In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 11 August 2025 until 08:00, 12 August 2025
Gaza Strip
Merciless blitz on starving Gaza — growing numbers
of dead and injured
Victims 11 August – 12 August 2025:
100 more killed and 513 wounded
Since dawn, Israeli air strikes, missile–launches and gunfire on homes, as well as medical and other facilities, have resulted in 69 dead and 362 wounded. Civil Defence crews retrieved eleven more bodies from underneath bomb-damaged property, bringing the total number now killed in Gaza, since 7 October 2023, to at least 61,599. The total wounded is now at least 154,088. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 91 and, that of those injured, is more than 228. A UN report states that, as of 14 January 2025, around 70% of those killed in Gaza were women and children.
Senior Hamas Official to Trump: We Are Ready to Make a Fair Deal
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During the past three weeks, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has overseen a significant escalation of Israeli terror bombings throughout Gaza and has announced plans for a full–scale invasion of Gaza City, the prospects for a deal to end the genocide have been on life support. In late July, Israel withdrew its negotiating delegation from Qatar; the US did the same, denouncing Hamas and mis–characterising its response to a draft ceasefire framework. Now, the US, Qatar and Egypt — as well as Turkey, behind the scenes — appear to be trying to restart the process.
All of these discussions and media leaks about purported new and competing proposals are, to date, taking place without the direct participation of the only party that has the ability to make such deals: Hamas. “We are ready to go for a partial deal, or even for a comprehensive deal. But it is about the seriousness—how committed Israel is, and also the Americans—to reach a deal to end this war, but not to use negotiations as an umbrella for other evil plans,” said Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official and a former minister in the Palestinian government in Gaza.
In a wide-ranging interview with Drop Site, Naim discussed the state of ceasefire negotiations, Hamas’ position on relinquishing power and its stance on disarmament of Palestinian resistance forces.
Resistance
Naim said his message to Trump is that he should reject Netanyahu’s agenda of extermination and move to secure a deal that ends the Gaza genocide and leads to an independent Palestinian state. “It is not about Hamas. Even if, at some point, God forbid, they reach a point to crush Hamas, sooner or later—a few months, a few years—they will have a new group of Palestinians who will stand up and fight back again,” he said. “Palestinians are fighting now for 100 years to achieve their legitimate goals of living like any people around the world, free and dignified, in their own independent, self sovereign state, to also preserve their right of return to their homeland.”
“The US has given the Israelis all the time. They have given them all the support, political support, diplomatic support, financial support, military support, intelligence support, and the Israelis have failed to accomplish the mission,” Naim said. “They have failed to retrieve their soldiers or the captured Israelis. They have failed to crush the resistance. They have failed to force the evacuation of Palestinians. They have failed to create an alternative to Hamas, because it is clear it is not about Hamas, it is not about some prisoners. It is about people who want to live again, free and dignified, like any people around the world. Therefore, there’s no alternative to a just and fair negotiating table.”
Both Israel and the US have stated that the demilitarisation of the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip would be required as part of any deal. Hamas has consistently stated that this is a red line, a point Naim emphasised. “No one can deny us the right to resist the occupation as long as we have the Occupation here,” Naim said. “We are ready to hand over our weapons if we have a state and we are ready to engage to integrate our fighters in a Palestinian army. Why should Palestine be a disarmed state? Why? Who is the aggressor?”
As Drop Site has reported, Hamas has explicitly stated, in writing, that it would relinquish its governance of Gaza to an independent technocratic committee of Palestinians with no party affiliation. Each time Hamas has proposed this term as part of a ceasefire deal, Israel and the US have removed this aspect from deal proposals and falsely accused Hamas of insisting on remaining in power.
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West Bank
Israeli Army attack – refugee camp: Jenin – Israeli Occupation forces, continued their storming and firing of live ammunition in the city as well as the refugee camp.
Israeli Army attacks – home invasions in refugee camps – 1 more taken prisoner:
Tulkarem – the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, continue to storm the city as well as the Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps, invading and occupying homes. Another resident taken prisoner.
Home invasion and demolition: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces demolished a house in Silwad.
Home invasion: Jenin – 23:00–02:45, Israeli forces raided the town of Araba and invaded a home.
