In Occupied Palestine

Zionism in practice

Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land

08:00, 16 October until 08:00, 17 October 2024

[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Gaza Strip

Attacks: There are no safe places for the militarily-dominated population in Gaza, who find themselves subjected to airstrikes and other missile attacks on buildings, homes and many essentialfacilities, as well as constant gunfire and invasions by Israeli forces. The Israeli Navy continues to fire missiles, targeting facilities and buildings along the entire Gaza shoreline.

Victims: 29 more people have been killed, bringing the total number killed in Gaza since 7 October to at least 42,438. Another 93 have been wounded, bringing that total to 99,246. The daily average number of men, women and children killed in Gaza is at least 113 and, that of those injured, is now more than 264.

OCHA:

Humanitarian Situation Update #230

West Bank

Key Highlights

• The number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank since 7 October 2023 rises to more than 700.

• Since 1 October, Israeli settlers injured 44 Palestinians and sawed off, burnt or otherwise vandalised about 600 mainly olive trees and saplings in about 15 communities across the West Bank.

• The World Food Programme warns that food insecurity in the West Bank could affect 600,000 people, up from 352,000 at the start of 2023.

• Diplomatic missions from twelve countries issued a joint statement urging Israel to ensure a successful olive harvest in the West Bank amid concerns of heightened settler violence and movement restrictions.

Latest Developments (after 14 October)

• According to initial information, on 17 October, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian woman while harvesting olives in Faqua’a (Jenin). On 15 October, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man during an operation in the Jenin refugee camp, and on the same day a Palestinian man succumbed to wounds sustained during an operation by Israeli forces in Jenin city on 5 July.

Humanitarian Developments (8-14 October)

• During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians, including one child`, in the West Bank. Additionally, 104 Palestinians, including nine children, were injured, with 94 injured by Israeli forces and 10 by settlers.

• The incidents resulting in fatalities during the reporting period are as follows:

  • On 8 October, under-cover Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man after surrounding his house in Aqqaba village (Tubas). During the operation, Israeli forces shot live ammunition, sound grenades, and a shoulder-fired explosive projectile at the main door. The family of the man wanted by the Israeli army and his brother’s family were inside the two-storey house. The Israeli army subsequently allowed the man’s brother to evacuate the women and children and fatally shot the man with live ammunition. The grenades caused a fire in parts of the house. The man’s body was withheld by Israeli forces.

  • On 9 October, undercover Israeli forces killed four Palestinians and injured one by opening fire at them from close range while they were inside a vehicle in Nablus city. According to Israeli forces, the five targeted men were accused of involvement in attacks against Israelis.

  • On 10 October, an Israeli drone-fired missile struck a vehicle and killed two Palestinians during a six-hour operation in Nur Shams refugee camp (Tulkarm). During the operation, Israeli forces bulldozed infrastructure and damaged the area surrounding the camp’s main entrance, temporarily cutting off the water supply. Israeli forces withheld the bodies of the two fatalities, and no arrests were reported. According to the Israeli military, the fatalities were armed and one of them led a local armed group involved in attacking Israelis and Israeli forces operating in Tulkarm area.

  • On 14 October, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old child, during a nine-hour operation in Jenin refugee camp that involved exchanges of fire between Israeli forces and Palestinians. Israeli forces besieged and shelled a residential house within the camp and military bulldozers caused significant damage to roads, leading to temporary power outages. As the operation happened in the daytime, 145 children and teachers were stranded inside their schools and kindergarten for about two hours until the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) staff were able to evacuate them.

• On 9 October, the World Food Programme (WFP) expressed deep concern about the volatile situation in the West Bank, where large-scale Israeli operations, movement restrictions, and increasing settler violence are contributing to rising hunger levels. More than 160,000 people have lost their work permits in Israel, leaving families without income, and WFP estimates that the escalation of violence and spillover from the war in Gaza could push at least 600,000 people into food insecurity, compared with 352,000 at the start of 2023. In response, WFP’s voucher programme has expanded sixfold, and as of September, it reached nearly 215,000 Palestinians with cash-based transfers. These efforts include “cash top-ups in support of the national social safety net and one-off cash assistance for displaced civilians,” in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Development and UNRWA.

