In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 07 May 2025 until 08:00, 08 May 2025
Gaza Strip
Merciless blitz on starving Gaza — growing numbers
of dead and injured
Victims 07 May – 08 May 2025:
106 killed — 367 wounded
Since dawn, Israeli air strikes and gunfire on homes, as well as medical and other facilities, resulted in the death of 106 residents and the wounding of 367. Civil Defence crews retrieved one more body from under bomb-damaged buildings,bringing the total number now killed in Gaza, since 7 October 2023, to at least 52,760. The total wounded is now at least 119,264. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 91 and, that of those injured, more than 206. A UN report states that, as of 14 January 2025, around 70% of those killed in Gaza were women and children.
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 (even including permit-holders) from entering both Jerusalem City as well as Israel, other than for especially-negotiated exceptions. Permanent military checkpoints impose severe travel restrictions within the Occupied West Bank.
Israeli Army attack – refugee camp: Jenin – Israeli Occupation forces firing live ammunition, continued to storm the city and the refugee camp.
Israeli Army attack – home under fire – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 04:40, Israeli forces raided the town of Barta’a, opening fire on a house and taking prisoner one person.
Israeli Army attacks – home demolitions and forced evacuations: Tulkarem – the Israeli Army continued storming the city as well as the Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps, opening fire and demolishing more homes in the Nur Shams refugee camp, following forced evacuations. At 23:00, the residents of another 14 homes in the Nur Shams refugee camp were forced to evacuate their homes.
Israeli Army attack: Salfit – 15:00, Israeli troops opened fire, from a military watchtower towards the northern entrance.
Israeli Army attack: Hebron – 18:55, the Israeli military opened fire towards the entrance to the al-Fahs area, south of Hebron.
Home invasion and demolition: Jerusalem – 08:30, Israeli Occupation forces demolished a house in the Silwan neighbourhood.
Home invasion and forced personal demolition: Jerusalem – the Israeli Occupation forced a resident, Muhammad al-Ubaidi, to destroy his 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.
Home invasions: Tubas – 23:50, Israeli forces raided the village of Tayasir and searched two houses.
Home invasion: Salfit – 23:00, the Israeli Army raided the village of Sarta and invaded a home as well as a kindergarten.
Home invasions: Salfit – 01:15–02:45, Israeli troops raided al-Zawiya and invaded two houses.
Home invasion and savage beatings-up: Hebron – 19:40–04:10, the Israeli military raided the town of Dura and the home of the deceased owner, Abdel Fattah Ahed Hreibat, who had been shot dead by Israeli forces. The Israeli Army severely beat-up six family members and took prisoner the dead man’s father and two of his brothers.
Israeli Army destruction: Jerusalem – 08:30, Israeli Occupation forces demolished a stable and bulldozed walls, barbed-wire fences and agricultural land.
Israeli police and settlers’ mosque violation: Jerusalem – 08:00, Israeli settler militants, escorted by Occupation troops and police, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and molested worshippers.
Israeli Army – beating-up and hospitalisation: Tulkarem – 08:10, Israeli forces beat-up and hospitalised a man, Muhammad Raed Abdel Hadi, under Jabara Bridge.
Israeli Army – beating-up and hospitalisation: Nablus – 23:15, in Tulkarem, the Israeli Army beat–up and hospitalised a man: Samir Yousef Al-Damkhali.
Israeli Army land–grab for settlers: Qalqiliya – Israeli troops issued an order, for the seizure of over 196 hectares of land from the villages of Saniriya and Masha, in order to provide more homesfor the Sha‘arei Tikva settlement.
Israeli Army – population–control: Nablus – 15:00, the Israeli military, at the Awarta checkpoint, took prisoner a journalist: Hanin Qawariq.
Israeli Army – agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 19:10, the Israeli Army ordered the uprooting of 400 olive trees, on Iraq Burin village land.
Occupation settler land-grab: Ramallah – 19:55, Israeli Occupation settlers set up a tent– dwelling on land that had been a settlement outpost (removed by the Israeli Army) between the villages ofal-Mughayir and Khirbet Abu Falah.
Occupation settler arson attack: Ramallah – 02:20, Israeli settlers invaded Khirbet Abu Falah village agricultural land and set fire to a farm.
Occupation settler land-grab: Nablus – 11:00, Occupation settlers set up tent–dwellings in the town of Beita.
Occupation settler invasion: Bethlehem – Israeli settlers took over a drinking–water well, in the Wadi al-Abyad area of the village of al-Minya, and built a pool beside it.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 09:35, Israeli Occupation settlers grazed their livestock on Umm al-Khair village farmland.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 12:05, Israeli settlers grazed their livestock on agricultural land in the Wadi Jahish area of al-Samou.
Occupation settler violence and pastoral sabotage: Hebron – 15:10, Occupation settlers forced off a farmer, Muhammad Al-Nawaj’a, from pastoral land in the Wadi Jahish area of al-Samou and prevented him from grazing his livestock.
Raid – school disruption: Jerusalem – 07:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Hizma and took a position in front of the town’s schools, disrupting classes.
Raid – vandalism: Ramallah – 09:05, Israeli forces bulldozed land, in the village of Deir Birzeit.
Raid: Ramallah – 18:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Atara.
Raid: Ramallah – 18:45–23:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Ajul.
Raid: Ramallah – 19:45, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Turmusaya.
Raid: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the city of al-Bireh.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 21:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Azzun.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 02:00, Israeli forces raided the city, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 20 taken prisoner: Salfit – 02:05–04:10, the Israeli Army raided the town of Deir Istiya, taking prisoner twenty people.
Raid: Jericho – 10:35, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the city.
Raid: Jericho – 20:00, the Israeli military raided the city.
Raid – abduction: Jericho – 20:00, Israeli soldiers raided the Ein Sultan refugee camp and abducted a 17-year-old youth: Fares Musa Manasra.
Raid: Bethlehem – 13:05, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the city.
Raid – population–control: Bethlehem – 20:00–21:20, Israeli forces raided the village of Jouret al-Shama’a and forced the shops to close.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 22:10, the Israeli Army, firing stun grenades, raided the village of Husan, taking prisoner one person and broke into the Secondary School for Boys.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Bethlehem – 04:05, Israeli troops raided the city as well as the Deheishe refugee camp, taking prisoner three people.
Raid: Hebron – 18:45–22:00, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the city.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades fired: Hebron – 21:15–22:50, Israeli soldiers, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided the town of Sa’ir.
Raid – 5 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Yatta, taking prisoner five people.
That’s a 10 – 0 score to Israel, now. You’d think the haters would wise up.