In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 28 August 2025 until 08:00, 29 August 2025
Gaza Strip
Sanction Israel
Merciless blitz on starving Gaza — growing numbers
of dead and injured
Victims 28–29 August 2025:
59 more people killed and 224 wounded
Since dawn, Israeli air strikes, missile–launches and gunfire on homes, as well as medical and other facilities, have resulted in 59 people dead and 224 wounded. Civil Defence crews retrieved two more bodies from underneath bomb-damaged property, bringing the total number now killed in Gaza, since 7 October 2023, to at least 63,025. The total wounded is now at least 159,490. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 91 and, that of those injured, is more than 230. A UN report states that, as of 14 January 2025, around 70% of those killed in Gaza were women and children.
Gaza’s children being starved to death are now too weak to cry, says Save the Children chief
The starving children in Gaza under Israeli siege are too weak now to speak or cry, the Head of Save the Children told the UN Security Council. “The Gaza famine is here. An engineered famine. A predicted famine. A man-made famine. As we speak, children in Gaza are systematically being starved to death. This is a deliberate policy. This is starvation as a method of war in its starkest terms,” Save the Children’s international CEO, Inger Ashing, told the UNSC on Wednesday.
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- A UN-backed report states famine affects 500,000 in Gaza, projecting it to expand to two-thirds by September, prompting dire warnings.
- 14 Security Council members (excluding the US) condemn the use of starvation as a weapon, demanding an immediate end to Gaza famine.
West Bank
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Jerusalem – 23:50, Israeli Occupation forces opened fire, from the Annexation Wall adjacent to al-Ram, on people making their way to work across the Green Line. One worker, Ali Jihad Salem, was wounded and hospitalised.
Israeli Army attack – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – Israeli Occupation forces continued their storming, firing live ammunition, of the city and its refugee camp. One more person taken prisoner.
Israeli Army attack – homes destroyed: Tulkarem – Israeli forces, 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 – 2 wounded – home invasions: Nablus – 01:50, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, raided the city and invaded a number of houses, wounding two residents.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Nablus – dawn, Israeli troops stormed the village of Salem, shooting, wounding and hospitalising a resident.
Home invasion and forced personal demolition: Jerusalem – the Israeli Occupation forced a resident, Muhammad Odeh Darbas, to destroy his home in al-Issawiya – 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: Jenin – 15:00, Israeli forces raided the town of al-Yamoun and searched a number of houses.
Home invasions – 2 residents injured: Nablus – 01:50, the Israeli Army raided the city, invading homes and injuring two residents: Ahmed Hekmat Maher Abu Diya and Muhammad Nasser Muhammad Sbitan.
Home invasion: Bethlehem – 19:55, Israeli troops raided al-Khadr and searched a house.
Home invasion – 1 resident injured: Bethlehem – dawn, the Army raided the town of Janata and invaded a home, as well as assaulting and injuring 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 pastoral sabotage: Jericho – 09:25, Israeli Occupation forces demolished three livestock shelters, in the village of al-Zubeidat.
Occupation settlements – land-grabs and road–building: Qalqiliya – Israeli Occupation forces issued two military orders, ordering the seizure of 1.6 hectares of Jinsafut village land, for the purpose of building two new roads to join the Yakirand Karnei Shomron settlements, as well as to join the Emmanuel settlement with the Karnei Shomron settlement.
Occupation settlement enlargement work – land–grab: Hebron – 19:50, Israeli settlers excavated and bulldozed al-Rihiya village land, for the enlargement of Hagai Occupation settlement.
Occupation settler violence: Jerusalem – 23:30, Israeli Occupation settlers assaulted a Jabal al-Mukabir neighbourhood resident: Raed Muhammad Rashid Shaqirat.
Occupation settler violence: Ramallah – 08:30-10:20, Israeli settlers invaded Taybeh town land and assaulted a number of residents.
Occupation settler vandalism: Ramallah – evening, Occupation settlers invaded the artesian well station, east of Kafr Malik village, and vandalised Jerusalem Water Authority property, slashing the tyres and smashing the windows of one of its vehicles and destroying the site’s surveillance cameras.
Occupation settler population–control: Nablus – 10:00, Israeli settlers entered the outskirts of Burin village and closed a road leading to a home.
Occupation settler population–control and agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 14:20, Israeli Occupation settlers raided the Plain area of Beit Furik and forced the farmers from their land.
Occupation settler violence: Nablus – 19:05, Israeli settlers assaulted and hospitalised a Yatta town resident, Ahmad Muhammad Ida’is, near Burqa village.
Occupation settler land-grab: Salfit – 20:30, Israelis, from the Rafafa Occupation settlement, set-up mobile homes on nearby land seized near the town of Deir Istiya.
Occupation settler violence – Israeli Army complicity: Hebron – 09:50, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded the Masafer area of Yatta town and assaulted a resident, Saeed Al-Amour, who was then taken prisoner by the Israeli Army.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 08:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided Hizma, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Ramallah – 08:25, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Rantis.