• During the reporting period, Israeli settlers perpetrated 32 attacks against Palestinians that resulted in casualties, property damage or both. The majority of incidents took place within the context of the olive harvest season and resulted in about 450 trees and saplings either sawed off, burnt, stolen or otherwise vandalised by Israeli settlers. Overall, during this period, 14 Palestinians were injured, including 10 by Israeli settlers and four by Israeli forces in settler-related incidents. Four of those injured were children, including three injured by Israeli forces and one by Israeli settlers.

• Key settler attacks affecting Palestinians during the reporting period include:

  • 11 October: A group of armed Israeli settlers believed to be from Giv’at Eitam settlement outpost physically assaulted six Palestinian farmers while working in their olive groves in Khalet al Louza (Bethlehem). Four of the farmers sustained injuries and were transported to hospital for treatment. The settlers vandalised three surveillance cameras, damaged an agricultural room, a fence, and a stone wall, and destroyed 18 olive and grape trees. Israeli forces subsequently arrived and evacuated the settlers.

  • 11 October: Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians from Burqa village (Ramallah) and injured a 17-year-old Palestinian child with live ammunition in the leg. Community sources stated that, after Friday prayers, Israeli settlers were touring the outskirts of the village, close to the houses, and intimidated Palestinians. Israeli forces subsequently arrived at the scene and fired live ammunition and tear gas cannisters toward Palestinians, but no injuries were reported by the forces.

  • On 14 October, Israeli settlers tried to force Palestinian farmers off their land, while harvesting their olive trees near Qusra village (Nablus), according to the village council and one of the affected farmers. When Palestinians refused to leave, masked settlers accompanied by Israeli forces attacked and threw stones at Palestinian houses and Israeli forces opened fire while Palestinians threw stones at them. Four Palestinians, including three children, were injured and, according to the village council, the homes of 14 families sustained damage.

• This olive harvest season, Palestinian farmers across the West Bank are facing heightened risks and challenges due to access restrictions and widespread settler attacks, severely undermining their livelihoods and exposing them to physical harm. Since the beginning of October 2024, OCHA documented 51 settler-related incidents, including 32 that led to casualties, property damage or both, which took place in 57 communities across the West Bank. The majority of the incidents were related to the olive harvest season whereby Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians or prevented them from gaining access to their lands and damaged trees, stole crops and harvesting tools. According to community sources, more than half of these incidents entailed prevention of access to lands where they had previously not faced similar access restrictions. Overall, since 1 October 2024, 54 Palestinians were injured within the context of settler attacks against Palestinians, including 44 by Israeli settlers and 10 by Israeli forces. Furthermore, about 600 (mainly olive) trees and saplings were burnt, sawed off, had their crops stolen, or otherwise vandalised since 1 October, affecting farmers in about 15 communities across the West Bank.

• On 14 October, diplomatic missions from twelve counties issued a joint statement calling on Israel to ensure a successful olive harvest in the West Bank. The missions expressed concern over ongoing Israeli settler violence and movement restrictions that hinder Palestinian access to their olive groves, particularly in areas adjacent to settlements and along the Barrier. They urged Israel to “ensure that all Palestinians in the West Bank can participate and benefit from their olive trees and the olive harvest . . . and facilitate continuous, unfettered, and predictable access for Palestinian farmers to their lands.” The missions emphasized that Israel, as the occupying power, is obligated under international law to protect Palestinian farmers and enable their economic development, calling for immediate accountability measures against settler violence and harassment.

• During the reporting period, Israeli authorities demolished or forced the demolition of 14 Palestinian-owned structures across the West Bank, all citing the lack of Israeli-issued building permits. As a result, 13 people, including four children, were displaced. All structures were demolished by the Israeli authorities and were recorded in Area C of the West Bank, including in Al ‘Arrub refugee camp (Hebron), Az Za’ayyem Bedouin (Jerusalem), Az Zawiya (Salfit), and Al Jalama (Jenin).

