Thursday through Friday the following week.
The West Bank | The Gaza Strip | Northern Israeli Border |
Data
Data about the West Bank - October 7th, 2023 - May 8th, 2024
Killed
‣ 479 Palestinians were killed, of which 116 were minors;
◦ 462 of them by the army;
◦ 10 definitely by colonists;
◦ 8 not yet been determined by whom - army or colonists;
◦ 348 of them in military raids;
◦ 33% of them in Jenin and Tulkarm districts;
‣ 10 Israelis were killed in the West Bank, of which 5 were soldiers.
Wounded
‣ 5,040 Palestinians wounded;
◦ 34% of them by live fire;
‣ 105 Israelis were injured in the West Bank, 70 of them soldiers.
Arrests
‣ 8,665 persons arrested since October 7;
◦ 290 of them women;
◦ 610 of them minors.
A detainee from the town of Al-Yamun shows wounds after being abused during detention
Demolitions and displaced persons
‣ 1,790 (78% of them minors) were displaced from their homes;
◦ 55% of them in military operations;
‣ 1,320 Palestinians (about half of them minors) were forced out from their homes due to colonists violence and army abuses.
Colonists attack on Beita
Colonist Violence
‣ 829 colonists attacks were documented;
‣ 178 of them ended in casualties.
Data about the Gaza Strip - October 7th, 2023 - May 9th, 2024
The data is only an update and an addition to the more detailed report uploaded in the previous file.
Killed
‣ 34,971 Palestinians killed;
‣ At least 10,000 missing;
‣ 7 mass graves, with 520 bodies, discovered in hospital complexes:
◦ 1 in Kamal Adwan Hospital;
◦ 3 in Shifaa;
◦ 3 in the Al Nasser complex.
‣ 1,270 Israelis were killed on October 7;
‣ 270 soldiers killed in ground warfare;
‣ The number of dead captives is unknown. 38 confirmed dead and their bodies are held captive.
Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh. Died in prison
Wounded
‣ 78,611 Palestinians wounded;
‣ 5,400 Israelis wounded on October 7;
‣ 1,635 soldiers wounded in the ground warfare.
Sickness
‣ 78,000 children under 2-years of age;
‣ 175,000 under 5-years of age;
‣ 90% of Gazan children under 5-years of age suffer or have suffered from one or more infectious diseases;
‣ 8,000 babies under 2-years of age suffer from malnutrition.
Rafah
‣ 600,000 children in Rafah;
‣ 30,000 pregnant women;
‣ Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings are closed, and no supply of fuel coming into the southern strip;
‣ Within 48 hours, 5 field hospitals, 28 ambulances and 47 clinics will stop functioning due to lack of fuel, intensive care and maternity rooms among them;
‣ Evacuation of Al Najar Hospital ceased dialysis treatment, and 1,500 kidney patients remained unanswered.
Please be advised that the following two videos, documenting the injury and death of children in Rafah, are very difficult to watch:
Thursday, May 2 – The West Bank
Raids and arrests
In the night and day, the following localities were raided by the Israeli army: Ya’bad, Jalbun, Hebron, Idna, ‘Azza refugee camp, Beit Ummar, Budrus, Aida refugee camp, Shu’afat refugee camp, Qalqilya, Husan, Jalazone refugee camp, Nablus, Kafr Qallil, Taffuh, Rujeib, Beit Sira, Qalandia refugee camp, Ras Khamis, Al Mughayyir, Qusra, Beita, Azzun, Sa’ir, Shuqba, Dura, Yatma, Sinjil, Burqa, Ar-Rihiya. At least 15 persons arrested, a minor and a woman among them.
Clashes
1. Qalqilya - Clashes during withdrawal from a night raid. Activation of an Improvised explosive charge.
2. Jalazone refugee camp - North of Ramallah, night raid, confrontations. Wounded by live gunfire. During the raid, the forces destroyed a large number of vehicles. 5 arrested a woman among them.
