In Occupied Palestine – 16 May 2025
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
08:00, 16 May 2025 until 08:00, 17 May 2025
Gaza Strip
Merciless blitz on starving Gaza — growing numbers
of dead and injured
Victims 16 May – 17 May 2025:
153 killed — 459 wounded
Since dawn, Israeli air strikes and gunfire on homes, as well as medical and other facilities, resulted in the death of 153 residents and the wounding of 459. Civil Defence crews retrieved seven more bodies from underneath bomb-damaged buildings, bringing the total number now killed in Gaza, since 7 October 2023, to at least 53,272. The total wounded is now at least 120,673. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 90 and, that of those injured, is more than 205. A UN report states that, as of 14 January 2025, around 70% of those killed in Gaza were women and children.
UN Relief Chief demands rapid, safe, unimpeded aid delivery in Gaza
Statement by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Co–ordinator, on resuming aid delivery to Gaza
New York, 16 May 2025
https://www.ochaopt.org/
As we demonstrated during the ceasefire this year – and every time we’ve been granted access – the United Nations and our humanitarian partners have the expertise, resolve and moral clarity to deliver aid at the scale necessary to save lives across Gaza. To those proposing an alternative modality for aid distribution, let’s not waste time: We already have a plan. This document sets it out again. It is rooted in the non-negotiable principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality and independence. It is backed by a coalition of donors and the vast majority of the international community. It is ready to be activated – today – if we are simply allowed to do our jobs.
We have the people. We have the distribution networks. We have the trust of the communities on the ground. And we have the aid itself – 160,000 pallets of it – ready to move. Now.
We’ve done this before. We can do it again. We know how to get our aid supplies registered, scanned, inspected, loaded, offloaded, inspected again, loaded again, transported, stored, protected from looting, tracked, trucked, monitored and delivered – without diversion, without delay, and with dignity. We know how to reach civilians in desperate need and stave off famine.
Enough. We demand rapid, safe, and unimpeded aid delivery for civilians in need.
Let us work.
Media contact: ochamedia@un.org
West Bank
Palestinian Monitoring Group — Since midnight on 07 October 2023, Occupation forces have been imposing a complete closure around the whole of the West Bank, preventing people (even including permit-holders) from entering both Jerusalem City as well as Israel, other than for especially-negotiated exceptions. Permanent military checkpoints impose severe travel restrictions within the Occupied West Bank.
Israeli Army attack – youngster shot and killed: Jerusalem – 21:00, Israeli Occupation forces shot and killed a 17-year-old youth, Muhammad Nidal Abu Libdeh, near the Bab al-Silsila Gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Israeli Army attacks: Jenin – 12:20, the Israeli Army continued to storm the city as well as the refugee camp.
Israeli Army attacks – homes demolished – 1 resident taken prisoner: Tulkarem – Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, continued storming the city as well as the Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps with the demolishing of more homes and one resident taken prisoner.
Israeli Army attack: Jericho – 23:50–02:35, Israeli troops, firing stun grenades, stormed the town of al-Auja.
Israeli Army attack – stun grenades fired: Bethlehem – 03:20, Israeli soldiers, firing stun grenades, stormed the town of al-Khadr.
Israeli Army attack – stun grenades fired: Hebron – 15:20-18:00, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades, raided the al-Aroub refugee camp.
Home invasions in refugee camps: Nablus – 01:35–04:55, Israeli Occupation forces raided the city and searched homes in the Balata and Ein Beit al-Ma refugee camps.
Home invasions and occupation: Salfit – Israeli forces, continuing their storming of the town of Bruqin, turned several more homes into military posts and searched many others. They also raided the Al-Munjid Private School, taking prisoner 15 people.
Home invasions: Hebron – 01:30, the Israeli Army raided Sa’ir and invaded a number of houses.
Israeli Army population–control – agricultural sabotage: Jerusalem – 21:35, Israeli Occupation forces blocked the only road leading to agricultural land in the east of Hizma.
