Additional Sources
Weekly report of the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Territories - OCHA OPT, the Palestinian Ministry of Health (Palestinian Authority), Palestinian Ministry of Education (Palestinian Authority).
Palestinians killed
‣ 556 persons killed, 138 of them minors;
‣ Among the minors, 103 were school children;
‣ This figure does not include 4 who perpetrated terrorist attacks and were shot to death.
Israelis killed
‣ 14 persons killed in the West Bank, 9 of them soldiers on active duty;
‣ Inside Israel-proper, 8 Israelis were killed in terrorist attacks.
Palestinians wounded
‣ About 5,600 persons wounded, over 900 of them minors;
‣ Among the minors, 505 are school children;
‣ Over one-third of the wounded are by live fire.
Israelis wounded
‣ 107 persons wounded, 92 of them soldiers on active duty.
Arrests
‣ Since October 7, 2023, over 9,700 arrests were held, 675 of them minors. Many reports of violence exerted during the detentions and arrests;
‣ The Committee on Prisoner Affairs reports that 130 minors are held in Megiddo Prison, 18 of them from the Gaza Strip, in harsh conditions of crowding, denial of rights, no clothing change, denial of soap, showers, skin diseases breaking out as a result of infections. They are beaten up and humiliated every time they are summoned to the clinic or to legal consultation.
Colonists throw stone on Palestinian vehicles near Beit El colony
Colonist violence
‣ OCHA reports 1,122 colonist attacks, 224 of which ended in casualties;
‣ According to Palestinian sources, the number of attacks is greater - 1,223;
‣ The gap lies in the documentation.
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Demolitions and displaced persons
‣ On July 8, 2024, the District Court in Jerusalem rejected the petition of 11 families from the Bab Al Hawa neighborhood of Silwan protesting their eviction, in favor of the Ateret Cohanim colonist association;
◦ The petitioners are a part of the 97 families (450 persons including 220 minors) destined for eviction in favor of the association;
◦ 217 families (968 persons including 424 minors) in East Jerusalem are facing a similar fate.
‣ On July 10, 2024, 4 Bedouin families (30 persons including 21 children) from a community near Sebastia were violently expelled by colonists. A day earlier,
2 shepherds of the community were attacked by sticks with nails, one of the shepherds lost a finger in this attack;
◦ 249 Palestinian families (1,474 persons, 720 of them children) were violently evicted by colonists, most of them shepherd communities.
‣ July 9, 2024, during a 15-hour raid of Nur Shams refugee camp, military bulldozers destroyed 1,600 meters of water and sewage pipe lines, 24 homes were totally destroyed (30 families, 149 persons displaced), and partial damage of another 150 families’ homes (now uninhabitable), as well as dozens of commercial buildings and playgrounds;
‣ Since October 7, 2023, 1,410 persons lost their homes during military raids with bulldozers. They constitute over 50% of the overall demolitions;
‣ 1,179 buildings were demolished since October 7, 2023 (40% of them residences). Consequently, 2,756 persons )1113 of them minors) became homeless;’
◦ Over 50% of these by military raids;
◦ 43% due to a lack of construction permits;
◦ 6% as collective punishment.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Local Call, OCHA OPT, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO.
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