In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 23 December until 08:00, 24 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: 21 more people have been killed within the past 48 hours, bringing the total number killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023 to at least 45,338. Another 51 have been wounded, bringing that total to 107,764. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 102 and, that of those injured, is now more than 243.
OCHA:
Humanitarian Situation Update #249
Gaza Strip
Humanitarian Developments
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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 more than 11 weeks (see data below). Rocket fire by Palestinian armed groups towards Israel was reported.
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On his first visit to the Middle East as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co-ordinator, Tom Fletcher highlighted the humanitarian needs throughout the Gaza Strip and the challenges facing humanitarian workers who are committed to stay and deliver against mounting odds: “[I]t has become almost impossible to deliver even a fraction of the aid that is so urgently required,” he said in a statement. “The Israeli authorities continue to deny us meaningful access – over 100 requests to access North Gaza denied since 6 October. We are also now seeing the breakdown of law and order and the systematic armed looting of our supplies by local gangs.”
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Between the afternoons of 17 and 24 December, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, 279 Palestinians were killed and 723 were injured. Between 7 October 2023 and 24 December 2024, at least 45,338 Palestinians were killed and 107,764 were injured, according to MoH in Gaza.
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Between the afternoons of 17 and 24 December, three Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza, according to the Israeli military. Between 7 October 2023 and 24 December 2024, according to the Israeli military and official Israeli sources cited in the media, more than 1,589 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, the majority on 7 October 2023 and its immediate aftermath. The figure includes 389 soldiers killed in Gaza or along the border in Israel since the beginning of the ground operation. In addition, 2,494 Israeli soldiers were reported injured since the beginning of the ground operation. As of 24 December, it is estimated that 100 Israelis and foreign nationals remain captive in Gaza, including hostages who have been declared dead and whose bodies are withheld in Gaza.
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: Jerusalem – 17:25, Israeli Occupation forces fired live ammunition and stun grenades, in the village of al-Issawiya.
Israeli Army attacks – 1 killed – vandalism and economic sabotage: Tulkarem – 01:00, Israeli forces stormed the city as well as the Nur Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps, raiding homes and killing a resident: Fathi Saeed Awda Salem Obeid. The Israeli Army also rampaged throughout the areas, bulldozing streets, as well as destroying infrastructure, such as electricity and water–supplynetworks.
Israeli Army attack – 1 child wounded: Nablus – 15:25, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition and stun grenades, wounded a 14-year-old boy, Nasr Atef Ahmed Yousef, while storming the town of Beita.
Israeli Army attacks – home invasions: Nablus – 23:40, the Israeli Army fired live ammunition and stun grenades while invading homes in the city, the Ein Beit al-Maa refugee camp and the town of Beit Iba.
Israeli Army attack – 2 wounded – 3 taken prisoner: Nablus – 05:40, Israeli troops stormed the Balata refugee camp, wounding two residents, one of whom was identified as Kamal Abu Muslim. Three people were taken prisoner, including one of the wounded.
Israeli Army attack – 1 woman wounded: Bethlehem – 19:35, the Israeli military, firing live ammunition and stun grenades, wounded a woman while storming the village of Husan.
Israeli Army attack – refugee camp: Bethlehem – 04:15, Israeli soldiers, firing live ammunition and stun grenades, stormed the Deheishe refugee camp.
Home invasion and forced personal demolition: Jerusalem – the Israeli Occupation forced a resident, Hisham Aqil, to destroy his home in the Silwan 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 invasion: Ramallah – 01:40, Israeli forces raided al-Bireh and searched a house.
Home invasion and population–control: Qalqiliya – 00:55, the Israeli Army raided the town of Hablat and occupied a house for a time, for use as a military post after forcing out the family.
Home invasion: Qalqiliya – 01:50, Israeli troops raided Saniriya and invaded a home.
Home invasion and demolition: Hebron – 08:45, the Israeli military demolished the home of Muhammad Haroun Halayqa, in the Al-Bas area of Shuyukh al-Arroub village.
Home invasion: Hebron – 01:55, Israeli soldiers raided the city and searched 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 – 08:20, Israeli Occupation forces closed a street beside the Al-Quds University in Abu Dis.
Israeli Army population–control: Ramallah – 09:25-12:00, Israeli forces closed the northern entrance to Birzeit.
Israeli Army population–control: Ramallah – 13:30, the Israeli Army barricaded with concrete blocks the entrance to the home of a resident, Awad Abu Shatriya, in Turmusaya.
Israeli Army armed robbery Hebron – 13:30, Israeli troops seized a man’s bulldozer, in the area between the villages of Jawaya and al-Tuwani.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – evening, Israelis, from the Beit El Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles at the northern entrance to al-Bireh.
