In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 17 August 2025 until 08:00, 18 August 2025
Gaza Strip
Sanction Israel
Merciless blitz on starving Gaza — growing numbers
of dead and injured
Victims 17-18 August 2025:
60 more killed and 344 wounded
Since dawn, Israeli air strikes, missile–launches and gunfire on homes, as well as medical and other facilities, have resulted in 60 dead and 344 wounded. The total number now killed in Gaza, since 7 October 2023, has risen to at least 62,004and that of the wounded is at least 156,230. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 91 and, that of those injured, is more than 229. A UN report states that, as of 14 January 2025, around 70% of those killed in Gaza were women and children.
UN and NGOs warnings that intensified Gaza City offensive will cause further mass displacement
Statement by the Humanitarian Country Team of the Occupied Palestinian Territory
East Jerusalem, 18 August 2025:
The Israeli plan to intensify military operations in Gaza City will have a horrific humanitarian impact on people already exhausted, malnourished, bereaved, displaced, and deprived of basics needed for survival. Forcing hundreds of thousands to move south is a recipe for further disaster and could amount to forcible transfer. We reiterate our commitment to serve people wherever they are, and we remain present in Gaza City to provide lifesaving support. We remind parties to the conflict of their obligations under international law to protect civilians, including humanitarian workers and those who cannot or choose not to move, and to safeguard humanitarian facilities and other civilian infrastructure.
The Israeli announcement that tents and other shelter equipment will again be allowed into Gaza is a welcome development, as are other ongoing efforts. It is deeply troubling, however, that it comes in connection with a looming offensive. Since early March, no shelter materials – including tents, tarpaulins and mattresses – have been permitted entry, and more than 780,000 new displacements have taken place. Existing shelters have deteriorated or been left behind amid repeated displacement orders, making the need for new shelter beyond urgent.
Some 86% of the Gaza Strip is already under displacement orders or in Israeli-militarised zones. The remaining areas – including some of Gaza City and parts of the southern coast – are overcrowded and ill-equipped to sustain human survival at scale. Southern hospitals are operating at several times their capacity, and taking on patients from the north would have life-threatening consequences.
We will seize the lifting of the shelter ban to bring in tents, shelter materials, and other non-food items into all parts of the Gaza Strip, including through the northern crossings and to Gaza City. This scale-up will take effect as quickly, and to the extent that systematic restrictions – such as Israeli customs clearance, access to crossings and insecurity – are addressed.
We stress that all those displaced must be allowed to return if they so wish. We reiterate our urgent appeal for a permanent ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages who, in the meantime, must be treated humanely. We need unimpeded humanitarian access across all of Gaza, with full facilitation of principled aid operations, including community-based distributions and supplies entering at scale through all possible crossings and land routes. Humanitarian partners – UN agencies and NGOs alike – must be allowed to operate without obstruction.
West Bank
Israeli Army attacks – refugee camp: Jenin – Israeli Occupation forces continued their storming, firing live ammunition, of the city and its refugee camp.
Israeli Army attacks – refugee camps: 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.
Israeli Army attack: Nablus – morning, Israeli Occupation forces opened fire on a vehicle, near the entrance to the village of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya.
Home invasion – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 15:05, Israeli Occupation forces raided Asira al-Shamaliya and searched a house, taking prisoner a resident: Imad Yousef Ahmed Yassin.
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 Occupation forces: Hebron – 17:40, Israeli Occupation forces placed mobile homes in the archaeological area near the village of Susya, east of the town of Yatta.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 12:30, Israeli Occupation settlers stoned passing vehicles, near the entrance to Turmusaya, damaging one of them.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage and theft: Ramallah – 20:20-22:00, Israeli settlers invaded agricultural land, south of Kafr Malik village, invading a farm, cutting off branches from olive trees and stealing two electricity transformers.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 22:50, Israelis, from the Shilo Occupation settlement, raided the outskirts of Turmusaya and stoned the home of a resident: Awad Abdullah Awad.
Occupation settler terrorism: Ramallah – Israeli settlers invaded the eastern area of Umm Safa village and threatened a home until local residents forced the settlers to withdraw.
Occupation settler population control: Nablus – 10:40, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded the southern outskirts of Burin village and closed the road leading to a family home.
Occupation settler land-grab: Nablus – 16:45, Israeli settlers raided and occupied the Karkafa area, near Aqraba, and planted Israeli flags on it.