3. Qusra - south-east of Nablus, clashes during which a 14-year-old was seriously injured in the chest by a live bullet. In some reports it was claimed that uniformed colonists were involved in the raid and shooting.
4. Beita - south of Nablus, Army and colonists raid Jabel Al-Arama and provoke clashes with the locals.
5. Azzun - east of Qalqilya, clashes during which an Improvised explosive charge was activated on a military force.
6. Anabta - east of Tulkarm, Severe head injury during clashes.
7. Al Mughayyir - confrontations. Live fire. A bulldozer was confiscated.
Colonist attacks
1. Mu’arrajat - north-west of Jericho, colonists raid the community, graze their flock on their lands and empty 7 water tanks.
2. Beit El junction - north of Ramallah, colonists attack Palestinian vehicles with military backing.
3. Burqa - north-west of Nablus, colonists attack Palestinian vehicles and throw stones.
4. Al Khader - south of Bethlehem, colonists graze their flock on a Palestinian land planted with vines and almond trees, and cause damage, while the army is preventing the local farmers from accessing their land.
5. Wadi Tiran - south of Hebron, colonists ambush children on their way to school and threaten them.
Thursday, May 2 - The Gaza Strip
‣ 3 fatal attacks;
‣ 28 killed;
‣ 51 wounded (this data always refers to 24 hours from noon the previous day to noon of this day);
‣ 2 Israeli soldiers injured;
‣ 64 detainees released;
‣ 2 bodies of dead prisoners were returned, among them the body of Dr. Adnan Hamed Al-Bursh, head of Al Shifaa orthopedic department, who was arrested during a raid on Al Amal Hospital. Dr. Al-Bursh was tortured (according to testimonies) and died in prison;
‣ 24 hours.
Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh
Northern Strip
1. Gaza City:
‣ Sheikh Radwan neighborhood - 6 killed and unkown number of wounded in a bombing of a house;
‣ Al Zeitoun neighborhood - prolonged artillery shelling - 2 killed and several wounded;
‣ Al Kuwaiti Square - bombing. A driver of an aid truck was killed.
2. Beit Hanoun - air strike.
3. Jabalia - bombing east of the camp. One killed and several wounded.
Central Strip
1. Al Bureij refugee camp - bombing a house. 4 killed, a child among them;
2. Netzarim road - Hamas fires mortars at a military force;
3. Nuseirat refugee camp - several attacks. Shelling of the minaret of the Al Qassem Mosque. 3 killed and 5 wounded;
4. Al Zahra - Artillery. 6 killed and 10 wounded;
5. Deir al-Balah - shooting at fishing boats;
6. Al Mughraqa - battles between Hamas and Israeli forces.
Southern Strip
1. Rafah - Al Salem neighborhood to the east of the city - 2 killed in a shelled house.
2. Aerial bombardment of the Rafah crossing.
Thursday, May 2 - Northern Israeli Border
Attacks against Israel
1. Rockets on Dov mountain - interception of 3 out of 4.
2. Rockets on Biranit - apparent damage to a military base.
3. Rockets on Shetula.
Attacks against South Lebanon
1. Air raids on Markaba, Sheba.
2. Artillery on Aalma El Chaeb, Tyre Harfa.
Attacks against Syria
1. Air strike on the refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus. 8 injured.
Friday, May 3 - The West Bank
Raids and arrests
In the night and day, the following localities were raided by the Israeli army: Beit Ummar, Hebron, Nablus, Jaba’, Silat al-Harithiya, Yamun, Kafr Dan, Salem, Kafr Qallil, Madama, Beita, Asira al-Qibliya, Tell, Beit Imrin, Zeita, Burqa, Sebastia, Kafr Qaddum, Jalbun, Udala, Azzun. 12 persons arrested.
