Around 9:10 pm, an Israeli airstrike **directly** struck Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, the main hospital that remains functioning in southern Gaza. A doctor working at the hospital confirmed that the **in-patient surgical ward** was directly hit. The hospital director announced that the **surgery ward is completely out of service** as a result of the strike which caused significant damage to the walls and ceiling. At least two people were confirmed killed while others were injured among the medical staff and patients. The airstrike was carried out to **assassinate** member of Hamas' politbureau member Ismail Barhoum who was **receiving medical treatment** from a previous strike about a week prior. The victims include a teen patient who was killed: 16 year-old **Ibrahim Sami Barhoum**. Ibrahim was a young Quran Hafiz and was also receiving treatment for injuries at the hospital. He was operated on by American trauma surgeon Feroze Sidhwa and was supposed to be discharged from the hospital on the next day. Weapons expert Trevor Ball drew similarities betweent he fragments of the missile with another unidentified Israeli missile used in Lebanon months prior.

### Forced displacement: Around 8 am, the IDF issued a forced displacement order covering the Tal al-Sultan area, in southwest Rafah. Israel prohibited displacement by vehicles, forcing people, ailing, elderly to walk long distances under Israeli gunfire, as was documented by journalists on the ground. ### Field executions Multiple **eyewitnesses** recounted that the IDF **shot at people during the forced displacement**, and struck a bus full of people. A father, displaced from the Saudi neighborhood, also recounted seeing two **people being shot dead** on the coastal road, and found his own son killed lying on the ground in the "barracks" area. A mother, also reported her son was killed but could not take his body as the tanks were in front of her. ### Rescue vehicles struck and crew missing At dawn, hours before the forced displacement announcement, the IDF had struck a PRCS ambulance north of Rafah. Palestinian sources reported hours later, around 8 am, that IDF troops had **surrounded five ambulances and a fire truck**, and people in Rafah, including some injured by Israeli attacks. The vehicles were transporting 16 first responders (10 PRCS paramedics and 6 Civil Defense crews) responding to the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Al-Hashashin area of Rafah. Around 10 am, journalists reported that contact was lost with Civil Defense crews who were sent to rescue PRCS crews targeted by the IDF. On March 28, a joint mission involving Civil Defense, Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and UNOCHA reached the area and found the PRCS and Civil Defense vehicles bombed and completely destroyed, along with a UN vehicle. Moreover the **head of the Civil Defense mission to Rafah, Anwar al-Attar was found killed**. On March 30, another mission to search for the missing crew **found most of the missing crew members killed, including a UN employee.** Al-Jazeera's fact checking agency, Sanad, obtained and analyzed satellite imagery which clearly showed IDF vehicles surrounding the rescue vehicles. The IDF confirmed that its troops had opened fire on several vehicles “advancing suspiciously toward IDF troops without headlights or emergency signals”. The victims and the wrecked vehicles were **buried collectively under the sand**, as evidenced in UNOCHA footage of the search operations. According to the Ministry of Health and the Civil Defense spokesperson, the rescue crews were buried only a few meters away from their vehicles, meaning that they were taken out. One victim had his clothes removed and another one was beheaded. Their bodies had markings of having been zip-tied, and being shot with a hail of bullets. Dr. Ahmad Dhaher, a forensic expert at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, carried out autopsies of five bodies stated that - one body was decomposed beyond recognition, seemlingly mutilated by animals - another had bruises on the wrist with linear marks on the skin - "some were shot in the head from behind" - “most of the bullets targeted the joints, such as the shoulder, elbow, ankle, or wrist” In addition, eyewitnesses who took part in the recovery of the workers' remains and saw their arrival at Nasser hospital both saw indications of hands and legs being tied, as reported to [the Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/01/palestinian-paramedics-shot-by-israeli-forces-had-hands-tied-eyewitnesses-say). ### Massacre recorded, debunks Israeli spin On April 4, 2025, the PRCS announced presenting to the UN Security Council a **video recording of the moment Israeli troops shot** the paramedics with a gunfire barrage. The footage was obtained from the phone of paramedic Refaat Radwan which was found in his pocket. The footage was shared with and published by the New York Times, which described the sequence of events in the recording as follows The recording starts with a convoy of PRCS ambulances reaching the scene where another ambulance is on the side of the road and the paramedics notice people lying on the ground. As soon as the paramedics wearing appropriate reflective gear dismounted from the ambulances –also bearing clear insignia and flashlights– they were shot at with a hail of bullets by Israelis for over 5 minutes. The paramedic who was filming seemingly took cover and kept reciting the Shahada and other final prayers throughout the Israeli shooting, while shout in Hebrew were heard in the background along with cries of distraught paramedics. The recording clearly refutes claims by the IDF which did not deny its responsibility and claimed that the vehicles were "uncoordinated" and "advancing suspiciously toward IDF troops without headlights or emergency signals". The IDF also claimed the attack killed "a Hamas military operative, Mohammad Amin Ibrahim Shubaki". However, no person with that name is on the list of bodies retrieves from the mass grave. ### Account of events by Jonathan Whittall, UNOCHA head of Gaza and West Bank office: *First responders should never be a target. Yet today UNOCHA supported @PalestineRCS and Civil Defense to retrieve colleagues from a mass grave in Rafah that was marked with the emergency light from one of their crushed ambulances.* *Seven days ago, as Israeli forces advanced on Rafah, 10 PRCS and 6 Civil Defense first responders were dispatched to collect injured. All five ambulances and one fire-truck were struck, along with a UN vehicle that arrived later. Contact was lost with all.* *One survivor said Israeli forces had killed both of the crew in his ambulance. For days, OCHA coordinated to reach the site but our access was only granted 5days later.* *While traveling to the area on the fifth day we encountered hundreds of civilians fleeing under gunfire. We witnessed a woman shot in the back of the head. When a young man tried to retrieve her, he too was shot. We were able to recover her body using our UN vehicle.* *Returning the next day, we were finally able to reach the site and discovered a devastating scene: ambulances, the UN vehicle, and fire truck had been crushed and partially buried. After hours of digging, we recovered one body - a Civil Defense worker beneath his fire truck.* *Today, on the first day of Eid, we returned and recovered the buried bodies of 8 PRCS, 6 Civil Defense and 1 UN staff. They were killed in their uniforms. Driving their clearly marked vehicles. Wearing their gloves. On their way to save lives. This should never have happened* **List of the members of the rescue mission:** 1. Mustafa Khafaja (Red Crescent, killed) 2. Ezz El-Din Shaat (Red Crescent, killed) 3. Saleh Muammar (Red Crescent, killed) 4. Muhammad Bahloul (Red Crescent, killed) 5. Muhammad Al-Hila (Red Crescent, killed) 6. Ashraf Abu Libda (Red Crescent, killed) 7. Raed Al-Sharif (Red Crescent, killed) 8. Refaat Radwan (Red Crescent, killed) 9. Asaad Al-Nsasra (Red Crescent, disappeared then released on April 29) 10. Anwar Al-Attar (Civil Defense, killed) 11. Fouad Al-Jammal (Civil Defense, killed) 12. Yousef Khalifa (Civil Defense, killed) 13. Zuhayr Al-Farra (Civil Defense, killed) 14. Sameer Al-Bahabsa (Civil Defense, killed) 15. Ibrahim Al-Mughari (Civil Defense, killed) 16. unnamed United Nations staff member (killed)

