In Occupied Palestine – 15 January 2026
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 15 January 2026 until 08:00, 16 January 2026
Sanction Israel
Gaza‘s growing death, injury and sickness
Totals since 7 October 2023: killed 71,455 – wounded 171,347
463 killed and 1,269 injured since start of Gaza ‘ceasefire’
08:00, 15 January 2026 until 08:00, 16 January 2026
12 killed
18 injured
Since dawn, Israeli live ammunition and shelling from tanks, have killed 12 more people and injured 18. 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 71,455. The total wounded is now at least 171,347. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 85 and, that of those injured, is more than 206. A UN report states that, as of 14 January 2025, around 70% of those killed in Gaza were women and children.
UN OCHA Gaza Gaza Situation Report No. 62 — 16 January 2026
Between 12 and 15 January, airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to be reported across the Gaza Strip. According to the MoH in Gaza, 14 Palestinians were killed and 23 others injured over the last 48 hours, bringing the total casualty toll reported by MoH since 11 October 2025 to 463 killed and 1,269 injured.
During the reporting period, heavy rain, strong winds and flooding continued to affect civilians across the Gaza Strip, particularly displaced families living in makeshift shelters and flood-prone areas. According to the Site Management Cluster (SMC), 106 displacement sites reported storm-related impact, with 86% of all incidents recorded after 13 January. A total of 4,136 households (approximately 19,230 people) were affected, with 34 injuries and seven fatalities reported, and at least 287 people newly displaced. Field reports confirmed extensive structural damage, including 3,455 tents and makeshift shelters destroyed or severely damaged, as well as 253 water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) facilities rendered non-functional. Read more . . .
West Bank
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Jerusalem – 08:45, Israeli Occupation forces, at the Annexation Wall near Al-Ram, opened fire towards people trying to get to work in Jerusalem, wounding and hospitalising a man: Fayez Nidal Fayez Al-Rajabi.
Israeli Army attack – refugee camp: Jenin – Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, continued to storm the city as well as the refugee camp.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Nablus – 23:05, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition and stun grenades, stormed the town of Beita, leaving one resident wounded.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded and taken prisoner: Hebron – 12:05, Israeli troops stormed the town of Dura, wounding and taking prisoner one resident: Mahmoud Al-Fasfous.
Home invasions and Occupation – refugee camps: Tulkarem – Since January 28, Israeli Occupation forces have continued their incursions into the city as well as the Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps, occupying homes for use as military outposts.
Israeli Army olive harvest sabotage: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces bulldozed an olive grove, in the village of Qalandiya.
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 population–control: Ramallah – 20:05, Israeli forces took prisoner a man, Mutawakkil Rajab Mahmoud Mousa, when he reported, as ordered, for interrogation by Israeli military Intelligence.
Israeli Army population–control: Ramallah – evening, the Israeli Army bulldozed and damaged a newly-built road connecting Al-Mazra’a Al-Sharqiya with the village of Kafr Malik.
Israeli Army pastoral sabotage: Bethlehem – morning, Israeli troops demolished a livestock shelter being constructed in the town of Jinata.
Occupation settlement development: Tubas – Israeli Occupation forces began building a settlement road in the Bir Al-Ma’yar area, east of Tammun, to connect with an Occupation-approved settlement outpost.
Occupation settlement development: Bethlehem – Occupation settlers set up five more mobile homes in the Ash Ghrab area, east of Beit Sahour, to enlarge their settlement outpost.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Ramallah – 09:50, Israeli Occupation settlers grazed their sheep on farmland, near the village of Al-Mughayir.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 12:15, Israeli settlers raided the village of Rantis and stoned people’s homes.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 18:55, Occupation settlers stoned people’s homes in the northern outskirts of the town of Sinjil, damaging security cameras.
Occupation settler violence and injury: Jenin – 14:25, Israeli settlers beat-up a man, Youssef Hammad Abu Aoun, near the town of Jaba.
Occupation settler violence: and injury Qalqiliya – 18:00, Israelis, from the Kedumim Occupation settlement, severely beat-up a Beit Amrin villager, Muhammad Yassin Muhammad Shtewi, near the settlement.
Occupation settler population–control: Nablus – 11:15, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded quarries as well as a business, in the village of Orif, terrorising workers and preventing them them from working.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Bethlehem – 14:35, Occupation settlers, in Khirbet Umm al- Batim, south of Bethlehem, grazed their sheep on local agricultural land.
Occupation settler stoning: Bethlehem – 17:00, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles at the roundabout, near the village of al-Maniya.
Occupation settler violence and injury: Hebron – 15:45, Israeli Occupation settlers assaulted working shepherds, in the Al-Rakhim area of Masafer Yatta, injuring one of them: Muhammad Hussein Shanaran.