Occupation settler violence and pastoral sabotage: Tubas – 12:35, Israeli settlers forced off local shepherds from pastoral land in the Khallet al-Bad area of the North Jordan Valley.
Occupation settler pastoral sabotage: Nablus – 14:55, Occupation settlers cut off branches from around 50 of al-Sawiya village‘s olive trees.
Occupation settler violence and land-grab: Jericho – 10:00, Israeli settlers terrorised Bedouin community shepherds, in the Ein al-Auja area, and instead grazed their own sheep there.
Occupation settler land-grab and pastoral sabotage: Bethlehem – 16:05, Israeli Occupation settlers seized, and then ploughed, Khalayel al-Loz farmland.
Occupation settler stoning: Hebron – 15:20, Israeli settlers invaded the Shaab al-Batm area, east of Yatta, and stoned people’s homes.
Raid: Jerusalem – 08:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Abu Dis.
Raid: Jerusalem – 15:40, Israeli forces raided the town of Hizma.
Raid: Jerusalem – 22:40, the Israeli Army again raided and then patrolled Hizma.
Raids – refugee camp: Jerusalem – 03:15, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Kafr Aqab and the Qalandiya refugee camp.
Raids: Ramallah – 10:10, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the villages of Qarawat Bani Zeid, Kafr Ein and Nabi Saleh.
Raid: Ramallah – 13:55, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Silwad.
Raids: Ramallah – 14:35-19:55, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the villages of Ein Yabroud, Dura al-Qarara and Beitin.
Raid: Ramallah – 20:40, Israeli forces raided Silwad again and patrolled the town.
Raid: Ramallah – 15:30, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Sinjil.
Raid: Ramallah – 17:40-18:45, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Shabtin.
Raids: Ramallah – 18:10, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the villages of al-Mughayir and Rantis.
Raid: Ramallah – 18:45, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of al-Lubban al-Gharbi.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 00:15, Israeli Occupation forces again raided Sinjil, taking prisoner one person while patrolling.
Raid: Ramallah – 01:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Shuqba.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:50, the Israeli Army raided the town of al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – destruction and economic sabotage: Jenin – 10:20, Israeli troops raided al-Jalameh village and demolished an agricultural warehouse, an artesian well and a garage.
Raids: Jenin – 19:30, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Ya’bad, Araba as well as the village of Bir al-Basha.
Raid: Tubas – 12:15, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Bardala, in the North Jordan Valley.
Raids: Tulkarem – 13:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the Irtah suburb as well as the village of Farun.
Raids: Tulkarem – 15:30, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the villages of al-Ras and Kafr Sur.
Raids: Qalqiliya – 08:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Jayus, Azzun as well as the villages of Kafr Zibad, Kafr Abbush, Baqa al-Hatab, Hajjah, al-Funduq and Kafr Aqab.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 23:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of Azzun.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 00:45, the Israeli military raided the village of Baqa al-Hatab, taking prisoner one person.
Raids: Qalqiliya – 01:50, Israeli troops raided the town of Kafr Thulth as well as the village of Ras Atiya.
Raid: Nablus – 10:10, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Yatma.
Raid: Nablus – 12:20, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya.
Raid: Nablus – 15:25, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Burqa.
Raids: Nablus – 15:25, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the villages of Odala, Burin and Iraq Burin and conducted a patrol.
Raid: Nablus – 17:55, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Jama’in.
Raid: Nablus – 19:15, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Asira al-Qibliya.
Raid: Nablus – 19:35, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of al-Lubban.
Raid: Nablus – 00:20, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Yatma.
Raid: Nablus – 03:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Beita.
Raid: Salfit – 17:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Marda.
Raids: Salfit – 18:05, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the villages of Iskaka and Yasuf.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Salfit – 01:10, the Israeli military raided the town of Kifl Haris, taking prisoner three people.
Raid: Bethlehem – 14:15, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Marah Rabah.
Raid: Bethlehem – 04:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided Doha, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 04:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided the Deheishe refugee camp, taking prisoner one person.
Raids – refugee camp: Bethlehem – 04:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided the city, Beit Jallah, Beit Sahour, al-Khadr and Janata, as well as the al-Azza and Aida refugee camps.
Raid: Hebron – 11:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of Yatta.
Raid: Hebron – 21:25, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Tabqa.
Raid: Hebron – 01:15, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of Yatta.
Raid: Hebron – 02:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Dura.
Raid: Hebron – 03:50, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of Idhna.
Raid: Hebron – 04:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of al-Dhahiriya.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 06:00, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Tafuh, taking prisoner one person.
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