The Israeli occupation continues, on Friday, its refusal to honor the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, which came into effect on January 19 and lasted for nearly two months, after 471 days of genocide.
At dawn on Tuesday, March 18, the occupation resumed its brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip with dozens of airstrikes, killing more than 400 people and wounding 500 within hours, most of them children and women.
In early March, the first phase of the 42-day ceasefire agreement in Gaza ended. It included a multi-stage prisoner exchange between resistance factions and Israel, a limited withdrawal of the Israeli army, and the return of displaced persons to their destroyed homes.
Israel has reneged on entering the second phase of the ceasefire agreement, which was supposed to last for 42 days, followed by a third phase of the same duration, leading to a permanent ceasefire and cessation of hostilities.
On October 7, 2023, the commander-in-chief of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), the martyr Muhammad Deif, announced the launch of Operation “Flood of Al-Aqsa” in response to the occupation’s crimes against the Palestinians and its repeated incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque. Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army announced the launch of Operation “Iron Swords” against the Gaza Strip.
Since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, 66,225 citizens have been martyred, while the number of injured has reached 168,938, approximately 72% of whom are women and children, according to the Ministry of Health.
In contrast, Israeli military estimates indicate that more than 1,500 Israelis have been killed since the start of the fighting, including more than 700 officers and soldiers, in addition to approximately 10,000 wounded.
Here are the latest developments:
7:30 Safa correspondent: The occupation forces detonated a booby-trapped armored vehicle loaded with tons of explosives to destroy citizens’ homes in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
7:29 Safa correspondent: Martyrs and wounded in Israeli drone raids on the vicinity of Street 5 in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis.
7:29 Safa correspondent: Israeli raids target the southern areas of Gaza City, and occupation forces stationed northwest of Gaza City continue to fire heavily.
6:41 AM Safa correspondent: Israeli airstrikes, bombing operations, and aerial and artillery shelling continued throughout the night in the center and north of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
6:37 AM Safa correspondent: Israeli gunboats fired at the Nusairat beach.
6:25 AM Safa correspondent: The occupation forces detonated three armored vehicles loaded with tons of explosives to destroy citizens’ homes northwest of Gaza City.
6:20 AM Safa correspondent: Heavy artillery shelling and gunfire from Israeli vehicles in the Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area, northwest of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
6:19 AM Safa correspondent: Heavy gunfire on the coast of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
6:03 AM Safa correspondent: The smell of gunpowder and dust from explosions pervades the atmosphere in Gaza due to the ongoing Israeli bombing and shelling operations, which continue around the clock in the north, south, and east of the city.
2:37 PM Safa correspondent: Israeli artillery shelling east of Gaza City.
2:12 PM Safa correspondent: A third airstrike on Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
2:09 PM Safa correspondent: Two Israeli airstrikes hit the center of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
00:28 Nasser Medical Complex: One martyr and others injured in an Israeli drone strike in the Al-Mawasi area, southwest of Khan Yunis.
00:21 Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Gaza: Hospitals in northern Gaza face a severe shortage of surgical specialists and there is an urgent need for the entry of medical delegations.
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