In Occupied Palestine

Zionism in practice

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

08:00, 05 November until 08:00, 06 November 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: The total number killed in Gaza since 7 October is at least 43,391.

The total number injured in Gaza since 7 October is at least 102,347.

The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 109 and, that of those injured, is now more than 258.

OCHA:

Humanitarian Situation Update #236
Gaza Strip

7 November 2024

Key Highlights

• Between 29 October and 4 November, Israeli forces killed five Palestinians and injured 22 across the West Bank while Israeli settlers carried out 35 attacks against Palestinians that resulted in casualties or property damage.

• Three Palestinian Bedouin families were displaced amid repeated Israeli settler attacks and two families were displaced by the demolition of their homes for lacking building permits in Area C and East Jerusalem.

• An Israeli forces operation in Nur Shams Refugee Camp (Tulkarm), home to about 14,000 Palestine refugees, resulted in the displacement of four families and caused extensive damage to over 100 residential and livelihood structures. The UNRWA office inside the camp was also bulldozed.

• A Palestinian family in East Jerusalem successfully reclaimed their home less than two months after Israeli settlers seized and took over their property.

• Funding shortages threaten mobile health clinics serving communities in Area C across the West Bank, with 96 Palestinian communities at risk of losing these services in 2025, the UN Population Fund warns.

Latest Developments (after 4 November)

• According to initial information, on 5 November, eight Palestinians were killed and at least four were injured by Israeli forces in four operations by Israeli forces in Jenin, Tubas, and Tulkarm, all in the northern West Bank. Two were killed in Ash Shuhada village (Jenin); two in Tammun (Tubas), and four during an 11-hour operation in Qabatiya (Jenin). These included airstrikes and other lethal war-like tactics. In Qabatiya, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that Israeli forces delayed their team while trying to evacuate casualties, including a young man — one of the four fatalities — who was shot near Salah ad Din Mosque and left bleeding for nearly an hour.

• On 5 November, during a 12-hour military operation in Tulkarm city and its refugee camps, Israeli forces caused widespread destruction and injured at least four people. Bulldozers damaged roads, homes and commercial shops, with several houses rendered uninhabitable, according to initial information. Extensive damage to the water network has caused disruptions to the water supply, in some areas continuing as of the time of writing of this update. During the operation, PRCS rescued a girl stranded in a kindergarten in Tulkarm Camp, reuniting her with her family late at night.

• On 5 November, Israeli authorities demolished four residential buildings in Al Bustan area of Silwan (East Jerusalem), displacing 42 people, nearly half of whom were children. Al Bustan, home to over 1,500 Palestinians, is the target of an Israeli settlement-related plan entailing the demolition of dozens of Palestinian housing units.

Humanitarian Developments (29 October – 4 November)

• During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed five Palestinians, including one child, and injured 22 others, including four children, across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. The incidents resulting in fatalities are as follows:

  • On 30 October, an Israeli undercover unit entered a supermarket in Tulkarm refugee camp, where they shot and killed a 28-year-old Palestinian man wanted by the Israeli army. Hours later, at dawn on 31 October, Israeli forces raided the nearby Nur Shams refugee camp (Tulkarm), home to 14,000 Palestinian refugees, exchanged fire with Palestinians who also threw explosive devices at the forces, and carried out an airstrike. Local sources indicated that the airstrike hit a square of buildings in the middle of the camp killing two Palestinian men, aged 19 and 20 and displaced four families comprising 23 people. According to UNRWA, at least 100 residential and livelihood structures sustained damage during the operation, and roads in and around the camp were significantly bulldozed, damaging water, electricity and telecommunication infrastructure. The UNRWA office in the camp was bulldozed, leaving the building—the hub of their operations—unusable and slated for demolition. Another 32-year-old Palestinian man was killed by a sniper while he was inside his house in the camp.

  • On 3 November, Israeli forces deployed near Road 60, north of Halhul (Hebron), shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in unclear circumstances. The body of the boy was taken by Israeli soldiers and PRCS subsequently received the body from the entrance of Efrata settlement.

• During the reporting period, OCHA documented 61 settler incidents affecting Palestinians, including 35 attacks that resulted in casualties, property damage or both. In total, four Palestinians were injured, three by Israeli settlers and one by Israeli forces, and about 120 trees, mainly olives, and 24 Palestinian-owned vehicles were vandalised. Incidents include cases where settlers were caught on camera stealing crops of Palestinian-owned olive trees. Since 1 October, OCHA has documented 177 settler incidents directly related to the olive harvest in 73 communities across the West Bank, the majority of which (129 incidents) resulted in casualties or property damage. During the same period, 63 Palestinians were injured by Israeli settlers, 13 by Israeli forces, and more than 1,200 mostly olive trees burnt, sawed-off or otherwise vandalised, and many crops and harvesting tools stolen.

• The following are some of the key settler incidents that took place during the reporting period, which entailed intimidation, harassment, physical injury, property damage or a combination thereof, and include cases where Israeli forces were present:

• • On 29 October, Israeli settlers believed to be from Gilad Farm outpost, accompanied by Israeli forces, opened fire at Palestinian families harvesting olives near Far’ata village, in Qalqiliya governorate, injuring two Palestinians.

