In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 13 December until 08:00, 14 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: 55 more people have been killed within the past 48 hours, bringing the total number killed in Gaza since 7 October to at least 44,930. Another 170 have been wounded, bringing that total to 106,624. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 103; that of those injured is now more than 246.
Study Finds 96% of Gaza Children Fear Imminent Death —
And Half Want to Die
“The world’s failure to protect Gaza’s children is a moral failing on a monumental scale,” said one advocate.
Brett Wilkins | 13 December 2024
https://www.commondreams.org/
Amid a relentless Israeli onslaught that has wrought monumental physical and psychological destruction in Gaza, a report published this week revealed that nearly all children in the embattled Palestinian enclave believe their death is imminent—and nearly half of them want to die.
The Gaza-based Community Training Centre for Crisis Management, supported by War Child Alliance, surveyed more than 500 Palestinian children in Gaza last June and found that 96% of them fear imminent death, 92% are not accepting of reality, 79% suffer from nightmares, 77% avoid discussing traumatic events, 73% display signs of aggression, 49% wish to die because of the war, and many more “show signs of withdrawal and severe anxiety, alongside a pervasive sense of hopelessness.”
“This report lays bare that Gaza is one of the most horrifying places in the world to be a child,” War Child U.K. CEO Helen Pattinson said in a statement. “Alongside the levelling of hospitals, schools, and homes, a trail of psychological destruction has caused wounds unseen but no less destructive on children who hold no responsibility for this war.”
Israel’s 434-day assault on Gaza—which is the subject of an International Court of Justice genocide case—has left tens of thousands of children dead, maimed, missing, or orphaned and hundreds of thousands more forcibly displaced, starved, or sickened. Doctors and others, including volunteers from the United States, have documented many cases in which they’ve concluded Israeli snipers and other troops have deliberately shot children in the head and chest.
“The harm caused to Gaza’s children goes beyond statistics. Behind every number is a name, a life, and a future that is being extinguished before it can even begin,” Iain Overton, executive director of the U.K.-based group Action on Armed Violence, said in response to the new report.
“The world’s failure to protect Gaza’s children is a moral failing on a monumental scale,” he added. “We must act decisively and compassionately to ensure that these children’s voices are heard and their futures protected.”
In October, the UK-based charity, Oxfam International, said that Israel’s year–long assault on Gaza has been the deadliest year of conflict for women and children anywhere in the world over the past two decades. A year ago, the United Nations Children’s Fund called Gaza “the world’s most dangerous place to be a child.” Earlier this year, UN Secretary-General António Guterres, for the first time, added Israel to his so-called “List of Shame” of countries that kill and injure children during wars and other armed conflicts.
“The international community must act now before the child mental health catastrophe we are witnessing embeds itself into multi-generational trauma, the consequences of which the region will be dealing with for decades to come,” Pattinson stressed. “A cease-fire must be the immediate first step to allow War Child and other agencies to effectively respond to the intense psychological damage children are experiencing.”
Addressing the complicity of allies like the United States, Germany and Britain, who provide weapons and diplomatic cover for Israel, progressive UK parliamentarian Jeremy Corbyn wrote on social media in response to the new report, “Every single supplier of arms to Israel has blood on its hands — and the world will never forgive them.”
Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
West Bank
[Palestinian Monitoring Group]
Since midnight on 07 October 2023, Occupation forces have been imposing a complete closure around the whole of the West Bank.
Israeli Army attack – 1 child wounded: Nablus – 13:00, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition while storming Beit Furik, wounded a 15-year-old boy: Afif Firas Afif Malitat.
Israeli Army attack and home invasion – 1 killed, 1 wounded, 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 13:15–14:40, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed Beit Awa and raided a home, killing a special–needs resident: Muhammad Ahmad Ibrahim Masalma. One other resident, Ibrahim Ahmed Nasra, was wounded and another one taken prisoner.
Home invasion – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Nablus – 01:00–04:55, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the Balata refugee camp and invaded a home.
Home invasions: Hebron – 01:20–03:30, Israeli forces raided Beit Ummar and invaded two houses.
Israeli Army population–control: Tulkarem – 18:00, Israeli forces took prisoner a man, Ihsan Kamal Ahmed Eid, when he reported, as ordered, for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.
Israeli Army population–control: Qalqiliya – 12:45-15:00, Israeli Occupation forces closed the road under the Azzun town bridge.
Israeli Army population–control: Qalqiliya – 14:25, Israeli forces closed the entrance to the village of Kafr Laqif.
Israeli Army assault on protesters – rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired: Nablus – 12:05, the Israeli Army fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards protesters, in the Jabal Sabih area of Beita.
