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According to Palestinian authorities, more than 21,900 people have been killed by Israeli forces since October 7, 2023, most of whom were women and minors.

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The number of Palestinians killed by Israel rises to 21,978

In October, the Palestinian resistance launched an operation in the irregular settlements surrounding Gaza, surprising the occupying army and in response launching a siege of the territory and attacks on the population.

The leader of the Hamas resistance, Mohammed Deif, stated at the time that “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” was carried out in the face of repeated Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.

More than 80 days after the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, we present the situation minute by minute:

Monday, January 1st

9:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. GMT)

The Commission for the Affairs of Detainees and Ex-Detainees said a Palestinian prisoner was killed in Israeli prisons, WAFA news agency reported.

The Commission and the Palestinian Prisoners' Association reported that the Israeli prison services murdered 23-year-old Abdul Rahman Bassem Al-Bahsh from Nablus.

7:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. GMT)

The Palestine Today platform condemned new Israeli bombings against Gaza, Syria and southern Lebanon.

17:00 (15:00 GMT)

WAFA news agency reported that Israeli forces demolished two agricultural and industrial buildings and a wall on land in the village of Nabi Elias, east of Qalqilya in the West Bank.

16:00 (14:00 GMT)

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry hopes that former British Prime Minister Tony Blair “will not be involved in this crime, which is part of the Israeli government's plan to increase genocide and forced displacement among Palestinians.”

On Sunday, an Israeli news channel reported that Blair would be the point of contact in finding European countries that could accept Palestinian refugees from Gaza.

3:00 p.m. (1:00 p.m. GMT)

The Ministry of Health reported that the total number of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7, 2023 rose to 21,978, with 57,697 people injured.

In the last 24 hours alone, at least 156 people were killed and another 246 injured in 13 Israeli strikes, Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said at a news conference.

2:00 p.m. (12:00 GMT)

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced that as the world celebrates the New Year, the streets of the Gaza Strip are filled with thousands of people sleeping rough.

The agency's press director, Juliet Touma, wrote on her account on the social network “October 7th last year”.

He stated that “the number of displaced people housed in the agency’s facilities has reached 1.4 million Palestinians.”

1:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. GMT)

At least 21 people were killed and dozens injured in the Israeli bombing of several areas in the Gaza Strip. In the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, 15 people were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli bombardment of civilian homes.

Six people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on several houses in the Beer al-Naja area, west of Jabalia.

12:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. GMT)

Thousands of doses of vaccines against childhood diseases, including polio and measles, have already been brought to the Gaza Strip to help address a growing health emergency in the occupied territories, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

11:00 a.m. (09:00 GMT)

Israeli forces have arrested 32 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society.

The mother of Ahmad Illian, who was killed by soldiers last week after a suspected knife attack at a checkpoint south of Jerusalem, was arrested in East Jerusalem's Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood.

10:00 a.m. (08:00 GMT)

At least six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Bir an-Naaja area, west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.

09:00 (07:00 GMT)

At least three people were killed and several injured in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.

07:00 (05:00 GMT)

Israel has warned that the war against Hamas in Gaza will last “throughout 2024.” Almost three months after it began, army spokesman Daniel Hagari told troops this Sunday evening that some reservists would take a break from the war to prepare for “prolonged fighting.”

06:00 (04:00 GMT)

Thousands of people demonstrated in solidarity with the Palestinian people in Istanbul, Turkey, in the first hours of 2024. A gesture that has been repeated in other parts of the world, for example in the American city of Boston.

05:00 (03:00 GMT)

More than 100 historical and cultural sites in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli bombings since October 7.

04:00 (02:00 GMT)

Thousands of Israeli soldiers are being withdrawn from the Gaza Strip, the military announced. This is the first significant troop reduction since the conflict began, as forces continued to attack Khan Younis, the southern capital.

03:22 (01:22 GMT)

Palestine Today condemned Israel's continued genocide against the people of Gaza after it carried out violent bombings of residential areas in the Gaza Strip on the first day of 2024.

02:00 (00:00 GMT)

Al Mayadeen media published an analysis pointing out that mobilizations in the United States (US) in favor of Palestine exceeded those carried out in the last century to oppose the war with Vietnam.

01:00 (23:00 GMT on Sunday)

Local media reported that hundreds of Palestinians held a large demonstration in the occupied West Bank on New Year's Eve to show their solidarity with the people of the Gaza Strip.