Clashes
1. Al-Arroub refugee camp - north of Hebron, confrontations. No arrests or casualties reported.
2. Jaba' - south-west of Jenin, clashes. Throwing stones and Improvised explosive charges. Arrest.
3. Halhul - north of Hebron, clashes. Stun grenades and tear gas.
4. Kfar Qaddum - east of Qalqilya, clashes.
5. Jalbun - east of Jenin, clashes and Improvised explosive charges.
6. Udala - south of Nablus, clashes.
7. Azzun - east of Qalqilya, clashes and throwing improvised hand grenades at a military force.
8. Zeita - north of Tulkarm, one wounded by live gunfire during a raid.
9. Ya'bad - south-west of Jenin, raid. Injured after being run over by a military vehicle.
10. Husan - west of Bethlehem, stun grenades near the mosque during the Friday prayer.
11. Aida refugee camp - north of Bethlehem, raid. Tear gas and stun grenades. Suffocation injuries.
12. Ad Deir - North Palestinian Jordan Valley. The army prevents farmers from using a water pump to irrigate crops.
13. Dar Faza'a - east of Ramallah, night raid, threats, confiscation of vehicles, beatings. The presence of Human Rights activists prevented further violence.
14. Az-Zuweidin - Masafer Yatta - soldiers sent by a colonist from a nearby outpost, drove shepherds away from their pastures.
Attacks against the army
1. Dotan checkpoint - shooting at the checkpoint.
Demolitions
1. Silwan - A family was forced to destroy 3 stores they owned for the last 30 years.
Friday, May 3 - The Gaza Strip
‣ 3 attacks;
‣ 26 killed;
‣ 51 wounded;
‣ The death of Dror Or, assumed captive, but was murdered on October 7, 2023, was announced.
Attacks against Israel
1. Rockets near Nirim.
Northern Strip
1. Jabalia - shelling a house west of the town. 3 dead. Later an aerial bombardment north of the town. Shelling the Al Nasser Mosque.
2. Beit Lahia - Artillery.
3. Gaza City:
‣ Shelling from the sea;
‣ Aerial bombardment in Al Shati camp.
Central Strip
1. Al Bureij refugee camp - 2 air raids. 9 injured.
2. Nuseirat refugee camp - air raid.
3. Al Maghazi - artillery. Shelling of a house.
4. Deir al-Balah - One killed west of the city.
5. Al Zahra - shelling of a house.
Southern Strip
Rafah. Shahin family home. 7 dead. 5 children and a woman
1. Rafah:
‣ Shelling of the Shahin family home, in the north of the city. 7 dead, 5 children and a woman among them;
‣ Shelling west of the city, on displaced persons camps. A fire broke out there;
‣ Shelling around the Abu Shamala mosque in Tel al Sultan.
Friday, May 3 - Northern Israeli Border
Attacks against Israel
1. Rockets fell in Yarka.
2. Meron mountain - 10 rockets near the base.
3. Dov mountain - 2 anti-tank missiles.
4. Sirens in Naharia.
5. Interception of a drone in the Upper Galilee.
6. Julis - minor damage as a result of falling interception fragments.
7. Sirens in Tziv'on.
8. Attack on a military force in Yir'on.
Attacks against south Lebanon
1. Air raid on Ayta ash Shab, Aalma El Chaeb, Kafrkela, Maroun Al Ras and Aitaroun.
2. Artillery on Majdal Zoun.
Saturday, May 4 - The West Bank
Israelis killed
1. Yitav Lev Halevi, 28 year-old, Har Gillo.
Palestinians killed
1. Tamer Rafat Abdel Rahman Fakha, 32 years-old, Deir al-Ghusun.
2. Alaa Adib Abdel Jaber Shariata, 45 years-old, Deir al-Ghusun.
3. Asal Bashir Toufik Badran, 42 years-old, Deir al-Ghusun.
4. Adnan Tisir Kamal Samara, 40 years-old, Deir al-Ghusun.
5. A body that has not yet been identified.
Raids and arrests
In the night and day, the following localities were raided by the Israeli army: Deir al-Ghusun, Bani Na’im, HaRasa, Beita, Baqat al-Hatab, Jamma'in, Dayr Ghasana, Beit Rima, Azzun, Beit Furik, Sebastia. 10 persons arrested, a minor among them.
