In Occupied Palestine

Zionism in practice

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

08:00, 02 December until 08:00, 03 December 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: 36 more people have been killed within the past 48 hours, bringing the total number killed in Gaza since 7 October to at least 44,502. Another 96 have been wounded, bringing that total to 105,454. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 105; that of those injured is now more than 249.

OCHA:

Humanitarian Situation Update #243
Gaza Strip

Key Highlights

• An Emergency Medical Team was successfully deployed to Kamal Adwan Hospital, in North Gaza, for the first time in 60 days. 

• A severe shortage of medical supplies and consumables is hindering the provision of essential healthcare across the Gaza Strip, and UNRWA warns that at least 60 medications will be depleted at its health facilities by the end of the year.  

• Water production decreased by nine per cent in November, mainly due to critical fuel shortages that have resulted in a 43-per-cent drop in production by groundwater wells across Gaza.   

• Humanitarian access continued to be partly denied or impeded during November, and UNRWA had to suspend the collection of aid supplies from Kerem Shalom crossing due to insecurity and looting of humanitarian cargo.

Humanitarian Developments

• Israeli bombardment from the air, land and sea continues to be reported across the Gaza Strip, resulting in further civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction of civilian infrastructure. In the North Gaza governorate, the Israeli military has been carrying out a ground offensive since 6 October 2024, with fighting reported between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups. Israeli forces have continued to impose a tightened siege on Beit Lahiya, Beit Hanoun and parts of Jabalya and humanitarian assistance has been largely denied for about 60 days (see data below), leaving between 65,000 and 75,000 people without access to food, water, electricity or reliable health care, as mass casualty incidents continue. 

• Between the afternoons of 26 November and 3 December, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, 253 Palestinians were killed and 708 were injured. Between 7 October 2023 and 3 December 2024, at least 44,502 Palestinians were killed and 105,454 were injured, according to MoH in Gaza. 

• Between the afternoons of 26 November and 3 December, two Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza, according to the Israeli military. Between 7 October 2023 and 3 December 2024, according to the Israeli military and official Israeli sources cited in the media, more than 1,580 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, the majority on 7 October 2023 and its immediate aftermath. The figure includes 380 soldiers killed in Gaza or along the border in Israel since the beginning of the ground operation. In addition, 2,463 Israeli soldiers were reported injured since the beginning of the ground operation. 

• Representing the last lifeline for over two million Palestinians in Gaza, humanitarian workers continue to operate under challenging conditions that undermine their ability to meet humanitarian needs while facing risks to their personal safety. On 30 November, three World Central Kitchen (WCK) staff members were killed by an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle near an aid distribution site in Khan Younis, forcing the organization to pause its operations. On the same day, a Save the Children staff member, who is deaf, was killed in a separate Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis while returning home from a mosque. Save the Children condemned the attack in the strongest possible terms and demanded an investigation. On 27 November, UNRWA reported that two additional agency staff had been killed in Gaza, bringing the total fatality toll among UNRWA staff to 249. Overall, since 7 October 2023, at least 343 humanitarian workers have been killed in the Gaza Strip, including 253 UN staff. Calling for accountability and an immediate ceasefire to end the suffering, the Humanitarian Co-ordinator for the OPT, Muhannad Hadi, emphasized: “Humanitarians must be granted safe, sustained, and unimpeded access to all those in need. The continued killing of humanitarian workers is an unacceptable violation of international law and further intensifies the catastrophic humanitarian situation.” 

• On 28 November, over 75 Palestinians including children and women were reportedly killed in two strikes on two residential buildings in Beit Lahiya, in North Gaza, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) that remains blocked by the Israeli authorities from operating in the governorate. PCD further stated that the houses near one of the targeted buildings are inhabited and their residents may have also been killed or injured but their destiny remains unknown. On 29 November, PCD spokesperson described conditions in North Gaza governorate as a “total catastrophe” whereby many people are trapped under rubble for days until they die of their injuries or due to the lack of food and water. According to PCD, more than 2,700 people are estimated to have been killed in North Gaza since 6 October, half of whom have not been retrieved, and more than 10,000 have been injured. 

• The following are some of the other deadly incidents reported between 26 November and 1 December:  

  • On 26 November, at about 14:50, 15 Palestinians were reportedly killed and others injured when Al Hurriya School, sheltering Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), was hit in Az Zeitoun neighbourhood in southeastern Gaza city. 

  • On 27 November, at about 02:00, at least nine Palestinians including six females were reportedly killed and 20 others were injured when two floors of a building of Al Tab’aeen School, sheltering IDPs, was hit in central Gaza city. 

  • On 28 November, at about 08:40, nine Palestinians including at least one woman were reportedly killed and several others injured when a group of Palestinians sitting outside a house was hit in the New Camp, north of An Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir al Balah. 

  • On 29 November, at about 23:05, at least ten Palestinians, including two women and two children, were reportedly killed when an apartment was hit in a building in Ash Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in northern Gaza city. 

  • On 29 November, the head of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Kamal Adwan Hospital, in North Gaza, was reportedly killed in an Israeli airstrike in North Gaza. 

