In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 12 September 2025 until 08:00, 13 September 2025
Gaza Strip
Sanction Israel
Merciless blitz on starving Gaza — growing numbers
of dead and injured
Victims 12 September–13 September 2025:
47 more people killed and 205 wounded
Since dawn, Israeli air strikes, missile–launches and gunfire on homes, as well as medical and other facilities, have resulted in 47 dead and 205 wounded. The total number now killed in Gaza, since 7 October 2023, has risen to at least 64,803 and that of the wounded is at least 164,264. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 91 and, that of those injured, is more than 232. A UN report states that, as of 14 January 2025, around 70% of those killed in Gaza were women and children.
United Nations
“When Gaza burned, children starved, hospitals collapsed –
did you act?”
Briefing by Olga Cherevko, OCHA Spokesperson in Gaza,
to journalists in UN Headquarters in New York
Deir al Balah, 12 September 2025
In an instant, this Tuesday, Gaza City was handed a death sentence – leave or be killed. Hundreds of thousands of battered, exhausted and terrified civilians were ordered to flee to an area, already so overcrowded that even small animals must search for spaces to squeeze between to move around. Where hospitals house patients in the halls and balconies, as clean water, nutritious food and life are no longer basic rights, but commodities so rare, that most only dream of having them one day. If they survive the bombings, that is.
To the west – the Israeli warship-framed sea, whose ominous waves swallow tattered tents when tides rise. To the east, north and south – ground forces and tanks are tightening the torque on the disappearing space as drones and fighter jets circle above. Their deafening sound is permanently seared in one’s memory – a warning that no place is safe.
One dear friend texted me yesterday: “I tried to find space in the south, but there is none.” His eight-year-old cousin was killed instantly in an Israeli strike with several other children last week while waiting for bread to finish baking. His daughter has just turned two – and has known nothing but war in her tiny life. When a bomb falls nearby, she ducks under a table in her dad’s community kitchen where he continues to feed thousands daily, bringing sustenance and hope to those who have lost everything. Gaza doesn’t need pity. Gaza needs an end to this appalling violence.
The unmistakable smell of death is everywhere – a grizzly reminder that the ruins lining the streets hide the remains of mothers, fathers, children. Humans who once laughed, cried, dreamed. Their lives cut short by the war’s killing machines, many to never be found again.
On our way back into Gaza yesterday, we drove down barely passable roads, as people crowded around our convoy, visibly distraught, pleading for this horror to end. A small girl, walking alongside her father, waved as we passed. Will she survive this hell? Do world leaders who can stop this war see her as worthy of peace? Her life is in the hands of those who choose to act.
Dignity and hope have been stripped away, with every killing of a loved one, every strike on a civilian lifeline, every denial of access. Systems that support life have been systematically dismantled and destroyed. Parents struggle to shield their children from violence, from hunger, from fear. Fleeing families flood the street, clutching their children in their arms, not knowing where they will go as every option appears to have been exhausted. The race against time, against death, against the spread of famine, feels like we as humanitarians are running through quicksand. Even more so as humanitarian convoys are too often denied, delayed or obstructed by the Israeli authorities.
Yet, even in such hardship, humanity shines. Palestinian doctors, nurses and paramedics working around the clock, often without pay, medicine or electricity. Aid workers, from UN agencies, the Red Crescent, local and international NGOs, delivering food, medicine and clean water under fire. Ordinary people sharing the little they have with strangers. In every act of care – a refusal to let cruelty define the future. Proof that even in the darkest times, the human spirit endures.
I’m often asked if I have any hope left. Hope may be all we have left, so we must nurture it. Because the silence of fatigue must not drown out the voices of those enduring this nightmare. Their stories of loss, resilience and yes, of eternal hope, must be told. And when a Palestinian girl puts her hands in the shape of a heart when we meet, or a mother lets me hold her precious baby, or a grandfather tells me our work here matters, I know that hope springs eternal.
But hope alone will not keep people alive. Urgent decisions are needed that must pave the way to a lasting peace before it’s too late. Voices that can silence the bombs. Actions that will stop the bloodshed. An immediate and sustained ceasefire. An immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, who have endured horrific suffering, as well as all those arbitrarily detained. Protection of all civilians, wherever they are in Gaza. Unfettered humanitarian access, including to the north, with aid flowing through all crossings, and via all corridors. Accountability: laws of war are not optional, and their violations must be investigated and addressed, for the sake of justice and to prevent setting a dangerous precedent.
The people of Gaza are not asking for charity. They are asking for their right to live in safety, in dignity, in peace. And our humanity – yours, mine, all of ours – demands that we act now.
History will judge us not by the speeches we make, but by our actions. When Gaza burned, children starved, hospitals collapsed – did you act?
Today, and every day, is a new chance for the international community to match words with action. Don’t miss it as it might be the last.
Thank you.
West Bank
Since 24:00 on 7 October 2023, Israeli Occupation forces have been imposing complete closure of the West Bank, preventing residents and other permit-holders from entering or leaving. The Israeli military also imposes severe and highly variable travel restrictions on all residents.
Israeli Army attack: Jerusalem – 15:55, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition raided and patrolled the town of Biddu.
Israeli Army attack – 2 wounded: Jerusalem – 22:00, Israeli forces on the Annexation Wall close to al-Ram shot and wounded two people trying to make their way to work across the Green Line.
Israeli Army attacks – refugee camp: Jenin – Israeli Occupation forces continued their storming, firing live ammunition, of the city and its refugee camp.