Israel carried out a series of airstrikes across Gaza's two southern governorates Khan Younis and Rafah, which lasted between 11:30 pm and 4:30 am and killed 23 people. #### List of strikes: - 11:30 pm: **Abu Daqqa family** house in **Al-Fukhari**, east of Khan Younis; 4 killed, nurse Jihad Anwar Abu Daqqa, his wife, and their two daughters - Midnight: **Bardawil family** tent in Mawasi Khan Younis: Dr. Salah Bardawil, member of Hamas's political bueau, and his wife were killed during their **night prayers**. A **little girl** was also killed in the airstrike. - 4 am: House in the **Japanese neighborhood** west of Khan Younis; 5 injured, 2 killed inlcuding a five year-old girl  - **Ashour family** house strike in **Al-Nasr** neighborhood in Rafah; 8 killed: father, wife and children killed - 4:15 am: **Al-Agha family** house near Abdullah Azzam mosque; 6 killed **Names of the martyrs (identified):** 1. Muhammad Saadallah Ayesh Ashour 2. Istabraq Muhammad Saadallah Ashour 3. Sundus Muhammad Saadallah Ashour 4. Adel Muhammad Saadallah Ashour 5. Saadallah Muhammad Saadallah Ashour 6. Akram Muhammad Saadallah Ashour 7. Antar Jihad Deeb Ashour 8. Muhammad Hassan Ayesh Al-Ammour 9. Jihad Anwar Kamel Abu Daqqa 10. Mona Ibrahim Abdurahman Al-Shawwaf (Jihad's wife) 11. Lilian Jihad Anwar Abu Daqqa (Jihad's daughter) 12. Hoor Jihad Anwar Abu Daqqa (Jihad's daughter) 13. Noor Al-Din Ahmad Saeed Al-Hashash 14. Emad Nasr Salam Al-Hashash 15. Jihan Wahid Muhammad Musa (28 y/o, Japanese neighborhood) 16. Nada Muhammad Khaled Abu Madi (5 y/o, Japanese neighborhood) 17. Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil 18. Salah Al-Bardawil's wife "Umm Muhammad" 19. Jihad Shukri Al-Agha "Abu Obada" 20. Hanan Yasin Al-Astal (teacher, Jihad's wife) 21. Idris Jihad Al-Agha (son) 22. Jinan Jihad Al-Agha (daughter) 23. Wiam Jihad Al-Agha (daughter, under rubble) 24. Abrar Jihad Al-Agha (daughter, under rubble)

