The Israeli occupation continues, on Saturday, 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, 65,549 citizens have been martyred, while the number of injured has reached 167,518, 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:
7:45 Israeli vehicles fire near the Netzarim aid center in central Gaza Strip.
6:17 AM Israeli gunboats open fire heavily off the coast of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
6:15 Israeli air strikes on Gaza City
6:01 AM: Occupation forces open fire heavily in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, west of Gaza City.
6:00 AM: Occupation artillery continues shelling Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.
5:59 The occupation army detonated explosive-laden armored vehicles to destroy citizens’ homes in the tunnel area north of Gaza City.
5:58 The occupation army detonated explosive-laden armored vehicles in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City.
5:57 AM 9 martyrs and a number of injuries after warplanes targeted the Al-Jamal family home in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
5:18 Martyrs and wounded in an Israeli bombardment targeting the home of the Al-Jamal family in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
4:54 AM: Injured as Israeli warplanes target the Al-Jamal family home in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza Strip
4:46 Israeli airstrike on Nuseirat camp in central Gaza Strip
4:45 PM Israeli artillery shelling east of Gaza City, coinciding with gunfire from occupation vehicles.
3:24 Israeli airstrike west of Gaza City
3:19 Occupation forces open fire east of Gaza City
3:19 Israeli artillery shelling of the Shuja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
3:00 (Updated) 6 martyrs and wounded in an Israeli bombing targeting the Bakr family home in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.
2:57 PM: Israeli airstrike hits central Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip
2:54 PM: 3 martyrs and 2 injured in Israeli shelling targeting the Abu Rakab family home in the Al-Tha’abin area of Az-Zawayda in central Gaza Strip
1:49 AM An Israeli quadcopter drone opened fire in the vicinity of Al-Nasr Street, west of Gaza City.
1:43 AM Continuous Israeli artillery shelling of Al-Nasr neighborhood and Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.
1:38 AM Occupation forces open fire in the northern areas of Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.
1:36 (Updated) 4 martyrs and wounded in an Israeli bombing targeting the Bakr family home in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.
1:29 AM Martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, in an Israeli bombing that targeted the home of the Bakr family in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.
00:53 Israeli artillery shelling north of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip
00:51 An Israeli drone strike on Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
00:42 Occupation forces detonate armored vehicles loaded with tons of explosives to destroy citizens’ homes south of the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
00:39 Occupation aircraft launch a series of airstrikes on Gaza City.
00:22 Occupation forces open fire heavily during a raid on Al-Arroub camp, north of Hebron.
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