Israeli Army mosque violation: Jerusalem – 08:30, Israeli forces assaulted worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, forcing them to leave.
Israeli Army mosque violation – violations: Jerusalem – Israeli settler militants, escorted by Occupation troops and police, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and molested worshippers. the Israeli Army also ordered the bulldozing and uprooting of trees in two areas of the town of Bruqin.
Israeli Army land-grabs: Salfit – the Israeli Occupation issued land-seizure orders on 13 hectares in two areas of Bruqin.
Occupation settler violence: Ramallah – 12:15, near the village of Ein Qiniya, Israeli Occupation settlers attacked a man, Muhammad Hussein Hassouna, and smashed the windows of his vehicle.
Occupation settler violence and robbery: Tubas – 17:25, Israeli settlers pepper-sprayed in the face and injured a working shepherd, Shamekh Mustafa Daraghmeh, and stole a number of his sheep.
Occupation settler land-grab: Tubas – 22:00, Occupation settlers fenced–off and seized land in the Wadi Al-Faw area of the North Jordan Valley.
Occupation settler stoning: Qalqiliya – 16:10, a settler stoned a vehicle on the main Qalqiliya to Nablus road, near the village of al-Funduq, shattering the windscreen.
Occupation settler population–control: Nablus – 14:10-15:00, Israeli settlers prevented access to the Beit Furik checkpoint.
Occupation settler population–control: Nablus – 22:45, a guard, from the Yitzhar Occupation settlement, set up a checkpoint between the villages of ‘Urif and Asira al-Qibliya.
Occupation settler arson: Salfit – dawn, Israelis, from the Barkan Occupation settlement, set fire to two vehicles parked near the entrance.
Occupation settler stoning: Salfit – 15:40, Israeli settlers invaded the outskirts of Bruqin and stoned homes.
Occupation settler violence: Jericho – 23:20, Israeli Occupation settlers assaulted and hospitalised a man, Muhammad Suhail Hamad, on al-Mo’arajat Road.
Occupation settler violence: Hebron – 14:00, Occupation settlers attacked a number of overseas solidarity activists and Palestinian farmers, in the village of Susiya.
Raid: Ramallah – 15:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of al-Mughayir.
Raid: Ramallah – 17:30, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of Silwad.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Jenin – 13:45-14:45, the Israeli Army raided the village of al-Arqa, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Tulkarem – 23:20, Israeli troops raided the village of Safarin and searched a vacated house.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 13:35, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Qaddum.
Raid – property seizure: Salfit – 20:20, Israeli soldiers raided Kafr al-Dik and invaded the Martyr Mazen Abu Al-Wafa School and the Al-Salam Kindergarten building, turning them both into military posts. They also raided and searched a mosque, ransacking its contents and taking prisoner two people.
Raid – population–control: Salfit – 20:35-21:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided the town of Deir Ballut and forced the shops to close.
Raid: Salfit – Israeli forces raided the town of Bruqin and searched the Al-Munjid Private School.
Raid – mosque violation: Salfit – 20:20, the Israeli Army raided the Nafoukh Mosque during their raid on the town of Kafr al-Dik, searched it and ransacked its contents.
Raid – mosque violation: Bethlehem – 15:20-21:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of al-Khadr and invaded the Grand Mosque, taking prisoner a number of worshippers.
Raid: Bethlehem – 22:40–00:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Nahalin.
Raid – mosque violation: Bethlehem – 21:15, Israeli soldiers raided the Grand Mosque during a raid on the town of al-Khadr and detained, for a time, a number of worshippers.
Raid: Hebron – 18:20–22:55, Israeli Occupation forces raided Dura and detained a resident, for a time.
Raid: Hebron – 23:05, Israeli forces raided and patrolled al-Shuyukh.
Raid: Hebron – 01:40–02:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Tarqumiya.
‘Israeli settlers pepper-sprayed in the face and injured a working shepherd, Shamekh Mustafa Daraghmeh, and stole a number of his sheep.’
According to Gaby Jews are enforcing a 3000 year old property right.