Home invasions and violence: Tubas – evening, the Israeli Army raided the village of Ibziq, invading homes and assaulting residents.
Home invasions: Salfit – 01:25–02:50, Israeli troops raided the town of Bruqin and invaded two houses.
Home invasion – 3 taken prisoner: Salfit – 02:45, the Israeli military raided the town of Kafr al-Dik, taking prisoner a special-needs person, as well as two other residents.
Home invasions: Hebron – 11:20, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Sa’ir and invaded houses.
Home invasions: Hebron – 21:30– 23:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided Beit Ummar and invaded a number of homes.
Home invasions – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, Israeli forces again raided Sa’ir, invading homes and taking prisoner a resident.
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 violence – beating-up and hospitalisation: Nablus – 22:45, Israeli troops, at the Deir Sharaf Occupation checkpoint, severely beat–up and hospitalised a Balata refugee camp resident: Ahmed Ali Muhammad Qaraan.
Israeli Army population–control: Jericho – 20:50, Israeli Occupation forces took prisoner a man, Moaz Muhammad Ghorof, when he reported, as ordered, for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.
Occupation settler violence and pastoral sabotage: Tubas – morning, Israeli Occupation settlers assaulted several shepherds, in the Hama area of the North Jordan Valley, forcing them to leave their pasture land as well as the whole area.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Tubas – Israeli settlers grazed their livestock on 11 hectares of Bardala village land, planted with watermelons.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 14:50, Occupation settlers invaded Deir Sharaf village land, uprooting olive and pomegranate trees as well as grapevines and destroying irrigation pipelines.
Occupation settler invasion and menace: Jericho – morning, Israeli settlers raided the al-Auja Waterfall community and grazed their sheep among people’s homes.
Occupation settler stoning and damage: Jericho – 16:50, stone-throwing Israeli Occupation settlers damaged a vehicle, near Khan al-Ahmar.
Occupation settler land-grab: Bethlehem – 11:25, Israeli settlers began building a settlement road, on land in the Umm al-Batem area of Tuqu’.
Occupation settler violence, injury and agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 13:15, Occupation settlers assaulted and injured a number of people working their land, near the entrance to Halhul. The settlers also destroyed grapefruit crops on the land.
Occupation settler population–control and agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 13:15, stone-throwing Israeli settlers closed the main road in the Wadi Sa’ir area, while also cutting down and uprooting a number of olive trees.
Occupation settler arson: Hebron – evening, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded the Ein al-Hamam area of Surif, and set fire to an area of agricultural land surrounding a house, in an attempt to set it ablaze. Local Civil Defence crews were able to extinguish the fire before it spread inside the house.
Raid: Ramallah – 11:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Silwad.
Raid: Ramallah – 18:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of al-Mazra’a al-Sharqiya.
Raid – 8 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 21:45–06:05, the Israeli Army raided Abwein, taking prisoner eight people.
Raid – 5 taken prisoner – refugee camps: Ramallah – 02:15–07:35, Israeli troops raided al-Bireh and al-Am’ari refugee camp, taking prisoner five people.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Jenin – morning, the Israeli military raided the town of Burqin, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 00:30, Israeli soldiers raided the village of Baqa al-Hatab, taking prisoner three people.
Raid: Qalqiliya – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Hajjah.
Raid – population–control: Nablus – 09:15, Israeli forces raided the village of Duma and ordered a halt to building work as well as agriculture in several areas.
Raid: Nablus – 10:35, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of al-Badhan.
Raid – stun grenades: Nablus – 18:05, the Israeli military, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled the town of Beita.
Raid: Nablus – 18:15, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Asira al-Qibliya.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner – refugee camps: Nablus – 21:10–03:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided the city as well as the Askar and Ein Sultan refugee camps, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Jericho – 22:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Fasayil.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 07:05, the Israeli Army raided the city, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – stun grenades fired – refugee camp: Hebron – 21:20, Israeli troops, firing rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades, raided and patrolled the al-Fawar refugee camp.
Raid – stun grenades fired – refugee camps: Hebron – 23:30–01:30, the Israeli military, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled the al-Arroub refugee camp.
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