The Israeli occupation continued, on Wednesday, 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 start of Operation “Iron Swords” against the Gaza Strip.
Since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, 64,964 citizens have been martyred, while the number of injured has reached 165,312, 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:
6:38 The occupation army detonated explosive-laden armored vehicles south of the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
6:34 AM: Intense gunfire from Israeli helicopters and vehicles in the center and north of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
3:02 AM 3 martyrs and injuries in an Israeli helicopter attack on the vicinity of Al-Sahaba Farm in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
2:49 (Updated) 3 martyrs and wounded as a result of the occupation aircraft targeting a residential apartment near the financial intersection in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.
2:45 PM: Occupation artillery continues shelling Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City.
2:40 PM The occupation army detonated three booby-trapped armored vehicles in the tunnel area north of Gaza City.
2:38 Apache helicopters bomb the western area of Gaza City.
2:24 AM Martyrs and injuries as a result of Israeli helicopter shelling of the vicinity of Al-Sahaba Farm in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip.
2:13 PM Israeli quadcopter drones fire at Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City.
2:12 PM Israeli helicopters bombard the vicinity of Street 5, north of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
2:07 AM: Injured in Israeli shelling targeting the vicinity of the Holy Family School near Palestine Stadium, west of Gaza City.
2:06 AM Two people were killed and others injured when Israeli warplanes bombed a residential apartment in the Habib building on Aydiya Street, west of Gaza City.
1:48 AM Israeli artillery shelling targets the vicinity of Al-Oyoun Street in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City.
1:47 Israeli airstrike targets Gaza City
1:44 AM: Occupation forces open fire in the Sudanese area, northwest of the Gaza Strip.
1:41 AM An Israeli airstrike targets Tower 8 of the Ain Jalut towers in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
1:39 AM Israeli artillery shelling targets the northwestern area of Gaza City.
1:37 AM: Occupation forces detonate explosive-laden armored vehicles to destroy citizens’ homes in the vicinity of Sheikh Radwan Pool, north of Gaza City.
1:35 Apache helicopter raid west of Gaza City
1:25 AM 3 martyrs in an Israeli raid on the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip
1:19 Two people were killed and others injured as a result of the occupation forces targeting an apartment building near the Al-Maliya intersection in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.
00:56 Occupation aircraft launch a raid on the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
00:20 Israeli airstrikes on Tel al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City, coinciding with the detonation of a tank loaded with tons of explosives to destroy citizens’ homes south of the neighborhood.
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