Around 11 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Al-Mashharawi family home in Tuffah neighbrohood. The bombing killed 9 members of the family, **only one child survived**. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Saeed Sameer Al-Mashharawi 2. Munawwar Al-Mashharawi (Saeed's wife) 3. Muhammad Saeed Al-Mashharawi (6 y/o son) 4. Ali Saeed Al-Mashharawi (4 y/o son) 5. Lana Saeed Al-Mashharawi (9 y/o daughter) 6. Ahmad Sameer Nimr Muhammad Al-Mashharawi 7. Manal Muhammad Abdulaziz Al-Mashharawi (Ahmad's wife) 8. Salam Muhammad Abdulaziz Al-Mashharawi (Manal's sister)

Around 2:15 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted an apartment in the Sakik residential building next to the Al-Jolani Mosque, in Al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City. 5 people, including 3 children were killed.

Camp No. 1, established in 1950 near Nablus, is also called Ein Beit el-Ma’ (Spring of the House of Water), as it once received water from a nearby spring. Located on the Nablus-Tulkarm road, often used by the Israeli military, the camp faces frequent incursions, arrests, and damage to shelters. It is one of the smallest but most densely populated camps in the West Bank. Since October 2023, escalating tensions and restrictions have hindered humanitarian aid. Following the Iron Wall Operation in early 2025, the camp has become a target of Israeli policies aimed at displacement and ethnic cleansing. According to an [article](https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-03-21/ty-article/.premium/israeli-army-to-demolish-at-least-180-homes-in-west-bank-palestinian-refugee-camps/00000195-b8c7-d093-afd7-becff0e70000) of Haaretz, on March 21, *"the Israeli army announced its intention this week to demolish about 95 homes in the Jenin refugee camp and around 85 homes in the Al Ein refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus. The stated goal is to change the routes of roads inside the camps and widen them so they'll be accessible to armored vehicles. Meanwhile, the army believes that the operation in the Tulkarm refugee camp has run its course, but forces continue to occupy homes that have become command centers, and soldiers are preventing residents from returning home"* **Last main events :** On March 19, 2025: Israeli forces conducted a raid in Al-Ain camp, resulting in the death of a Palestinian man and injuries to others. The forces also arrested several individuals and transformed multiple homes into military outposts after forcibly displacing residents. On December 25, 2024: During another Israeli incursion into the camp, clashes ensued, leading to two Palestinians being injured by live ammunition. Israeli forces fired live bullets, gas bombs, and sound bombs, targeting both residents and journalists. On September 26, 2024: Israeli forces raided Al-Ain camp, injuring a young man with live bullets and detaining him along with three others, including a woman. The nature of the injuries was not specified. On November 21, 2024: An Israeli raid resulted in the death of Jihad Qatuni, a Palestinian youth, who was critically wounded by live ammunition and later pronounced dead in the hospital. Three other young men were detained during this operation