Key Figures, 7 October 2023 – 14 October 2024 

• In total, 728 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in addition to two who died of wounds sustained prior to 7 October 2023. These include 711 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, 12 by Israeli settlers, and seven where it remains unknown whether the perpetrators were Israeli forces or settlers. During the same period, 23 Israelis, including 16 members of Israeli forces and six settlers, were killed by Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. In Israel, attacks by Palestinians from the West Bank resulted in the killing of 16 Israelis and eight Palestinian perpetrators.  

• OCHA documented about 1,492 attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, of which 149 led to Palestinian casualties, 1,188 led to damage to Palestinian property, and 155 led to both casualties and property damage. Since 7 October 2023, 277 Palestinians households comprising 1,628 people, including 794 children, have been displaced from about 40 Bedouin and herding communities across the West Bank, primarily citing attacks by Israeli settlers and access restrictions.

• Israeli authorities destroyed, confiscated, sealed or forced the demolition of 1,799 Palestinian structures across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, displacing 4,588 Palestinians, including about 1,923 children. Demolished structures include 82 donor-funded structures that had been provided as humanitarian assistance. These include more than 2,800 Palestinians, including over 1,100 children, who were displaced due to the destruction of homes during operations by Israeli forces, the vast majority (89 per cent) in Jenin refugee camp and Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, both in Tulkarm.   

• For additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement and settler violence between January 2023 and September 2024, please refer to the OCHA West Bank Snapshot. 

West Bank

[Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Israeli Army attack – 1 child wounded: Jerusalem – 14:20, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed the Qalandiya refugee camp and wounded a 14-year-old boy: Muhammad Mahmoud Hassan Manasra.

Israeli Army invasion of refugee camp: Ramallah – 19:00, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, stormed al-Jalazoun refugee camp.

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded – 2 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 11:00, Israeli forces, from the Annexation Wall adjacent to Baqa al-Sharqiya, opened fire towards people and wounded one person: Mustafa Muhammad Amer Dawahdeh. Two other people were taken prisoner.

Israeli Army attack – 1 child wounded: Salfit – 22:15, the Israeli Army stormed the city, wounding a 14-year-old boy: Adam Muhammad Hafez Khater.

Israeli settler attack: Hebron – 22:30 an armed Occupation settler opened indiscriminate fire in the areas of al-Abed and Khallet Taha, in Tabqa village.

Israeli Army attack – 2 taken prisoner in refugee camp: Hebron – 01:20–02:45, Israeli troops, firing live ammunition, stormed al-Fawar refugee camp, taking prisoner two residents.

Home invasion: Jerusalem – 17:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided al-Eizariya and invaded a home as well as a shop.

Home invasion: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli forces raided Anata and searched a house.

Home invasion: Jenin – 00:10, the Israeli Army raided the village of Arranah and invaded a home.

Home invasions: Jenin – 02:10, Israeli troops raided the village of Jalboun and invaded a number of houses.

Israeli police and settlers’ mosque violation: Jerusalem – 08:00, settler militants, escorted by Israeli police, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and molested worshippers.

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 00:20, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades, raid Anata.

Israeli Army population–control: Ramallah – 19:00-21:50, Israeli forces closed the main road to al-Jalazoun refugee camp.

Israeli Army pastoral sabotage: Tubas – 16:30, the Israeli Army demolished a sheep-pen, in the Hamata area of the North Jordan Valley.

Israeli Army olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – 14:20, Israeli troops forced off olive harvesters from land, near the entrance to the village of Jurish where they were working.

Israeli Army olive harvest sabotage: Nablus – the Israeli military stopped Burin village olive harvesting and plundered that collected.

Israeli Army olive harvest sabotage: Hebron – 20:10, Israeli soldiers forced off olive harvesters from Tarqumiya village land, seizing that which had been collected and laid it on the road, in front ofpassing vehicles.

Israeli Army population–control: Hebron – Israeli Occupation forces continued the closure of entry and exit to the town of Idhna, for the 46th consecutive day.

Israeli Army population–control: Hebron – 20:05, Israeli forces closed the Zif village road junction.

Israeli Occupation mosque violation: Hebron – 19:25, the Israeli Army prevented the evening Call to Prayer from being made at Ibrahimi Mosque.

Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Tubas – Israeli Occupation settlers vandalised an irrigation network in the North Jordan Valley, east of the village of Ein al-Bayda.