  • On 30 November, at about 11:35, at least eight Palestinians were reportedly killed when a five-story residential building was hit in Ash Shuja’iyeh neighbourhood, in eastern Gaza city.  

  • On 30 November, at about 13:00, at least 12 Palestinians were reportedly killed and others injured when an area near an aid distribution point was hit in Qizan an-Najjar Village in southern Khan Younis. 

  • On 30 November, at about 16:25, over 40 Palestinians were reportedly killed or injured, according to PCD, when a house sheltering tens of IDPs was hit in Tal Az-Za’atar in North Gaza. Many people are still trapped under the rubble due to very limited resources for retrieval and rescue. 

  • On 1 December, at about 19:00, 25 Palestinians, including women and children, were reportedly killed when a house was hit in Beit Lahiya Project in North Gaza. 

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West Bank

[Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Ramallah – 04:25, Israeli Occupation forces opened fire on a vehicle, near the Silwad to al-Mazra’a al-Sharqiya road junction, wounding an occupant: Abdul Salam Tamim Abdullah Hammad.

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Tulkarem – 19:10, Israeli forces shot and wounded a man, Muhammad Nidal Abu Awad, in the area between the towns of Baqa al-Sharqiya and Zeita.

Home invasion – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 14:00, Israeli Occupation forces invaded a home in the Jabal Mukaber neighbourhood, and took prisoner a resident: Nour Zahayka.

Home invasion and forced personal demolition: Jerusalem – the Israeli Occupation forced a resident, Hala Al-Obeidi, to destroy her home in Beit Hanina – or otherwise be forced to pay an extortionate sum to the Israeli Occupation demolition squads, who would be sent in to do it.

Forced personal removal and demolition of mobile home: Jerusalem – the Israeli Army forced a resident to remove and destroy his mobile home in Beit Hanina – or otherwise be forced to pay Israeli forces for the destruction.

Home invasion: Nablus – dawn, the Israeli Army invaded Sebastia, raiding and searching a house.

Israeli police and settlers’ mosque violation: Jerusalem – 08:00, Israeli settlers, escorted by Occupation police, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and molested worshippers.

Israeli Army population–control: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces demolished a shop, in the Shuafat refugee camp.

Israeli Army population–control – youngster abducted: Jenin – 22:30, Israeli forces abducted a 16-year-old youth, Adam Amjad Nader Abu Farha, near Israel’s Annexation Wall in the village of Rumana.

Israeli Army violence – severe beating-up and hospitalisation: Nablus – 23:40, Israeli troops, at the Deir Sharaf checkpoint, severely beat-up and hospitalised a Balata refugee camp resident:Ahmed Ali Qaraan.

Israeli Army armed robbery – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 21:00, the Israeli military seized a man’s motor vehicle, at the Beit Furik checkpoint, and took him prisoner.

Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Bethlehem – Israeli Occupation settlers invaded agricultural land in the al-Baqa’a area, west of al-Minya village, cutting down and uprooting around 120 olive trees.

Occupation settler land-grab – agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 13:20, Israeli settlers invaded, occupied and bulldozed agricultural land near al-Dhahiriya.

Raid – 3 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces raided the Qalandiya refugee camp, taking prisoner three people.

Raid – school invaded – pupils forced out – surveillance: Ramallah – morning, Israeli forces raided the village of Dura al-Qar’ and invaded the village boys’ school, forcing students to leave andseizing surveillance-camera recordings.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 01:55–03:40, the Israeli Army raided the village of al-Mughayir, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 02:50, Israeli troops raided the town of al-Mazra’a al-Sharqiya, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 02:50, Israeli soldiers raided the city, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 22:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Beit Qad, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – populaton–control – agricultural sabotage: Tulkarem – 10:10-15:05, Israeli forces raided Attil and issued stop-work and evacuation notices to a number of farmers, on land near Israel’s Annexation Wall.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 02:40, the Israeli Army raided Deir al-Ghusun, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 10:25-15:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Ras Atiya.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 03:10–06:40, the Israeli military raided the village of Salem, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Salfit – 13:35-14:55, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Qarawat Bani Hassan.

Raid: Salfit – 18:45–05:55, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Kifl Haris.

Raid – 7 taken prisoner: Salfit – 01:30–05:55, Israeli forces raided the town of al-Zawiya, taking prisoner seven people.

Raid – surveillance: Jericho – 09:05–10:45, the Israeli Army raided the city and searched the Headquarters of the Stork Company.

Raid – stun grenades fired: Bethlehem – 16:35-17:55, Israeli troops, firing stun grenades, raided the village of Husan.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Bethlehem – 02:00, the Israeli military raided the city as well as the al-Azza refugee camp, taking prisoner two people and interrogating others, ordering some to report to Israeli Military Intelligence.

Raid – population–control: Bethlehem – 02:00, Israeli soldiers raided the Aida refugee camp, interrogated residents and ordered some to report to Israeli Military Intelligence.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, the Israeli Army raided the town of Sa’ir, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:50–07:00, Israeli troops raided the town of Yatta, taking prisoner two people.

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