In the West Bank, Israeli forces shoot and injure 2 Palestinians during a raid in Jalazone refugee camp. Israeli forces also uproot trees and seize a bulldozer during a raid in Madama. Elsewhere, Israeli forces prevent Palestinians from working their land in Umm al-Qaba. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Beit Hanun, Gaza City, Dayr al-Balah, Shati’ refugee camp, and Rafah, killing at least 37 Palestinians. Israeli forces raid the Kamal Adwan Hospital, forcibly evacuating it and setting parts of it on fire. Israeli forces reportedly kill several members of the hospital’s staff. Around 350 people are taken a nearby school where some of them are stripped to their underwear and then taken to an unknown destination. Some, including the hospital’s director Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, are taken to Israeli detention camps outside of Gaza. In Herzliya, a Palestinian man stabs and kills an Israeli woman before being shot and injured. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb Qousaya. In Syria, Israeli forces bomb a road near the Lebanese border. In Yemen, Houthi forces fire missiles at Ben Gurion Airport; the U.S.-deployed THAAD missile defense system reportedly shoots down the missiles. U.S. and UK forces bomb Sanaa. (AJ, AJ, AJ, AP, AP, HA, HA, HA, NYT, REU, REU, REU, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 12/27; AJ, AJ, AP, REU, WAFA, WAFA 12/28; AJ, HA 12/29; AJ, HA 12/30; UNOCHA 12/31; UNOCHA 1/2)
More than 45,436 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 17,500 children and 11,487 women, and around 108,038 have been injured since 10/7/2023. At least 11,000 people are missing in rubble. 836 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 172 children. More than 6,500 people have been injured. Israel reports that 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed and 5,400 have been injured in Israel since 10/7/2023, including Israeli soldiers. In addition, 390 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 2,485 injured in Gaza since the ground invasion began on 10/27/2023. Over 1.93 million Palestinians, nearly 85% of the population of Gaza, have been displaced since 10/7/2023. There has been a complete electricity blackout in Gaza since 10/12/2023 due to the Israeli blockade. 87% of all housing units in Gaza have been destroyed or severely damaged since 10/7/2023. (AJ, WAFA 12/27)
Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, the UAE, Egypt, Iran, the Arab League, and the OIC condemn Israel’s destruction of the Kamal Adwan Hospital. (AJ, WAFA 12/27; AJ, WAFA 12/28; WAFA 12/29)