In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 18 December until 08:00, 19 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: 32 more people have been killed within the past 48 hours, bringing the total number killed in Gaza since 7 October to at least 45,129. Another 94 have been wounded, bringing that total to 0. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 103 and that of those injured is now more than 107,338.
International medics report on Gaza: Life in a death trap
The report by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) [Doctors Without Borders] deplores “Repeated Israeli military attacks on Palestinian civilians over the last 14 months, the dismantling of the health care system and other essential infrastructure, the suffocating siege, and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance are destroying the conditions of life in Gaza, Palestine. MSF is urgently calling on all parties, once again, for an immediate ceasefire to save lives and enable the flow of humanitarian aid. Israel must stop its targeted and indiscriminate attacks against civilians, and its allies must act without delay to protect the lives of Palestinians and uphold the rules of war.
“The recent military offensive in the north is a stark illustration of the brutal war the Israeli forces are waging on Gaza, and we are seeing clear signs of ethnic cleansing as Palestinians are forcibly displaced, trapped, and bombed,” says Christopher Lockyear, the MSF’s Secretary General. “What our medical teams have witnessed on the ground throughout this conflict is consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organisations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza.”
Human Rights Watch exposes Israel’s devastation and genocidal denial of water to Gaza
Human Rights Watch says Israel is intentionally cutting off water supplies and destroying infrastructure in Gaza. Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing “acts of genocide” by denying clean water to Palestinians in Gaza, and called on the international community to impose targeted sanctions. In a new 184-page report released on Thursday, the New York-based watchdog said that, since October 2023, Israeli authorities have “deliberately obstructed Palestinians’ access to the adequate amount of water required for survival in the Gaza Strip”.
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, preventing people (including even permit– holders) from entering both the city of Jerusalem as well as Israel, otherwise than for especially–negotiated exceptions. Permanent military checkpoints impose severe travel restrictions within the Occupied West Bank.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Hebron – 14:50, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed Halhul, wounding a resident: Qais Hashem Abdul Sami Shabana.
Israeli Army attack on refugee camp: Hebron – evening, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the al-Fawar refugee camp.
Death: Nablus – 16:25, Katson Subhi Sayel Rabhi Hassan (aged 47) has now died, from wounds sustained during an earlier Israeli Army assault on the town of Qusra.
Home invasions: Tubas – 00:30–07:05, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Aqaba, invading three homes and taking measurements for their demolition.
Home invasions: Salfit – 10:30-12:35, Israeli forces raided the city and invaded a number of houses.
Home invasions: Salfit – 20:40-21:45, the Israeli Army raided Marda and searched a number of homes.
Home invasions: Bethlehem – 01:15–03:25, Israeli troops raided the town of Beit Fajjar and invaded a number of houses.
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: Nablus – evening, Israeli Occupation forces closed, to both entry and exit for a time, all entrances to the town of Sebastia.
Israeli Army – population–control: Salfit – morning, Israeli forces closed, to both entry and exit for a time, the western entrance to the village of Marda.
Occupation settlement growth – land-grab – agricultural sabotage: Salfit – Israeli forces continued bulldozing scores of hectares of agricultural land belonging to the villages of Yasuf and Iskaka, seizing it so as to enlarge the Neve Nehemia Occupation settlement.
Occupation settler land-grab: Tubas – evening, Israeli Occupation settlers seized and ploughed al-Farisiya farmland, in the North Jordan Valley, but were prevented from stealing a number of sheep, due to successful local family resistance.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 12:00-13:55, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of al-Eizariya, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 14:55-16:50, Israeli forces raided al-Bireh, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 20:30–22:10, the Israeli Army raided Ni’lin, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 00:35–07:45, Israeli troops raided the village of Saffa, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 youngster abducted: Ramallah – 01:55–07:45, the Israeli military raided the town of Sinjil and abducted a 16-year-old youth: Sami Ayman Daoud Al-Ghafri.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:05, Israeli soldiers raided the village of al-Mughayir, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 04:25, Israeli Occupation forces raided Kafr Malik village, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Jenin – 04:05–06:10, Israeli forces raided the village of Bir al-Basha, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Tulkarem – 19:50, the Israeli Army, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the town of Anabta.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 22:20–23:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of Azzun.
Raid: Nablus – 16:10-17:35, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Sebastia.
Raid – stun grenades: Nablus – 17:45-19:50, Israeli soldiers, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled Burin village.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Nablus – 17:55-18:55, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the village of Madama.
Raid – 5 taken prisoner: Nablus – 02:15–06:10, Israeli forces raided the city, taking prisoner five people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 13:05-14:15, the Israeli Army raided the town of Za’tara, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 08:30-11:45, Israeli troops raided the city, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – on refugee camp: Hebron – evening, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the al-Fawar refugee camp.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 01:20–06:35, Israeli soldiers, raided Halhul, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 01:55–06:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Sa’ir, taking prisoner one person.