Brutal arrest of a minor in Beit Rima
Clashes
1. Deir al-Ghusun - north of Tulkarm, raid by special forces. Later, additional forces accompanied by drones, bulldozers and snipers surrounded a house where several people were staying, 4 wanted persons (commanders with the Al Qassam Brigades who were involved in two attacks, killing a soldier and wounding several others, last November) among them.
Clashes that lasted 15 hours. The soldiers hit the house with at least 10 anti-tank missiles, bombs from drones and shells. Then bulldozers destroyed the house. 3 bodies were recovered from the house and were taken by the army. Their identity was released later on.
Another person, a forth one, was shot dead while trying to get out of the rubble. Parts of a fifth body were recovered later and have not yet been identified.
A Yamam (National Counter-Terrorism Unit) fighter was seriously injured, and died a few days later.
Ambulances were denied access, soldiers shot live ammunition and tear gas at journalists, and snipers shot indiscriminately.
2. East Jerusalem - The Church of the Holy Sepulcher, stricter restrictions and cancellation of passage permits for Christian celebrants of the Holy Sabbath ceremonies. During the event, the security guard of the Greek Consul was violently arrested.
3. Beita - south of Nablus, clashes. 6 suffocation injuries.
4. Beit Rima - north-west of Ramallah, raid and clashes during which a local was wounded by live fire, and a minor was violently arrested.
5. Azzun - east of Qalqilya - clashes.
6. Beit Furik - east of Nablus, confrontations. 2 wounded by live fire.
7. Sebastia - north-west of Nablus, raid on several houses. 5 were beaten and arrested.
Attacks against the army
1. Silat ad-Dhahr - south of Jenin, shooting at a military force.
2. Shuweika - north of Tulkarm, shooting at a military force.
Confiscations
1. Duma - south-east of Nablus, confiscation of a bulldozer during work. The owner was arrested.
Colonists attacks
1. Qalqas - Masafer Yatta, colonists attack Palestinian vehicles.
2. Arab Al Malihat - colonists raided and attacked 4 houses.
Saturday, May 4 - The Gaza Strip
‣ 3 fatal attacks;
‣ 32 killed;
‣ 41 wounded;
‣ 24 hours.
Northern Strip
1. Gaza City:
‣ El Sabra neighborhood - 2 children killed in a shelling of a house;
‣ El Zeitoun - 3 dead, a mother and her two children. The father was mortally wounded;
‣ Aerial bombardment in the east of the city.
Central Strip
1. Nuseirat refugee camp:
‣ shelling of a house - 2 killed;
‣ Aerial bombing north of the camp.
2. Deir al-Balah - 2 killed.
3. Al Maghazi - artillery shelling on a house.
4. Wadi Gaza - Artillery.
5. Netzarim road - mortars on a military force.
Southern Strip
1. Khan Yunis:
‣ 7 bodies were recovered from the ruins;
‣ Injuries in an air raid in the Al Fujari area.
2. Abasan Al Kabira - 3 injured.
3. Rafah - air attack east of the city, on Al Janina neighborhood. 3 dead, 2 children aged 3 and 5 among them.
Saturday, May 4 - Northern Israeli Border
Attacks against Israel
1. 2 anti-tank missiles on a military position in Metula.
2. 4 anti-tank missiles on Dov Mountain.
Attacks against South Lebanon
1. Aerial bombardment of: Khiam, Dhahira, Tyre Harfa (shelling of a house).
2. Artillery on: Jabal Balat, Naqoura, Aalma El Chaeb, Ayta ash Shab, Rachaya Al Foukhar.
3. A drone attacks a vehicle in Bint Jbeil.
Sunday, May 5 - The West Bank
Raids and Arrests
In the night and day, the following localities were raided by the Israeli army: Beit Ummar, Shu’afat refugee camp, Surif, Salfit, Nablus, Al Mughayyir, Birzeit, Beita, Madama, Silwan, Tuqu’a, Azzun, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Yatma, Al Khader, Jalbun. 27 persons arrested, 2 minors and a woman among them.