Occupation settler invasion of school: Hebron – Israeli settlers invaded the Al-Fakhit School in Masafer Yatta and brought camels onto its grounds.
Raid: Ramallah – 08:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Aboud.
Raid: Ramallah – 21:45, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of Beit Ur al-Tahta.
Raid: Ramallah – 21:55, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Deir Jarir.
Raid – 3 abductions of minors: Ramallah – 22:00, Israeli troops raided the village of Kafr Malik and abducted three minors: Adam Muhammad Husni Ba’irat (aged 14), Mu’adh Na’im Mashhour (also aged 14) and Abdul Aziz Shadi Hussam Abu Safa (aged 16).
Raid: Jenin – 19:35, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Silat al-Harithiya.
Raid: Tubas – 01:15, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Al-Far’a.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 09:00-10:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Bal’a, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – stun grenades fired: Nablus – 14:15-15:15, Israeli forces, firing stun grenades, raided the village of Beit Dajan.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 12:45-02:25, the Israeli Army raided the city, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 05:30, Israeli troops raided the town of Beita, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Salfit – 10:25, the Israeli military raided the village of Sarta, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – stun grenades fired: Salfit – 11:45, Israeli soldiers, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled the village of Haris.
Raid: Jericho – 21:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the city.
Raid – stun grenades fired in refugee camp: Hebron – 23:25, Israeli forces, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled the al-Arroub refugee camp.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 00:40, the Israeli Army raided the town of Beit Kahil, taking prisoner two people.
Dear Kiwis
Mattan here. In 2017 I spent 110 days in a military prison for refusing to join the Israeli occupation forces. Today, I support refusers as part of the team at Refuser Solidarity Network. We need a long-term movement to put a stop to the ongoing genocide and forced displacement of Palestinian in Gaza, the West Bank and within Israeli territory. To build a sustainable movement against war and occupation, we also need to support people on another front as they face fines, jail time, and social exclusion: emotionally. We are proud to be backing a psychosocial support program for refusers with support from clinical therapists.. We are counting on you to help us fund this vital program, so that every potential refuser knows they have a support system waiting for them. Consider donating today so we can continue to fund this work and build a durable movement. We are in this for the long haul. That’s why we encourage those who can to open a recurring donation plan.
We, refusers, are often quiet about the social and emotional consequences of refusing to serve the army. As a public-facing activist, I forced myself to put on a brave face and not show the impact prison had on me. I wanted the public to focus on my message: a stop to the endless occupation. I also felt guilty to admit I was struggling because I felt that I could not complain while Palestinians suffer horrendous abuses and crimes against humanity in Israeli prisons and under the occupation at large. But today, I understand that this perspective is unproductive, for myself and for the anti-war movement, as it prohibits self-care, causes burnout, and makes resistance unsustainable. Mental health is not a luxury, but an essential part of resistance and social change.
As a result of my refusal many years ago, I was facing the brunt of social exclusion at the hands of a thoroughly militarised Israeli society. I was forced out of my youth movement and the commune I was living. I lost friends who did not understand and had heated discussions with family members. Military prison, of course, was in itself difficult to bear. In prison I was alone, forced to follow military procedures, and fellow inmates were often violent toward me. The hardest part was that I didn’t know when I would be released. I remember a time when I started to feel like I could not handle it anymore. I was conflicted because while I was hurting, It was my own decision to be there by publicly refusing. Until today I carry with me scars from my time in prison. There was no support system for activists at the time. I felt so alone.
Back then I thought that I was the only refuser who struggled. Later on, I realized my struggles were not mine – they are shared by all refusers. In conversations with younger refusers, we decided to form a support circle. We offer an emotional support system through trained therapists that build a support group for past, present and future refusers, where bravery and heroism can be put aside. Our support circle equips refusers with a necessary infrastructure of support and care: they receive emotional and social support, learn coping strategies and hear about each other’s experiences. We help refusers to transform their experience from emotional struggles to sources of empowerment. We change the culture of the movement from toxic heroism to self and community-care, and compassion. We also plan to use the knowledge garnered from our support group to publish a self-care handbook with emotional and practical advice for future refusers.
When I refused, our movement did not yet offer this type of crucial support. We need potential refusers to know that if they refuse, we will be there for them. Our psychosocial support forum is only possible because of you, Stephen, and your support.
We ask all our friends abroad to make a donation today to make this program possible for the long-haul. Only with these kinds of long-term support structures can we give our movement longevity If we want to build long-term opposition to the military-industrial complex and demilitarize the world over, we need structures of care.
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In solidarity,
Mattan Helman
Refuser Solidarity Network