-camera recordings from homes and shops.
Home invasion: Jericho – 17:15–01:35, Israeli troops raided the Ein Sultan refugee camp and searched a house.
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 – evening, Israeli Occupation forces stopped vehicles and assaulted people, in the Bab al-Khalil area.
Israeli Army population–control: Jerusalem – evening, Israeli forces stopped vehicles and assaulted people, in the Sheikh Jarrah area.
Israeli Army population–control: Jerusalem – evening, the Israeli Army attacked motor vehicles, passing through the Ras al-Amud area.
Israeli Army population–control: Ramallah – 19:15, Israeli Occupation forces closed to traffic the entrance to Turmusaya.
Israeli Army olive harvest sabotage: Qalqiliya – 15:20–16:40, Israeli troops forced off olive harvesters from Kafr Qaddum village land, close to the the Kedumim Occupation settlement.
Israeli Army olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 10:00, the Israeli Army forced a halt to olive harvesting on Qusra farmland.
Israeli Army population–control: Hebron – 12:25, Israeli forces prevented the noon Call to Prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Occupation settler population–control: Qalqiliya – 20:00–21:00, Israelis, from the Kedumim Occupation settlement, closed the nearby roundabout on the main Qalqiliya to Nablus road.
Occupation settler olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 09:45, an armed Israeli, from the Yitzhar Occupation settlement, drove off olive harvesters from Huwara town land and seized the collected produce.
Occupation settler olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 10:05, Israeli settlers assaulted and prevented families in the al-Malassa area, south of the village of Burin, from harvesting their olives.
Occupation settler olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 10:35–12:00, Occupation settlers forced off olive harvesters from Rujeib village, seized the olives they had collected and set fire to a motor vehicle.
Occupation settler olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 10:50, Israeli settlers, in the Wadi al-Bir area of the village of Jalloud, attacked farmers and prevented them from harvesting their olives.
Occupation settler olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 12:40, an Israeli, from the Yitzhar Occupation settlement, assaulted a man, Sheth Ahmed Nour, and prevented him from harvesting his olives.
Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 21:40, Occupation settlers invaded Jalloud village and stoned people’s homes, shattering their windows.
Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 23:15–01:00, Israeli settlers invaded the outskirts of Burin village and stoned a home.
Occupation settler population–control: Salfit – 18:00-19:00, Occupation settlers prevented people from entering or leaving the village of Yasuf.
Occupation settler olive harvest sabotage: Salfit – 18:00, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded the east of Yasuf village and assaulted olive harvesters, injuring one of them: Saif Suhail Khader Hussein.
Occupation settler vandalism and population–control: Salfit – 18:00, Israelis, from the Kfar Tapuach settlement, vandalised the electricity generator that supplies Yasuf village, causing a power outage.
Occupation settler stoning: Hebron – 21:10, Occupation settlers stoned passing vehicles at the northern entrance to Halhul.
Raid: Jerusalem – 14:40-18:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of al-Jib.
Raid: Jerusalem – 15:30, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Bir Nabala.
Raid: Ramallah – 10:15-17:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Ein Qiniya.
Raid: Ramallah – 11:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Ein Yabroud.
Raid: Ramallah – 11:00-17:50, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Beit Liqiya.
Raids: Ramallah – 15:25–19:25, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Bir Zeit and Kobar as well as the villages of Barham and Abu Shukheidem.
Raids: Ramallah – 17:35-20:55, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Ni’lin and the village of Deir Qadis.
Raid: Ramallah – 00:35, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Saleh.
Raid: Ramallah – 02:10–04:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Bil’in village.
Raid: Jenin – 10:30-17:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Silat al-Dahr.
Raid: Jenin – 16:50-07:50, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of al-Jalameh.
Raid: Tubas – 01:35–04:05, Israeli soldiers raided the village of Tayasir.
Raids: Tulkarem – 10:35–12:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided the Shweika suburb, as well as the village of al-Jaroushiya.
Raids: Tulkarem – 12:25–16:29, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Baqa al-Sharqiya as well as the villages of al-Nazlah al-Sharqiya, Nazlat Abu al-Nar, Farun and Izbit Shufa.
Raids: Tulkarem – 19:15-21:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Anabta and Kafr al-Labad.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 04:50, Israeli troops raided Allar and Attil, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Tulkarem – 04:50, the Israeli military raided the village of Saida.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 12:00-14:35, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Kafr Thulth.
Raids: Qalqiliya – 12:10–14:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided Azzun as well as the village of Saniriya.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 01:34–06:15, Israeli forces raided the city, taking prisoner three people.
Raid: Nablus – 09:10-11:55, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Awarta.
Raid – olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 09:35-12:25, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Tal village, forcing people to abandon olive harvesting.
Raids (including in refugee camp): Nablus – 12:25-15:05, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the eastern neighbourhoods of the city, as well as in the Askar refugee camp.
Raids: Nablus – 13:15-16:20, Israeli soldiers raided Beita and the village of Beit Dajan.
Raids: Nablus – 15:10-21:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the villages of Burin, Madama and Asira al-Qibliya.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 18:05-01:40, Israeli forces raided the village of Osirin and detained a resident.
Raids: Nablus – 19:00–01:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Asira al-Shamaliya as well as Jama’in.
Raid: Nablus – 20:10–01:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Qusin.
Raid – 1 child abducted: Nablus – 21:50-00:40, the Israeli military raided Beit Furik and abducted a child.
Raid: Nablus – 22:10–00:50s, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Jalloud.
Raids: Salfit – 08:25–14:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Bidya as well as the village of Masha.
Raid: Salfit – 10:35-11:35, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Qarawat Bani Hassan.
Raid: Salfit – 10:50, the Israeli Army raided Deir Ballut.
Raids: Salfit – 11:00–14:30, Israeli troops raided al-Zawiya as well as the village of Rafat.
Raid: Salfit – 17:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Deir Ballut.
Raids: Salfit – 21:05–06:10, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Qarawat Bani Hassan, Bidya, al-Zawiya and also the villages of Masha and Sarta.
Raid: Salfit – 01:20–06:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Rafat.
Raid: Salfit – 23:05–21:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Haris.
Raid – including on refugee camp: Jericho – 17:15–01:35, the Israeli Army raided the city as well as the Aqbat Jabir refugee camp.
Raid: Bethlehem – 20:00–01:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled al-Khadr.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 23:30, the Israeli military raided the village of Husan, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Hebron – 11:50, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled al-Samou.
Raid: Hebron – 12:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Yatta.
Raid: Hebron – 20:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Beit Ula.
Raid: Hebron – 23:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the city.
Raid: Hebron – 00:50, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Idhna.
Raid: Hebron – 02:00, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Halhul.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:35, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Yatta, taking prisoner two people.