In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 17 September 2025 until 08:00, 18 September 2025
Gaza Strip
Sanction Israel
Merciless blitz on starving Gaza — growing numbers
of dead and injured
Victims 17 September – 18 September 2025:
79 more people killed and 228 wounded
Since dawn, Israeli air strikes, missile-launches and gunfire on homes, as well as medical and other facilities, have resulted in 79 dead and 228 wounded. The total number now killed in Gaza, since 7 October 2023, has risen to at least 65,141 and the total wounded is at least 165,925. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 91 and, that of those injured, is more than 233. A UN report states that, as of 14 January 2025, around 70% of those killed in Gaza were women and children.
Israeli Finance Minister publicly admits profit-seeking, land-grabbing purpose of Israel’s genocidal Gaza onslaught: Smotrich: Gaza could be a ‘real estate bonanza’
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says there’s a “business plan” to turn Gaza into a “real estate bonanza.” Speaking at an urban renewal conference in Tel Aviv, the Minister was asked, regarding the intention to re-occupy the Gaza Strip, “where in your opinion should the first Israeli settlement in the Strip be established?”
Smotrich replied: “. . . there’s a business plan . . . and it’s on Trump’s table . . . this thing turns into a real estate bonanza, I’m not kidding it pays off I have started negotiations with the Americans . . . I also demand – we paid a lot of money for this war so we need to divide how we make a percentage on the land marketing later in Gaza. And now, no kidding, we’ve done the demolition phase which is always the first phase of urban renewal. Now we need to build, its much cheaper.”
West Bank
Since 24:00 on 7 October 2023, Israeli Occupation forces have been imposing a 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.
UN Humanitarian Situation Update #324
West Bank
18 September 2025
Key Highlights
As of 15 September, 186 Palestinians and 16 Israelis, including six soldiers, have been killed in conflict-related incidents in the West Bank since the start of 2025.
Israeli forces have installed at least 27 new closures across the West Bank, including 18 road gates. While open now, these gates pose a serious risk of movement restrictions if closed – potentially further disrupting access to services, workplaces, and key road arteries such as Road 60.
Israeli settlers carried out 25 attacks against Palestinians in one week, injuring 13 Palestinians and displacing 33 others.
Israeli authorities punitively demolished or sealed eight homes and three other structures across the West Bank, displacing 38 people, including 16 children.
Israeli forces issued a demolition order against a school and raided two other schools in Hebron governorate.
Israeli Army attacks – refugee camp: Jerusalem – 02:00, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the town of Kafr Aqab as well as the Qalandiya refugee camp.
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.
Home invasions – tear gas canisters: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Beit Rima and searched a number of homes, firing tear gas canisters inside one of them.
Home invasions: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli forces raided the village of Kafr Ni’ma and searched two homes.
Home invasions: Jenin – 21:40, the Israeli Army raided the town of Bruqin and invaded a number of homes.
Home invasions – stun grenades fired: Tubas – 20:55–00:10, Israeli troops, firing stun grenades, raided the city and searched a house.
Home invasions: Tulkarem – 20:55, the Israeli military raided the town of Anabta and invaded a number of homes.
Home invasion and population–control: Tulkarem – 01:35, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Deir al-Ghusun, invaded a home and ordered a man, Yamen Ahmed Jaber Odeh, to report for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.
Home invasions: Qalqiliya – 00:40, Israeli forces raided the town of Kafr Thulth and searched a number of houses.
Home invasion: Nablus – 02:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Urif and searched a house.
Home invasions – stun grenades fired: Hebron – 22:00, Israeli forces, firing stun grenades, raided the Beit Einun area and invaded a number of homes.
Home invasions – stun grenades – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 23:15, the Israeli Army, firing stun grenades, raided the town of Beit Awa and invaded homes. One female resident suffered suffocation from tear gas and another person was taken prisoner.
Home invasions and demolitions – repeated devastation of infrastructure: Hebron – Israeli troops demolished the remains of Khallet al-Dabaa in Yatta town, after having demolished most of it in May. The demolition process included the remaining cave and tent– dwellings, in addition to the repeated-destruction of the water network, health units, solar energy cells and surveillance cameras used to record attacks by Occupation forces and settlers.
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 agricultural sabotage: Ramallah – 15:30, Israeli forces set fire to a number of olive trees, near the Annexation Wall adjacent to Beit Liqiiya.
Israeli Army destruction: Bethlehem – the Israeli Army demolished a car-wash business, near the eastern entrance to the village of Husan.
Israeli Army pastoral and agricultural sabotage: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces demolished two livestock shelters, as well as agricultural facilities near the village of Jaba’.
Occupation settler violence – beatings-up and hospitalisations – plunder: Ramallah – 18:00, armed Occupation settlers attacked two Bedouin community families, east of Rammun village, severely beating-up and hospitalising four of them. The settlers also seized 250–head of sheep from the families.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 20:40, Israelis, from the Kochav Hashahar Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles on the nearby bypass road, shattering the windscreen of one vehicle.
Occupation settler terrorism: Nablus – 13:05, Israeli settlers terrorised residents at the entrance to Duma village.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 15:30, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded an area, between the villages of ‘Urif and Asira al-Shamaliya, and grazed their sheep on agricultural land.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 18:20, Israeli settlers grazed their sheep on Beit Dajan village agricultural land.
Occupation settler arson and agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 20:40, Occupation settlers set fire to crops on Majdal Bani Fadel agricultural land.
Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 21:55, Israeli settlers invaded the outskirts of Burin village and stoned people’s homes.
Raid: Jerusalem – 11:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of al-Eizariya.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 11:20, Israeli forces raided the town of Abu Dis, taking prisoner two people.
Raids – 2 taken prisoner – refugee camp: Jerusalem – 02:00, the Israeli Army raided Kafr Aqab and the Qalandiya refugee camp, taking prisoner three people.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 15:55, Israeli troops raided the city, taking prisoner three people.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 19:15–23:00, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Azzun.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 22:45, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Qaddum.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 04:30–07:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided the city, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – stun grenades and tear gas casualties: Nablus – 13:00-17:35, Israeli forces, firing stun grenades and spraying tear gas, raided the city as well as the Askar and Balata refugee camps, causing several tear gas casualties.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Nablus – 02:00, the Israeli Army raided the village of Sarra, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Salfit – 19:40-21:05, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Salfit – 23:50–07:50, the Israeli military raided the town of al-Zawiya, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Jericho – 12:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the town of al-Auja.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 10:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Husan, taking prisoner two people.
Raids: Bethlehem – dawn, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the city as well as the towns of Doha and al-Khadr.
Raid – stun grenades: Hebron – 22:30, the Israeli Army, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled the town of Beit Ummar.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 01:10, Israeli troops raided the city, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 04:00, the Israeli military raided the town of Beit Ula, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, Israeli soldiers raided the town of Sa’ir, taking prisoner three people.