Occupation settler arson and agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 18:10-20:20, Occupation settlers invaded the Jabal Qamas area between Beita and Osirin village, setting fire to crops on agricultural land.
Occupation settler pastoral sabotage – agricultural sabotage: Salfit – 19:50-21:00, Israeli settlers raided Sarta village land and forced shepherds to leave the area.
Occupation settler vandalism: Jericho – 13:25, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded the al-Auja Waterfall community and grazed their sheep on land close to people’s homes.
Occupation settler terrorism: Jericho – 23:00, Israeli settlers again raided the al-Auja Waterfall community and patrolled threateningly between homes.
Occupation settler robbery and vandalism: Bethlehem – 09:40, Israelis, from the Gush Etzion Occupation settlement, raided the village of Khirbet Beit Sakariya, seized one resident’s motor vehicle and damaged one other.
Occupation settler stoning: Bethlehem – 19:25, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded the Khirbet Umm al-Batem area, near the village of al-Minya, and stoned villager’s homes.
Raid: Jerusalem – 11:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Anata.
Raid: Jerusalem – 18:05, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of Kafr Aqab.
Raid: Jerusalem – 19:00–22:30, the Israeli Army raided the town of al-Eizarya and invaded a wedding hall.
Raid: Jerusalem – 21:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of al-Sawahra al-Sharqiya.
Raid: Jerusalem – 24:00, the Israeli military again raided and patrolled the town of Anata.
Raid: Ramallah – 10:50-12:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of Silwad.
Raid: Ramallah – 11:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Turmusaya.
Raids: Ramallah – 15:45, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the villages of Yabrud and Ein Yabrud.
Raid – refugee camp: Ramallah – 19:15, the Israeli Army raided the city as well as the al-Am’ari refugee camp, detaining, for a time, two refugees.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner Ramallah – 22:15-01:40, Israeli troops raided the village of al-Mughayir, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 23:45, the Israeli military again raided and patrolled Turmusaya, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Ramallah – 03:35-07:50, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the city.
Raids: Jenin – 13:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled al-Yamoun and al-Silah al-Harithiya, as well as the villages of Zububa, al-Taybeh, Rumana, Kafr Qud and al-Hashimiya.
Raid: Jenin – 10:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of Ya’bad.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 14:50, the Israeli Army again raided the town of Ya’bad, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – plunder – population–control: Jenin – 16:20, Israeli troops raided the al-Hafira area in Araba, seizing a bulldozer and a truck as well as detaining, for a time, five residents.
Raid: Jenin – 16:35, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of al-Fanduqumiya.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 20:20, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Qabatiya, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 03:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Faqua, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Tubas – 11:25, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of al-Far’a.
Raid: Tubas – 21:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Tayasir.
Raids: Tulkarem – 10:40-15:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Attil, as well as the village of Nazlat Issa.
Raid: Tulkarem – 17:00, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Quffin.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 11:25, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of al-Nabi Elias.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 20:20, Israeli Occupation forces again raided and patrolled the village of al- Nabi Elias.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 01:10-05:00, Israeli forces raided the city, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Nablus – 09:05-13:20, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Yatma.
Raid: Nablus – 12:35, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of Qusra.
Raid: Nablus – 15:05, the Israeli military raided Sebastia.
Raid: Nablus – 15:35, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of Beita.
Raid: Nablus – 16:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Deir Sharaf.
Raid: Nablus – 17:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Deir al-Hatab.
Raids: Nablus – 05:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the villages of Azmut, Salem and Deir al-Hatab.
Raid: Jericho – 15:45, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of al-Auja.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner – in refugee camp: Jericho – 02:35, the Israeli military raided the Aqbat Jabir refugee camp, taking prisoner one person.
Raids: Bethlehem – 18:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled al-Ubeidiya and Za’tara, as well as the villages of Dar Salah and al-Sawahra.
Raids – 12 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 02:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided the city, Beit Sahour, Handaza (Brid’a), Tuqu’ and Janata, taking prisoner 12 people.
Raid: Hebron – 10:40, Israeli forces raided Khursa village and invaded the Village Council Headquarters.
Raid: Hebron – 01:30, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the city.
Raid: Hebron – 01:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of Dura.
Raid: Hebron – 02:45, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of al-Dhahiriya.
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