Israeli Army population–control: Hebron – 17:25, Israeli troops closed the northern entrance to the city.
Israeli Army population–control: Hebron – 01:00–07:40, the Israeli military raided both the Hebron University and Polytechnic University campuses during a raid on the city, posting student-threatening flyers on buildings.
Occupation settler armed violence and population–control: Nablus – 14:05–15:00, an armed guard, from the Yitzhar Occupation settlement, set–up a checkpoint on the road and held up vehicles travelling between the villages of Asira al-Qibliya and Urif.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Nablus – Israeli Occupation settlers invaded land in the Khirbet Tana area, east of Beit Furik, destroying fences and uprooting almond trees and grapevines.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Salfit – 18:30, Occupation settlers raided Qarawat Bani Hassan agricultural land and cut off branches from a number of olive trees.
Occupation settler violence: Jericho – Israeli settlers invaded the Arab al-Maliha community, in the al-Ma’arjat district, but were resisted and driven off by residents.
Occupation settler vandalism: Bethlehem – 00:45, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded an area, near Wadi Rahhal village, stoning a home and the smashing windows of the owner’s motor vehicle.
Raid – stun grenades fired: Jerusalem – 13:30-16:00, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades, raided the town of al-Ram.
Raid: Jerusalem – 16:40, Israeli forces raided the town of Kafr Aqab.
Raid: Jerusalem – 19:15-21:15, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Abu Dis.
Raid: Jerusalem – 19:10–23:45, Israeli troops again raided and patrolled Kafr Aqab.
Raid – on refugee camp: Jerusalem – 03:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the Qalandiya refugee camp.
Raids: Ramallah – 10:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the villages of Yabroud and Dura al-Qara.
Raid: Ramallah – 10:00-13:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Rantis.
Raid: Ramallah – 11:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Silwad.
Raid: Ramallah – 11:35-13:50, the Israeli Army raided Deir Dibwan.
Raid – child abducted: Ramallah – 11:35-13:50, Israeli troops raided Burqa village and abducted a 14-year-old boy: Amir Khaled Mohammed Abdul Nabi Muatan.
Raid: Ramallah – 12:00, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Deir Qadis.
Raid: Ramallah – 14:50, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of al-Nabi Saleh.
Raid: Ramallah – 15:05, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Kharbatha al-Misbah.
Raid: Ramallah – 23:45–06:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Saleh.
Raids: Jenin – 15:20-17:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the villages of al-Jalameh, Arbouna, Arranah, Deir Ghazaleh and Faqua.
Raid: Jenin – 20:05–23:15, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of Ya’bad.
Raid: Jenin – 21:15–00:10, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Faqua.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 03:00, Israeli soldiers raided the city, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Tulkarem – 03:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Farun.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 11:30-14:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Qaddum.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 14:10-16:20, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of al-Funduq.
Raids: Nablus – 09:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Asira al-Shamaliya, as well as the villages of Naqoura and Ijnisinya.
Raids: Nablus – 11:45, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Aqraba
as well as the village of Majdal Bani Fadel.
Raid: Nablus – 14:35, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Burqa.
Raids: Nablus – 15:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the villages of Qaryut and Jalloud.
Raid – stun grenades fired: Nablus – 15:50, Israeli forces, firing stun grenades, raided the village of Burin.
Raid: Nablus – 20:40–00:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Beit Furik.
Raid: Nablus – 22:40–00:50, Israeli troops raided the town of Aqraba.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Nablus – 22:40–00:50, the Israeli military, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided Osirin village.
Raid: Nablus – 07:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Odala.
Raids: Salfit – 20:05–22:55, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the villages of Yasuf and Iskaka.
Raid – city and refugee camps: Jericho – 09:00–12:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the city as well as the Ein Sultan and Aqbat Jabir refugee camps.
Raid: Jericho – 02:15–04:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of al-Auja.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Bethlehem – 13:50-15:20, Israeli troops, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, stormed the town of Tuqu.
Raid: Bethlehem – 00:15–01:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Marah Rabah.
Raids: Bethlehem – 01:05, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Tuqu’ as well as the village of Harmalah.
Raid: Hebron – 09:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the city.
Raid: Hebron – 13:00-14:15, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of Dura.
Raid: Hebron – 15:30, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of al-Dhahiriya.
Raid: Hebron – 20:05, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Khursa.
Raid: Hebron – 01:00–07:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the city, as well as Hebron and Polytechnic Universities.
Raid: Hebron – 02:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of Halhul.
Raid: Hebron – 04:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Idhna.