In the West Bank, Israeli forces shot and injured 1 Palestinian with live ammunition, 2 with baton rounds, and injured others with tear gas during a raid in Beit Umar. In East Jerusalem, 1 Palestinian family demolished their own home in Wadi al-Juz, displacing 9. In Gaza, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians marked the 58th anniversary of the founding of Fatah in Gaza City. (AP, HA, WAFA, WAFA 12/31; WAFA 1/1; PCHR 1/5; UNOCHA 1/16)
231 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces and settlers during 2022. 173 of the Palestinian casualties were in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, marking the highest death toll for the West Bank since 2005. 53 Palestinians were killed in Gaza, including 49 during Operation Breaking Dawn, and 5 in Israel. (MDW, MEE 12/31; HA 1/4)