  • On 4 November, Palestinian farmers, discovered that about 60 olive trees, most of which aged over 60 years, had been uprooted on land they own near Migdalim settlement, in Nablus governorate. The affected families have been unable to reach their land during the 2023 olive harvest season and were only authorised by Israeli forces to access it this season.

  • On 4 November, Israeli settlers, some armed and others reportedly carrying stones and sticks, vandalised two houses and 30 olive trees in Birin village, in Hebron governorate. The settlers are believed to be from Pnei Hever settlement.

  • On 4 November, masked Israeli settlers, believed to be from outposts near Beit El settlement, set fire to parked Palestinian-owned vehicles in Al Bireh city, in Ramallah governorate, affecting at least 18 families. At least 18 cars were burnt and four inhabited apartments caught fire and sustained damage. The Palestinian Civil Defence evacuated the residents, so no one was hurt.

• On 29 October, three Palestinian families comprising 15 people, including seven children, were displaced in Al Mu’arrajat East Bedouin community, between Ramallah and Jerusalem governorates, following repeated attacks and intimidation by Israeli settlers.

• During the reporting period, Israeli forces demolished or forced the demolition of 14 Palestinian-owned structures due to the lack of Israeli-issued permit in Area C and East Jerusalem. As a result, two families comprising 14 people, including eight children, were displaced. Four structures, including a home extension, were demolished by their owners in East Jerusalem, displacing two people. On 30 October, Israeli forces demolished six agricultural structures near the West Bank Barrier in Qalqiliya city, including two greenhouses, and two other structures in Jericho city.

• As of 29 October, approximately 140 Palestinians from 15 families in East Jerusalem’s Umm Tuba neighbourhood face the imminent risk of displacement due to recent land title claims. One of the residents discovered, while applying for a building permit, that the 64-dunum area (about 16 acres) was registered under the ownership of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in May 2024 without notifying the residents or giving them an opportunity to provide documentation of ownership. The land includes a 20-dunum (about five acres) residential section where these families have resided for over 70 years. In response, the families have petitioned the Israeli High Court of Justice, arguing that the process was conducted without due notice, with public postings only in Hebrew, and without meaningful access for the affected residents. The court has scheduled a session for 8 December 2024 to address the case. Settlement expansion and related practices result in displacement and loss of livelihoods and generate humanitarian needs. Settlements contravene international humanitarian law.

• On 3 November, the Abu al Hawa family in At Tur neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, successfully reclaimed their home and land after Israeli settlers seized them on 16 September 2024 claiming ownership of the property. Under the protection of Israeli forces, the settlers had broken into and taken over the house, securing it with locks, barbed wire, and surveillance cameras. The family filed an objection at the Israeli Magistrate Court, and ultimately proved that the settlers never purchased the property from the legal owners. In total, 217 Palestinian households in East Jerusalem have eviction cases filed against them in Israeli courts, the majority by settler organisations, placing at least 968 people, including 424 children, at risk of displacement.

• Access to health care across the West Bank has become increasingly challenging since 7 October 2023, particularly in refugee camps and Area C, due to intensified operations by Israeli forces and movement restrictions affecting essential health services. In response to escalating challenges, Health Cluster partners have scaled up their interventions to support communities and boost capacities at primary health centres. In October, Health Cluster partners: delivered first-aid training sessions and equipped over 600 community volunteers with first-aid kits, enabling them to stabilize injured people until ambulances can reach them; distributed emergency trauma supplies to primary health-care centres in the northern West Bank, provided surgical equipment to Jenin Hospital; and over 36,000 primary health-care consultations across refugee camps and through mobile health clinics in Area C. One of the first-aid trainings, called “Stop the Bleeding,” was carried out by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Nur Shams refugee camp (Tulkarm), to empower residents with basic life-saving skills to address trauma injuries during frequent operations by Israeli forces, where the access of ambulances is often delayed. MSF is also providing psychological first aid to alleviate the profound mental health impacts of these operations, especially for children who experience constant fear and disrupted routines. Moreover, UNFPA-supported mobile health-care teams, operated by the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, which have become a lifeline for communities in Area C, is offering a range of services to over 30,000 Palestinians across the Hebron, Bethlehem, Qalqilya, and Tulkarm governorates. These include primary health care, sexual and reproductive health services, psychosocial support, and emergency first-aid training. The teams also play a key role in addressing gender-based violence. However, funding constraints threaten sustainability of the mobile clinics. If funding is not renewed, as many as 96 out of 189 communities could go without mobile health-care access by 2025.