Clashes
1. Nablus - raid and exchange of fire in Al Rafidia neighborhood.
2. Beit Ummar - north of Hebron, clashes and massive firing of tear gas.
3. Beita - south of Nablus, clashes.
4. The Old City of Jerusalem - Adam Al Rishek, 16 years-old, went for a run, and attacked by Jewish rioters. The police, that did nothing to stop them, later detained him for questioning. He is suffering from bruises.
5. Tuqu’a - south-east of Bethlehem, raid and arrests, among them a minor. Clashes ensued.
6. Surif - north of Hebron - clashes.
7. Azzun - east of Qalqilya - . confrontations. Improvised explosive charge. A raid on a mosque and damage to its contents.
8. Yatma - south-east of Nablus - clashes. Stun grenades and tear gas.
9. El Khader - south of Bethlehem - clashes. Suffocation injuries.
10. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya - south of Nablus - raid. Tear gas and stun grenades.
Attacks against the army
1. Rummanah - west of Jenin - an Improvised explosive charge near the separation wall.
Demolitions and confiscations
1. Sheikh Jarrah - East Jerusalem - Police raid the offices of Al Jazeera and close them, following the Israeli government's decision.
2. Arab Al Malihat - north-west of Jericho, 8 demolition orders.
Attacks against colonists
1. Avnei Hefetz - east of Tulkarm, throwing stones at a bus.
2. Nabi Elias - east of Qalqilya, throwing stones at a bus and private vehicles.
Mu’arrajat
Colonists attacks
1. Khirbet Tell el Himma - north of the Palestinian Jordan Valley, a new outpost.
2. Kafr Ra'i - south of Jenin, colonists attack farmers and deny them access to their land.
3. Kafr Sarra - west of Nablus, throwing stones at vehicles.
4. El Khader - south of Bethlehem, colonists deny Palestinians access to their land.
Sunday, May 5 - The Gaza Strip
‣ 3 fatal attacks;
‣ 29 killed;
‣ 110 wounded;
‣ 3 soldiers were killed;
‣ 9 soldiers were injured;
‣ 24 hours.
Attacks against Israel
1. 10 rockets on a military force in Kerem Shalom - 3 soldiers were killed and 9 were wounded.
2. Rockets on Kissufim.
Northern Strip
1. Gaza City:
‣ Artillery and massive airstrikes on different parts of the city - Al Zeitoun, Sheikh Ijlin, Tel El Hawa, Tel Sabra, Shuja'iya;
‣ 5 dead in Tel El Hawa neighborhood;
‣ Clashes in Al Zeitoun.
2. Beit Hanoun - aerial bombardment.
3. Beit Lahia - Artillery.
A soldier documenting himself destroying a house in Gaza
Central Strip
1. Al Maghazi refugee camp- air raid.
2. Az-Zawayda - air raid.
3. Al Bureij refugee camp - artillery to the east of the camp.
‣ Mortar on a military vehicle.
4. Nuseirat refugee camp - 6 persons killed in shelling.
5. Artillery on the power station, Al-Mughraqa and Al Zahra.
Choppers over Rafah
Southern Strip
1. Khan Yunis - shelling of a house.
‣ Air attack from the east of the city.
2. Rafah - Shelling in the eastern part of the city, 9 killed, 4 children and 3 women among them.
Aatar family home. 9 killed
Zoom In
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Baby Hani Keshta was born in October. His parents were killed and he was rescued out of his dead mother's womb. His aunt raised him and his brothers and sisters. All four of them were killed in the shelling of the Keshta family's house in Rafah.