Around 3 am, an Israeli strike targeted the Al-Hattab family home in Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City. 21 people were killed, including 6 children, and Civil Defense Sergeant Mohammad Al-Hattab

Around midday, the IDF attacked a UN guesthouse in Deir al-Balah, resulting in 6 casualties among foreign employees of the UNMAS (United Nations Mine Action Service). Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of the UNOPS stated the UN guesthouse in Deir al-Balah was frequently used by UN staff and its location was known to the IDF, being in an isolated area with no other buildings nearby. He **emphasized that the site was repeatedly attacked** amid Israeli strikes on Gaza: “Two days ago there was a near miss to this premises, and yesterday the premises was hit, and today there was another hit, unfortunately with these casualties”. “It cannot be categorized as an accident”. While the IDF denied attacking the building, several experts confirmed evidence of Israel being the perpetrator: - Trevor Ball, a former US Army senior explosive ordnance disposal team member confirmed weapon fragments from the scene are consistent with the **Israeli M339 tank projectile**. He also confirmed that the damage from the building is also consistent with idirect impact by a tank round. - Nic Jenzen-Jones, director at Armament Research Services (ARES) who also analyzed the footage, said the “remnants appear to be from an Israeli 120 mm tank projectile, most likely the M339 multi-purpose model.” **Names of the victims:** - Marin Marinov – Killed - Joel Fournet – Critically Injured - Alexander Papan – Critically Injured - Berthon Nicklaus – Severely Injured - Arnold Neil – Severely Injured - David Petron – Severely Injured

**At dawn on March 19**, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man and wounded several others during an invasion of the Ein Al-Ain, Balata, and Askar refugee camps in Nablus, northern occupied West Bank. - Israeli undercover forces infiltrated Ein Al-Ain Refugee Camp and opened fire on a car, killing **Odai Adel Al-Qatouni**, who was near the targeted vehicle. Then they blocked an ambulance from reaching a vehicle targeted by gunfire. **They finally seized his body.** Protests erupted in the camp, during which three civilians were injured: - Farouq Rashid Khaled was shot in the abdomen and hand before being abducted. - Another Palestinian was injured after being physically assaulted. - A third was wounded after falling from a height while being chased. Israeli forces stormed homes, deployed snipers on rooftops, and conducted extensive searches, abducting multiple individuals, including Jarrah Arafat and Ahmad Saleem Mahmoud Jibreel. - On the morning, the soldiers remained stationed inside Al-Ein Refugee Camp where they are attacking homes, preventing residents from moving, and stationing forces in several neighborhoods. - At the end of the morning, Israeli army dropped a lot of leaflets on the camp, threatened the residents. And according to AL-Jazeera, Israeli forces informed residents of Al-Ain that they are about to carry out a military operation in the camp that will last for three days. - They forced at least 10 families out of their homes at gunpoint before turning the houses into military barracks, according to Al Jazeera Arabic. Since the begining of the year, the Israeli army has killed 108 Palestinians (49 in Jenin, 19 in Tubas, 14 in Tulkarem, 13 in Nablus, 5 in Hebron, 3 in Bethlehem, 2 in Qalqilia, 1 in Salfit, and 1 in Jerusalem, in addition to injuring and abducting hundreds across the occupied West Bank. **Hamas statement :** Hamas condemning 'Israeli' crimes against the Palestinian people, especially in the West Bank, as Gaza continues to face ongoing atrocities. The statement highlights the recent attack in the Ein al-Ain refugee camp, west of Nablus, where 'Israeli' special forces executed the cold-blooded killing of young martyr Oday Adel Qatouni. Hamas mourned Qatouni's death and called for escalated resistance in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and occupied territories, urging continued uprisings in solidarity with Gaza and responding to the ongoing aggression on refugee camps in the West Bank. **Name of the martyr :** Odai Adel Al-Qatouni 

Around midnight, an Iraeli airstrike targeted the displacement tent of Al-Hamidi family in the city of Asdaa in Khan Younis. There were conflicting reports regarding the casualties. On March 21, Fayrouz, the sister of a victim confirmed that her then-pregnant sister and her child were killed. The husband and his two other children were injured. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Rasha Abu Hindi (pregnant mother) 2. Ameer Al-Hamidi (child)