Raid: Ramallah – 08:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Malik.
Raid: Ramallah – 14:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Deir Qaddis.
Raid: Ramallah – 18:15-19:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Turmusaya.
Raid: Ramallah – 18:50-20:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of Sinjil.
Raid: Ramallah – 19:00–22:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Beit Liqiya.
Raid – stun grenades fired in refugee camp: Ramallah – 20:55–22:10, Israeli forces, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled the Jalazoun refugee camp.
Raid: Ramallah – 22:30–01:15, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Deir Dibwan.
Raids: Ramallah – 23:50–02:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of al-Mazra’a al- Gharbiya.
Raids: Jenin – 11:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the villages of Tura and Nazlat Zeid.
Raid: Jenin – 15:00, Israeli soldiers raided the town of al-Silah al-Harithiya.
Raids: Jenin – 16:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Araba and the village of Fahma.
Raid: Jenin – 17:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of Silat al-Dahr.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 18:35–23:25, the Israeli Army raided the town of Ya’bad, taking prisoner one person.
Raids: Tulkarem – 08:30, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the towns of Baqa al-Sharqiya and Zeita.
Raid: Tulkarem – 17:05-19:10, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Ramin.
Raid: Tulkarem – 19:30–22:20, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of Anabta.
Raid: Tulkarem – 07:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Far’un.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 11:30, Israeli forces raided the city, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 18:40–22:20, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Ras Atiya.
Raid: Nablus – 12:05, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Yatma.
Raid: Nablus – 15:30, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Duma.
Raid: Nablus – 16:15, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of Qusra.
Raid: Nablus – 16:25, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Sebastia.
Raid: Nablus – 16:50, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Awarta.
Raid: Nablus – 16:55, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Rujeib.
Raid: Salfit – 17:30, Israeli troops raided the town of al-Zawiya.
Raid: Salfit – 18:30–22:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Deir Ballut.
Raid: Salfit – 00:25–05:20, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Bruqin.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Salfit – 00:25–05:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided Kafr al-Dik, taking prisoner four people, including a woman with special medical needs.
Raid: Salfit – 00:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled al-Zawiya.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 08:20-12:20, the Israeli Army raided the city of Beit Jallah, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 08:10-11:00, Israeli troops raided the town of Dura, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 09:30, the Israeli Army raided the town of Yatta, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Hebron – 15:00-17:15, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the city.
Raid: Hebron – 01:50, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Idhna.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Hebron – 02:55, Israeli soldiers raided the al-Fawar refugee camp, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Hebron – Israeli Occupation forces raided and searched six schools in the Old City Sheikh neighbourhood, detaining for time a number of teachers, while seizing photos and textbooks.
Dear Stevie
Tal here, Refuser Solidarity Network’s international solidarity coordinator. This past month, we’re witnessing tremendous breakthroughs in the resistance to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. On the eve of Israel’s occupation of Gaza City, new reports confirm we are seeing the highest rate of refusal seen in the country’s history. This comes as Israel sent out over 60,000 new draft orders to man its occupation of Gaza. But people are growing tired of this war. Not only is refusal at an unprecedented high, people are marching in the streets at levels unseen before. In Tel Aviv alone, over 400,000 people filled the streets two weeks ago to demand an end to the war. The government’s plans are a desperate attempt to keep the war going as they send out endless draft notices, all while more and more people are publicly and silently refusing and hitting the streets. As Israel desperately attempts to draft more soldiers into the military in its planned occupation of Gaza, we expect to see more and more refusers coming forward. That is why we need your help to support this growing refuser wave, by providing them with capacity-building, training and legal defense.
Support Gaza War Refusers
Netanyahu’s announcement of his plan to occupy Gaza City has unleashed a wave of civil resistance. Our organizers on the streets have made it clear: more people are willing to refuse service than ever. The national war effort is losing popular support. In cities across the land, demonstrations are ongoing, not just in Tel Aviv. And many are realizing that they cannot just chant against the war. They are realizing they must refuse to participate in it. Our numbers are growing as refusal becomes more mainstream than ever. Over 350 people have refused publicly and our partners report that thousands have refused silently.
People who have never demonstrated before are now filling the streets. Palestinian and Jewish communities are standing together, despite police repression and political intimidation. We know from history that protests can open space, but only organized refusal movements can end wars and dismantle systems of oppression. As refusal continues to skyrocket, we need to be prepared to support all new refusers. They need to become organizers, not just individuals, capable of ending the genocide.
Support Gaza War Refusers
That is where we come in. Help us strengthen this movement by donating today, so we can provide refusers with the necessary tools to become independent organizers, harnessing their strength to end the unforgivable genocide of the Palestinian people that has carried on for far too long.
In solidarity,
Tal Marom
Solidarity Coordinator
Refuser Solidarity Network
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