• On 28 October, the Israeli Knesset adopted two laws that prohibit the Israeli authorities from having any contact with UNRWA and ban the agency from working in areas under Israeli sovereignty, which will enter into effect after three months. If implemented, these measures would likely prevent the delivery of UNRWA operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), including East Jerusalem, as mandated by the UN General Assembly to serve Palestine refugees, including 2.5 million registered in the OPT. In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, UNRWA’s absence would disrupt essential health, education, and social services, significantly impacting humanitarian conditions and potentially destabilising the region. This disruption would collapse operations across 96 schools serving 47,000 students, three vocational training centres, 43 health centres, and halt cash assistance and other support to over 150,000 Palestine refugees. Additionally, UNRWA’s emergency response, including critical interventions following Israeli forces operations in the northern West Bank, would cease. If implemented, the passed legislation would suffocate efforts to ease human suffering in Gaza and the entire OPT and would be an enormous setback to sustainable peace efforts and undermine the internationally recognized multilateral system.

West Bank

[Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded in refugee camp – home invasions: Jerusalem – 08:30, Israeli Occupation forces stormed the Qalandiya refugee camp, wounding a resident, Basil Azzam Harbi Abdul Qader, while invading homes.

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Ramallah – 22:00–02:50, Israeli troops raided the village of Abu Shukheidem, wounding a resident: Yousef Thaer Qandah.

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded in refugee camp: Ramallah – 22:00, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the village of Abu Shukheidem, wounding a resident: Yousef Thaer Qandah.

Israeli Army attack – home invasions: Jenin – 09:45–11:30, the Israeli Army opened fire on and set fire to a vehicle, while storming Meithalun and invading homes.

Israeli Army attack – 4 killed in refugee camp – journalist wounded: Jenin – 01:00, four people, Abdullah Taher Abu Zaid, Nasr Mahmoud Amin Kamil, Omar Mustafa Ahmed Saba’neh and Majdi Hamza Ahmed Saba’neh, were killed by Israeli troops invading homes in the town of Qabatiya. Israeli forces fired anti-tank rifle grenades at one house, seriously damaging it and wounding a journalist: Rabie Hassan Mounir.

Israeli Army attack – 2 wounded: Tulkarem – 09:30–23:15, the Israeli Army stormed the city, wounding two people, one of whom is Imran Azzam Aref Aslan.

Israeli Army attack – explosives and destruction in refugee camp – 1 person beaten-up: Tulkarem – 09:30–23:15, Israeli troops stormed the Nur Shams refugee camp, using explosives to destroy a shop, beating-up and hospitalising a resident as well as searching a mosque.

Israeli Army attack – arson in refugee camp: Tulkarem – 09:30–23:15, the Israeli military stormed the Tulkarem refugee camp and set fire to a supermarket.

Home invasions and destruction: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces demolished three apartment buildings, in the Silwan neighbourhood.

Home invasion – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 01:15, Israeli forces raided the Qalandiya refugee camp, taking prisoner a resident while invading his home.

Home invasions and destruction: Tubas – 03:00–11:20, the Israeli military raided the al-Far’a refugee camp and invaded a number of homes.

Home invasions in refugee camp – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Jenin – 01:30, raiding Israeli troops, while firing, invaded homes in the city as well as the refugee camp.

Home invasions: Jenin – dawn, the Israeli military raided the town of Burqin and searched a number of homes.

Home invasion: Qalqiliya – 23:30–01:45, Israeli soldiers raided the city 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 assault and injury: Jerusalem – 17:30, Israeli Occupation troops assaulted and severely injured a Silwan resident: Muhammad Ruwaidi.

Israeli Army mosque violation in refugee camp: Tulkarem – 09:30, Israeli forces searched the Al-Rawda Mosque during a raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp.

Israeli Army assault – two 16-year-old boys beaten–up: Bethlehem – 19:25, Israeli soldiers beat up two 16-year-old youths, Mahmoud Ahmed Muhad Taqatqa and Hamza Jamal Hassan Taqatqa, near the western entrance to Beit Fajjar.

Occupation settler violence – olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 11:25 Israeli Occupation settlers invaded agricultural land, near the town of Qusra, and assaulted working olive harvesters.

Occupation settler plunder – olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 19:20 Israeli settlers invaded Salem village land and stole the olive harvest.

Occupation settler stoning: Salfit – 20:20, Occupation settlers stoned passing vehicles, near the entrance to the village of Yasuf.

Occupation settler violence – olive harvest sabotage: Bethlehem – 10:25, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded Salfit village and assaulted a working olive harvester: Atef Yassin Hamamra.

Occupation settler violence – olive harvest sabotage: Hebron – 12:45, Israeli settlers invaded the Umm al-Amad area, to the west of Yatta, and assaulted working olive harvesters.

Raids: Ramallah – 22:00–02:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided Birzeit and Kobar.

Raid: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Silwad.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 04:45–06:00, the Israeli Army raided the city, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Salfit – 09:40-11:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Kafr al-Dik.

Raid – stun grenades fired: Salfit – 23:10–01:00, the Israeli forces, firing stun grenades, raided the city.

Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Hebron – 08:30-10:50, the Israeli Army raided the town of Surif, taking prisoner three people.

Raids: Hebron – dawn, Israeli troops raided al-Samou and al-Dhahiriya.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, the Israeli military raided Dura, taking prisoner one person.