Israeli Army attack: Tubas – 14:30, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, stormed and patrolled al-Far’a village.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded – home invasions and robbery: Tulkarem – 17: 20 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. One resident was wounded and Israeli troops, invading homes, robbed one householder of cash to the value of more than US $5,500. One other person was taken prisoner.
Israeli Army attack: Salfit – 19:30–00:45, Israeli Occupation forces stormed and patrolled the town of al-Zawiya, opening fire indiscriminately.
Home invasion and population–control: Jerusalem – 15:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of al-Qubeiba and ordered the family of a person who had been killed, Muthanna Naji Amro, to abandon their home for the next ten days.
Home invasion and population–control: Jerusalem – 15:55, Israeli forces raided the town of Qatana and ordered the family of one person, Muhammad Bassam Taha, to abandon their home for the following ten days.
Home invasions: Ramallah – dawn, the Israeli Army raided Beitunya and searched two homes and a shop.
Home invasions and mosque violation: Qalqiliya – 12:40–21:40, Israeli troops raided the town of Azzun, invading two houses and surrounding the Al-Mansour Mosque, forcing some worshippers to leave, as well as detaining some of them. One person was taken prisoner.
Israeli Army population–control and mosque violation: Jerusalem – the Israeli Occupation issued a renewable order to ban an At-Tur neighbourhood resident, Raed Marar, from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for the next week.
Israeli Army violence in refugee camp – 2 injured: Jerusalem – 16:00, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards people in Shuafat refugee camp, injuring two residents: Amin Hamoud and Mahmoud Adi Al-Adwi
Israeli Army vandalism: Nablus – the Israeli Army continued, for the third consecutive day, to excavate and bulldoze Ein Shibli village land.
Israeli Army vandalism: Nablus – 11:10, Israeli troops bulldozed privately-owned land, near the Deir Sharaf checkpoint.
Israeli Army child abduction: Nablus – 15:45, the Israeli military abducted a 14-year-old resident of Urif village, Muqdad Samir Awni Sabah, somewhere between his home and the village of Asira al-Qibliya.
Israeli Army mosque violation: Hebron – 13:30, Israeli soldiers raided the Khursa village mosque during Friday prayers and threatened to seize the mosque’s loudspeakers.
Israeli Army robbery – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:30, Israeli Occupation forces, raiding the city, robbed a resident, Jihad Firas Jibril Al-Awiwi, of cash and then took him prisoner.
Occupation settlement land-grab: Salfit – the Ariel settlement Occupation Municipality set in motion steps to seize an additional 100 hectares of land for its industrial zone and the building of office towers, plus a change in traffic direction on the road towards the settlement.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 10:30, Israelis, from the Ateret Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles near the entrance to Umm Safa village.
Occupation settler population–control: Ramallah – 13:15, Israeli settlers closed the main entrance to al-Nabi Saleh village.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Qalqiliya – 21:30, Occupation settlers invaded Jinsafut village agricultural land and cut off the branches from 15 olive trees.
Occupation settler violence and terrorism: Salfit – 14:15, Israeli settlers beat-up a man on the Matwi road, between the city and the town of Bruqin, terrorising pedestrians.
Occupation settler invasion: Jericho – 15:05, Israeli Occupation settlers stormed the Bedouin community in the al-Auja Waterfall area and released their livestock between residents’ homes.
Occupation settler land-grab: Hebron – 15:25, Israeli settlers raided the Khallet al-Adra area of Yatta and excavated land, for the building of a road.
Occupation settler invasion: Hebron – 02:00, Occupation settlers invaded a quarry, in the Rabia area Sa’ir.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 03:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Beit Anan, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – stun grenades fired: Jerusalem – 00:30, Israeli forces, firing stun grenades, raided the town of Kafr Aqab.
Raid: Ramallah – 18:20, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya.
Raid: Ramallah – dawn, the Israeli Army raided the city of al-Bireh.
Raids: Tulkarem – 12:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of Baqa al-Sharqiya as well as the village of Saida.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner – population–control: Tulkarem – 04:05, the Israeli military raided the village of Kafa, taking prisoner two people and ordering one other person, Muhammad Hussam Hamdan, to report for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets: Qalqiliya – 19:30, Israeli soldiers, firing rubber-coated bullets, raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Qaddum.
Raid: Nablus – 11:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Qusra.
Raid: Nablus – 21:10, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of Beit Furik.
Raid – stun grenades fired: Nablus – 21:15, the Israeli Army, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled the village of Duma.
Raid: Jericho – 22:15, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of al-Auja.
Raid: Jericho – 23:15, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the city.
Raid: Hebron – 11:55, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of al-Samou.
Raid: Hebron – 12:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of al-Karmil.
Raid – 1 abduction – 1 more taken prisoner: Hebron – 21:50–22:45, Israeli forces raided the town of Beit Ummar, abducting a 16- year-old youth, Ahmed Ali Al-Alami, and taking prisoner one other person.
Raid – invasion of schools, theft and population–control : Hebron – 02:05, the Israeli Army raided and searched the Al-Bukhari and As Samou Schools for Boys, summoning the Principals of the two schools, Musa Salah Abu Awad and Jafar Al-Salamin, for the possession of alleged incitement material. The military also seized and removed Palestinian flags from inside the schools.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner – robbery: Hebron – 03:30, Israeli troops raided the city, taking prisoner two residents and stealing an amount of money.