In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 28 November until 08:00, 29 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: 33 more people have been killed within the past 48 hours, bringing the total number killed in Gaza since 7 October to at least 44,363. Another 137 have been wounded, bringing that total to 105,070. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 106; that of those injured is now more than 251.
Palestine today
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Ali Kazak akazak@bigpond.net.au
Israeli Finance Minister: We will halve Gaza’s population in 2 years
Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has openly called for the permanent military occupation of Gaza, in order to depopulate the enclave of Palestinians. Smotrich also called for the same to happen in Lebanon and the West Bank, in what many critics are saying is a direct call for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians and Arabs.
Biden OKs $680m Israel arms sale despite new Gaza ceasefire push: Reports
The Administration of United States President Joe Biden is reported to have provisionally approved a $680m arms package to Israel, even as it asserts that it is pushing for peace in the Middle East. Reports of the arms deal on Wednesday come a day after Biden announced a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah and promised to renew efforts to reach a similar agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza – one he has repeatedly promised but failed to deliver. To date, Israel has killed at least 44,282 Palestinians in Gaza since the war began when a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel killed at least 1,139 people. Israeli forces have killed more than 3,800 people in Lebanon in the past 13 months.
Israeli forces escalate West Bank raids, detaining 15 Palestinians including a child
In a series of violent raids across the Occupied West Bank as a ceasefire was agreed in Lebanon, Israeli forces detained 15 Palestinians, including a child, on Tuesday night. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission reported that Palestinian homes were damaged during the raids, which occurred in Bethlehem, Hebron, Nablus, Qalqiliya, Ramallah and Tubas. The raids were accompanied by assaults, threats, and other abuses against detainees and their families. Palestinian media shared footage showing Israeli forces storming the town of Bani Na’im in Hebron on Tuesday, where they detained a woman and a child. On Monday, the Palestinian Authority confirmed the deaths of two Palestinians, including a teenage boy, during an Israeli raid on the West Bank village of Yabad. According to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa, Israeli forces entered the village on Sunday night, sparking clashes during which two Palestinians were fatally shot. The victims were identified by the Palestinian Health Ministry as 13-year-old Muhammad Rabie Hamarsheh and 20-year-old Ahmad Mahmud Zaid.
Why experts say Netanyahu has no immunity before ICC as France claims
The Rome Statute has a provision against immunities for senior state officials, including heads of state, but some countries attempt to defy the rule for political convenience. France’s claim that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “immune” from international arrest after a warrant was issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is contrary to international law, experts and judges have said. Heads of state are not immune before the ICC, even if they belong to a state that has not signed the court’s founding treaty, the Rome Statute, according to previous judgements as well as the opinion of leading immunity scholars who spoke with Middle East Eye. All 124 state parties to the Rome Statute, including all EU members, are now under a legal obligation to arrest the pair and surrender them to the court.
France’s argument was previously used by states that refused to arrest Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, both wanted by The Hague-based court. But judges have consistently rejected those arguments as contrary to the provisions of the Rome Statute. While some may argue that Netanyahu as a serving prime minister is entitled to immunity before national courts, the rules under international courts are unequivocal in rejecting immunity for individuals under their jurisdiction. According to Article 27 of the Rome Statute, all wanted persons are equal before the court, including heads of state or government. No immunities under international law may bar the court from exercising its jurisdiction.
West Bank
[Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Israeli Army attack: Ramallah – 12:30–15:10, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the city and invaded the Council‘s offices.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Qalqiliya – 14:30, Israeli forces shot, wounded and hospitalised one person, Abdullah Othman Izzat Mustafa Shamasneh, on the road between Jayus and the village of al-Nabi Elias.
Israeli Army attack – home invasion: Bethlehem – 19:10–22:00, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, stormed Husan village and searched a home.
Home invasion and forced personal demolition: Jerusalem – 12:40, the Israeli Occupation forced a resident, Abd Odeh, to destroy his home in the Jabal al-Mukabir 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 in towns, refugee camps and village: Bethlehem – 23:55–02:25, Israeli forces invaded a number of houses during raids on Bethlehem, Beit Jallah, Beit Sahour, Doha, al-Khadr, Janata and Artas village, as well as the al-Azzah and Aida refugee camps.