Occupation settler violence: Tubas – 05:25, Israeli settlers invaded the Khirbet Samra area in the North Jordan Valley, assaulting and terrorising residents.

Occupation settler olive harvest sabotage: Tulkarem – 09:30, Occupation settlers invaded Ramin village land and prevented the olive harvest from proceeding.

Occupation settler olive harvest sabotage: Salfit – 08:05, Israeli settlers raided agricultural land, to the west of Kafr al-Dik, and terrorised an olive harvester.

Occupation settler olive harvest sabotage: Salfit – 16:15, Israelis, from the Kfar Tapuach Occupation settlement, invaded nearby Yasuf village land and forced a halt to the olive harvest.

Occupation settler population–control: Salfit – 17:20, Israelis, from the Kfar Tapuach Occupation settlement, blocked the Iskaka-Yasuf.

Occupation settler land-grab: Hebron – 11:25, Occupation settlers set up camp on land seized in the Halawa area, south-east of Yatta.

Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 11:25, Israeli settlers, in the Masafer area of ​​Bani Na’im, grazed their sheep on a local farmer’s land.

Occupation settler olive harvest sabotage: Hebron – 11:40, Israelis, from the Ma’on Occupation settlement, invaded al-Tuwani village land, assaulting olive harvesters and forcing them off the land.

Raid – plunder – agricultural sabotage: Jerusalem – 10:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided an al-Eizariya agricultural nursery and seized from inside the store of fertiliser.

Raid: Jerusalem – 00:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the town of Anata.

Raid: Ramallah – 15:25, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled al-Bireh.

Raid – refugee camp – violence: Ramallah – 19:00–21:50, Israeli troops raided the al-Jalazoun refugee camp and assaulted a resident.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 06:10, the Israeli military raided Silwad, taking prisoner two people.

Raid: Jenin – 09:25-16:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Jalqamus.

Raid: Jenin – 19:20–07:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Rumana.

Raid: Jenin – 22:30–02:40, Israeli troops raided Araba and the village of Fahma.

Raid: Tubas – 22:45–23:50, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Tayasir.

Raid: Tulkarem – 05:35, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the villages of Kafr Aboush, Kafr Zibad and Kafr Jamal.

Raids: Tulkarem – 06:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the towns of Zeita, Attil and Deir al-Ghusun.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 19:30–01:55, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Elias.

Raids: Qalqiliya – 05:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the villages of al-Funduq, Hajjah and Baqa al-Hatab.

Raid: Nablus – 10:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Sebastia.

Raid: Nablus – 12:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the town of Qusra.

Raid: Nablus – 15:05, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Burin.

Raid: Nablus – 17:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Beita.

Raid – stun grenades fired: Nablus – 17:30–22:00, Israeli forces, firing stun grenades raided the village of Salem.

Raid: Nablus – 19:15, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Deir al-Hatab.

Raid: Nablus – 00:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Qabalan.

Raid – injuries and hospitalisations: Nablus – 00:30–02:15, the Israeli military invaded the city in pursuit of two motorcycles carrying four people, causing their vehicles to overturn, leading to the hospitalisation of all four riders: Qusay Al-Najjar, Asaad Al-Samhan, Abdullah Obaid and Muhammad Mu’ayyad Muhammad Najmi.

Raid: Salfit – 16:05, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Haris village.

Raid: Salfit – 16:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Deir Istiya.

Raids: Salfit – 22:00–01:55, Israeli forces raided the towns of Bruqin and Kafr al-Dik.

Raid – stun grenades fired: Bethlehem – 09:45, the Israeli Army, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled al-Khadr.

Raid: Bethlehem – 12:50, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the city.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, the Israeli military raided the town of Yatta, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – armed robbery: Hebron – 08:20-10:50, Israeli soldiers raided the areas of Adaisseh and Ras Al-Aroud in the town of Sa’ir, seizing a resident’s motor vehicle.

Raid: Hebron – 00:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the town of Bani Na’im.

Raid: Hebron – 00:55, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the city.

Raid: Hebron – 04:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Dura.

Raid: Hebron – 07:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of al-Samou.