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Her name was Alma Skyk. She was born on May 8, 2012. Her body was recovered from the rubble on May 8, 2024, her birthday. She was killed about 180 days ago in Gaza City.
Sunday, May 5 - Northern Israeli Border
Attacks against Israel
1. Sirens in Ramot Naftali and Yiftah;
2. Rockets on Kfar Yuval and Kfar Gil’adi;
3. Shetula - direct injury;
4. Malkia - rockets on a military position;
5. Kiryat Shmona and Galilee Panhandle - 20 rockets - direct hit at several houses, fires and extensive damage to property. One Israeli wounded;
6. 65 rockets and anti-tank missiles on the northern region and the Golan;
7. Avivim - direct hit.
Attacks against South Lebanon
1. Artillery: Naqoura, Jabel Balat, Aitaroun.
2. Air attack: Meiss Al Jabal (a family of 4 was killed), Hula, Ayta a Shab, Markaba, Aaddousiyyeh, Taibe, Kafrkela, Khiam.
Monday, May 6 - The West Bank
Killed
1. Ammar Al-Ufi, 35 years old, Tulkarm.
Raids and arrests
In the night and day, the following localities were raided by the Israeli army: Jayus, Tulkarm, Al Khader, Qalqilya, Tubas, Hebron, Beit Ummar, Husan, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Deheishe refugee camp, Beitunia, Nablus, Askar refugee camp, Osarin, Azzun, Kisan, Shu’afat refugee camp, Biddya, Beit Furik, Deir Istiya, Hares, Anabta. At least 17 persons arrested, 8 years-old who was also shot among them.
Clashes
1. Tulkarm, Nur Shams and Tulkarm refugee camps - a 20 hours raid. Damage to infrastructure. A house and a vehicle blown away. A siege on a group of paramedics in the Red Crescent center and demolition of the walls of the building.
Snipers shooting. Fire exchanges and explosive devices. Buildings burned. Arrest of a wanted person. One killed and 5 injured, a woman among them. Also, a girl was bitten by a dog of a military unit.
2. Anbata - east of Tulkarm - raid. Improvised explosive charge activated on the force.
3. Qalqilya - night raid and confrontations.
4. Tubas - night raid. Clashes and exchange of fire. Improvised explosive charges activated.
5. Askar refugee camp - east of Nablus - night raid and exchange of fire.
6. Azzun - east of Qalqilya - raid on a house, turning it into a military outpost, and raising the Israeli flag on the roof.
7. Beit Furik - east of Nablus - clashes. 4 were injured by live fire.
8. Aqabat Jaber refugee camp - south of Jericho - raid. Shooting and arresting an 8-year-old boy. His condition is unknown.
Juda Hamidat, 8 years-old. Shot and arrested
9. Jalbun - east of Jenin - raiding the village for 17th day in a row now, and turning another house into a military outpost.
Demolitions
1. Ras Karkar - west of Ramallah, demolition of a 2-story house.
Attacks against colonists
1. Deir Istiya - north-west of Salfit, throwing stones at vehicles. Damage to the car.
Colonists attacks
1. Al Auja - north of Jericho, a new outpost. 700 meters from Ras Al Ein shepherds’ community.
Monday, May 6 - The Gaza Strip
‣ 5 fatal attacks;
‣ 52 killed;
‣ 28 killed in one night in Rafah, where 11 houses were attacked;
‣ 90 wounded;
‣ Another Israeli soldier, injured in the attack on soldiers in Kerem Shalom, died of his wounds (raising the number of dead to 4);
‣ 24 hours.
Rafah
Attacks against Israel
1. Rocket barrage on Sderot and Mefalsim.
2. Another barrage on Sderot and Nir Am.
Northern Strip
1. Beit Lahia - Artillery north of the town.
2. Gaza City - Artillery on Sheikh Ijlin and Al Zeitoun. Casualties during an attempt to save parachuted aid packages.
Central Strip
1.