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: Jerusalem – 12:00, Israeli Occupation forces, raiding the town of Beit Anan, went on to demolish two nearby agricultural facilities.
Israeli Army destruction: Ramallah – 11:20, Israeli forces demolished a motor vehicle garage in Beit Liqiya.
Israeli Army olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 10:10, the Israeli Army prevented tractors and other agricultural vehicles, as well as olive harvesters, from reaching an olive harvesting area east of Salem village.
Occupation settler violence: Ramallah – 06:35–08:00, armed Israeli Occupation settlers imposed their presence, near the western entrance to the al-Tira neighbourhood.
Occupation settler terrorism: Tubas – 17:15, Israeli settlers invaded the Khirbet Samra housing area, in the North Jordan Valley, and threatened residents.
Occupation settler violence and pastoral sabotage: Tubas – 22:40, Israeli settlers, in the Umm al-Quba area of the North Jordan Valley, assaulted a number of cattle-herders. They also killed a calf.
Occupation settler violence and olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 11:50-14:00, Israelis, from the Alon Moreh Occupation settlement, raided and assaulted olive harvesters at work on landbelonging to Deir al-Hatab and Salem villages. One harvester, Linda Hussein Rateb Hamdan, was injured.
Occupation settler damage to olive trees: Nablus – 13:00, Occupation settlers invaded Qusra town agricultural land and cut off branches from around 40 olive trees.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 13:20, an Israeli, from the Shama Occupation settlement, south of al-Dhahiriya, invaded and ploughed an area of agricultural land.
Raid – agricultural sabotage: Jerusalem – 12:00-14:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Beit Anan and demolished two agricultural facilities.
Raid: Jerusalem – 14:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Qalandiya.
Raid: Ramallah – 16:20-19:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Malik.
Raid – on refugee camp: Ramallah – 19:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the Jalazoun refugee camp.
Raids: Ramallah – 20:00–03:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the villages of Shuqba and Kharbatha al-Misbah.
Raid: Ramallah – 00:40–01:45, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of Silwad.
Raid: Ramallah – 01:55, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Beit Liqiya.
Raids – on 7 villages: Jenin – 17:35, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the villages of al-Jalama, Arranah, Arbouna, Deir Ghazaleh, Faqua, Deir Abu Daif and Jalqamus.
Raid: Jenin – 19:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Ya’bad.
Raid: Jenin – 06:35, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of Araba.
Raid: Tulkarem – 06:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the city’s Shweika suburb.
Raids: Tulkarem – 16:55, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of Anabta as well as the village of Ramin.
Raids: Tulkarem – 21:25–23:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the Shweika suburb as well as the town of Deir al-Ghusun.
Raid – vandalism and population–control: Tulkarem – 22:05–23:15, Israeli forces raided the city and the town of Bal’a, issuing a demolition order on the family home of a prisoner: Muhammad Talal Farid.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 16:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Elias.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 00:15–03:15, Israeli troops raided the city, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 00:55–03:50, the Israeli military raided the village of Baqa al-Hatab, taking prisoner two people.
Raids: Nablus – 14:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of Qabalan as well as the village of Yatma.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 22:40–02:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Einabus, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – abduction – armed robbery and 3 more taken prisoner: Nablus – 03:35–07:30, Israeli forces raided Beit Furik, abducting a 17-year-old youth: Muhammad Mahmoud Khatatbeh. Three other people were taken prisoner and Israeli troops robbed people of cash, three motor vehicles and gold jewellery.
Raid: Nablus – 05:05–06:55, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the city.
Raid: Salfit – 11:15–13:50, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of Bidya.
Raids – on city and refugee camps: Jericho – 02:40–04:35, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the city, as well as the Ein Sultan and Aqbat Jabir refugee camps.
Raid: Bethlehem – 23:35–01:35, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Umm Salamuna.
Raid – on refugee camp – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 09:05, Israeli Occupation forces raided the al-Fawar refugee camp, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Hebron – 10:55-19:40, Israeli forces raided the city and invaded a shop.
Raid: Hebron – 00:20, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Sa’ir.
Raids: Hebron – 06:15, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the towns of Idhna and Dura.