MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / August 28, 2024
Since declaring war on Gaza, Israeli forces have killed at least 582 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to an MEE tally.
Since the beginning of Israel’s assault on Gaza in October, there has been a severe escalation in violence and human rights violations in the occupied West Bank.
According to a tally by Middle East Eye, at least 582 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers there over the period.
Figures from rights groups and NGOs suggest more than 1,000 Palestinians have been displaced and almost 160,000 adversely affected by demolitions in the past 10 months.
On Wednesday, Israel launched its largest operation in the West Bank in decades. Drones hit Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas as troops opened fire on Palestinians on the ground, killing at least nine people.
The latest operation marks a crescendo in almost a year of violence in the territory.
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Below is a timeline of Israeli raids across the occupied West Bank since 7 October 2023:
19 October
Israeli soldiers killed at least seven Palestinians and wounded 25 in the Nur Shams refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem after besieging the camp at dawn and bulldozing infrastructure.
14 November
Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians during a 15-hour raid in Tulkarm in an incursion that involved bombing a home with a drone, tear-gassing a hospital, obstructing ambulances from reaching the wounded, and leaving mass destruction to roads and shops.
19 November
Israeli forces carried out multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, killing a disabled Palestinian man in Jenin and killing another in Bethlehem.
29 December
An Israeli drone attack and raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp killed six Palestinians and brought widespread destruction.
7 January
An Israeli drone strike killed seven Palestinians – all cousins, including two sets of brothers – in the West Bank city of Jenin.
17 January
Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in drone strikes in the Tulkarm refugee camp, as the military carried out raids in the city of Tulkarm.
14 February
Israeli forces carried out a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, wounding a number of people.
21 February
Israeli forces killed three Palestinians during on overnight raid in Jenin, with the military detaining what it called 14 “suspects”.
18 April
Israeli forces killed 14 Palestinians in a two-day assault on the Nur Shams refugee camp where they shot at residents, arrested scores of people and destroyed homes.
18 May
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian fighter in an air strike on a building in the Jenin refugee camp, using a fighter jet and a helicopter.
30 May
Israeli forces ignited a devastating fire at Ramallah’s main vegetable market, destroying dozens of shops owned by Palestinians and causing hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage.
2 July
Four Palestinian men were killed by an Israeli air strike on the Nur Shams camp’s main square.
6 August
Israeli forces killed three Palestinians, including a Palestinian fighter, during a raid centred on a house in Nablus.
26 August
Israeli forces launched a raid on the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah, with military vehicles and soldiers seen patrolling the town’s streets.
28 August
Israel launched a large military offensive on Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas, with drone strikes and live ammunition killing at least nine Palestinians.
