At least 835 Palestinians have since been killed and more than 6,700 wounded by Israeli army fire in the occupied territory, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
The Israeli violations “were meant to forcibly expel the Palestinians from their areas, in a mass displacement process. / Photo: AA
The Israeli army and illegal settlers launched 2,977 attacks against Palestinian Bedouin communities in the occupied West Bank in 2024, a local rights group has said.
In a statement on Wednesday., the al-Baidar Organisation for the Defence of Bedouin said that 67 Bedouin communities comprising 340 families were displaced by the Israeli authorities in 2024.
The Israeli violations “were meant to forcibly expel the Palestinians from their areas, in a mass displacement process aimed at creating a population vacuum for the benefit of settlement,” it added.
The rights group termed attacks on the Bedouin communities as a "real holocaust," saying that the assaults varied between violence and persecution.
“These violations reflect an organized policy aimed at emptying the Palestinian lands of their indigenous inhabitants and replacing them with Israeli settlers," the statement added.
“These attacks are part of an ethnic cleansing policy pursued by the occupation authorities to empty the Palestinian lands of their legitimate owners, and make them live in a permanent state of threat and displacement."
Over the past few years, the Israeli military has conducted regular raids in the occupied West Bank, which have escalated with the beginning of the war on Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023.
Illegal Israeli settlers have violently attacked Palestinians.
The escalation follows a landmark opinion in July by the International Court of Justice that declared Israel's decades-long occupation of Palestinian land “illegal” and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Over 1,000 Palestinian infants killed by Israeli forces since October 7, 2023
January 1, 2025DAYS OF PALESTINE
DaysofPal- Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO) has reported alarming figures highlighting the devastating toll on children in the ongoing conflict.
According to Ismail Al-Thawabta, the director of the GMO, Israeli occupation forces have killed 1,091 Palestinian infants in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Among these victims are 238 newborns who lost their lives during the ongoing genocidal war.
In a press statement issued on Tuesday, Al-Thawabta condemned the targeted killings of infants, labeling them as “clear war crimes.” He called on the international community to urgently launch investigations and hold those responsible accountable.
The conflict’s impact on civilians, especially children, is further highlighted by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights report, which revealed that women and children constitute nearly 70% of those killed in the Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023.
The findings, based on a detailed analysis of a representative sample of victims, emphasized that the systematic targeting of civilians in Gaza amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The first day of 2025 brought further sorrow to Gaza. Medical sources reported that 29 Palestinians, including children, were killed on Wednesday in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip. Among the casualties were a woman and child who died when an Israeli drone struck a home in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. Several others were injured in the attack.
The ongoing violence has compounded an already dire humanitarian crisis. On Monday, local health authorities confirmed that at least seven people, including six babies, froze to death due to the winter cold amid the Israeli blockade. This chilling statistic underscores the devastating impact of the conflict and the blockade on Gaza’s most vulnerable populations.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini has warned that children in Gaza are freezing to death due to the cold weather and severe lack of shelter.
“Gaza babies are freezing to death due to cold weather and a lack of shelter,” Lazzarini wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). He further criticized the blockade that has prevented essential winter supplies, including blankets and mattresses, from reaching those in need.
“Blankets, mattresses, and other winter supplies have been stuck in the region for months waiting for approval to get into Gaza,” he said, calling for an immediate cease-fire and the flow of much-needed basic supplies.
The UN official’s warning follows reports from Gaza’s Health Ministry Director-General Munir Al-Barsh, who revealed that three Palestinian children died in makeshift displacement camps over the past week due to freezing temperatures.
The conflict has also taken a heavy toll on Gaza’s healthcare system. By the end of June 2024, more than 500 medical professionals had been killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. This loss of medical personnel, combined with attacks on hospitals and limited access to medical supplies, has severely compromised the ability to provide care to the injured and vulnerable.
More than 45,550 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 108,300 others injured, according to local health authorities.
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Over 1,500 tents housing displaced Gazans
inundated by rainwater
January 1, 2025
MEMO
Palestinians taking shelter in tent camps are battling harsh weather conditions as heavy rainfall has flooded their tents on December 31, 2024. [Dawoud Abo Alkas – Anadolu Agency]
Heavy rains have inundated over 1,542 tents housing displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip in the past two days amid Israel’s genocidal war on the enclave, the Civil Defense Service said on Wednesday, Anadolu reports.
“Hundreds of tents were flooded with rainwater at a level exceeding 30 centimeters,” the agency said in a statement.
“Many people were reported to be shivering from the cold as their belongings were damaged by the rainwater,” it added.
The service said torrential rains have swept away 497 tents in Gaza City, 210 in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, 170 in Rafah and 665 in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
READ: 7 killed as cold weather hits Gaza
The Gaza Strip has been hit by a cold wave and torrential rains since Sunday, bringing more misery to the territory’s 2.3 million population.
Local health authorities said Monday that at least seven people, including six babies, froze to death due to the winter cold in the enclave.
The Israeli army has continued a genocidal war on Gaza that has killed over 45,500 victims, mostly women and children, since a Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, reducing the enclave to rubble.
In November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
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