Around 7 am, an Israeli drone strike killed two men in the ABu Halawa area east of Rafah. In a separate crime, also early morning, a 53 year-old man was also killed by Israeli gunfire east of Rafah. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Mahmoud Hussein Farhan Al-Hessi (killed by drone airstrike) 2. Mahdi Abdullah Nadi Jarghoun (killed by drone airstrike) 3. Abd al-Moneim Ali Hamdan Qeshta (53 y/o; killed by gunfire)

On March 8, Israeli settlers and soldiers raided Khallet Al Dabaa’ in community Masafer Yatta, in the Yatta Pass, in the area defined by apartheid as "Firing Area 918," and arrested three residents and two solidarity activists, spreading terror, humiliation, and arrests according to the activist Mohammad Hureini. - The attack began after two settlers apparently from the Ma’on Farm outpost, invaded private lands belonging to residents of Khallet al Dabea with a flock of sheep. Three residents who approached them to request they leave were severely beaten with clubs by the settlers. Subsequently, soldiers arrived to support the invaders and attacked the Palestinians again. After being assaulted, the Palestinians were arrested alongside the solidarity activists and taken to the military base near Susya. Context : The attack comes as part of the increased efforts to expel the village's residents, who have been attacked by Zionist militias several times this year, and just in the last month were forced to watch the destruction of their homes, property, and fruit trees with bulldozers and state-owned demolition equipment.

On Friday March 7, 2025, a Palestinian citizen was injured after an Israeli military vehicle struck the car he was traveling in, while the army continues its offensive against the city of Jenin and the Jenin refugee camp. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its ambulance crews transported a 55-year-old man to hospital after an Israeli vehicle struck his car at the Yahya Ayyash roundabout in Jenin city. Medical sources at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin said that the wounded man suffered moderate injuries as a result of car-ramming attack carried out by the occupation army. 

Around 2 pm, an Israeli drone strike targeted a group of people in Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. One young man was killed and others injured. Moments later two of the latter succumbed to their injuries, raising the death toll to 3. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Nabil Al-Areer 2. Muhammad Al-Areer 3. Haytham Abu Shanab

On March 5, in the village of Rafat, northwest of Jerusalem, several Palestinians journalists were targeted in an Israeli demolition raid. In Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli forces brutally attacked a group of journalists while they covering the demolition of the house of the wounded prisoner Hayel Issa Daif Allah. Palestinian journalist Yousef Shehadeh was shot by Israeli forces, he sustained head injuries while fleeing the scene. He was later transferred to the hospital for treatment.

On March 2, at dawn Tuesday, Special forces of IDF, assassinated the leader of the Qassam Brigades, Ayser Al-Saadi, in the eastern neighborhood of the city of Jenin. His body was held by the occupation. The Israeli special undercover forces "Mistaravim" released a short footage of their operation : they besieged the civilian house, they shelled it with Energa anti-tank rifle grenade and then snipers shot the men. The Israeli army also said that it arrested three young men during the events in the same area. Hamas claimed he was one of the prominent commanders of its armed wing in Jenin. His young brother, 13 y/0, Ahmed Al-Saadi, was killed by Israeli soldiers on January 2025. Martyr names : - Ayser Al-Saadi - Jihad Al-Alawna

On March 3, 2025, the Israeli bulldozers demolished the farm of Ziad Mustafa in the village of Issawiya in the city of Jerusalem, which had been in existence for 27 years on the family’s land. The farm is owned by the Mustafa family, as the family was notified on Sunday evening of the need to evacuate the entire farm (with an area of 12 dunoms) after the final demolition decision, and the family was forced to evacuate the livestock from it. Israeli forces accompanied by bulldozers, stormed the farm in the morning hours, prevented them from being in it, and forced them to be several meters away from it. They carried out a large-scale demolition and bulldozing operation that affected everything on the farm : the apartment in which he lives, another apartment used by workers, in addition to barns, pens, stables, doors and fences. Trees and soil were also uprooted, and the forces deliberately destroyed various equipment used for agriculture. The Mustafa family farm supports 6 families, while the initial losses of the family were estimated at more than 2 million dollars. The Jerusalemite activist and member of the follow-up committee, Mohammad Abu Al-Hummus, said that the area where the demolition was carried out today is targeted for the implementation of settlement projects, specifically the "E1" project, the Greater Jerusalem project. "The Mustafa family farm is considered the reservoir for the people of the village of Issawiya after its lands were confiscated for various projects, and today they are pursuing the people for what remains of their lands." [source](https://www.silwanic.net/article/news/79627/demolition-of-a-farm-and-homes-in-issawiya)

Around 9:30 am, Israeli drones shot and killed two Palestinians **inside an UNRWA school** opposite of the municipal stadium in central Rafah. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Musa Muhammad Qeshta "Abu Bahaa" 2. Khaled Muhammad Al-Shaer "Al-Saqr" In addition, since the early morning hours IDF troops opened fire around homes in the Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. In addition, two Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire in Al-Shaaf area, east of Gaza City. Around midday, Israeli patrol boats opened fire on the shore of Rafah. Around 2:30 pm, Israeli drones were dropping grenades near residential buildings on Omar ibn al-Khattab Street in central Rafah.

As the first phase of the ceasefire deal ended, Israel continued stalling the start of the second phase, proposing instead an extension of the first phase. This move was widely seen as an attempt to keep the door open for a resumption of its aggression on Gaza, instead of gradually paving the way to a permanent ceasefire. Since the early morning hours on March 2, 2025, a series of Israeli attacks were reported across the length of the Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians, while injuring at least five others. At the same time, the Israeli Prime Minister's office announced that it would unilaterally close all borders crossings into Gaza and halt the entry of aid.  The following is a timeline of Israeli crimes and violations of the ceasefire during the day: - 6:45 am: intense gunfire from Israeli tanks east of the towns of Al-Qarara and Abasan, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, as well as east of the town of Johr Al-Dik and Al-Bureij camp in central Gaza. - 8 am: an Israeli drone strike targeted a group of people in Al-Bura area east of **Beit Hanoun**, North Gaza. The airstrike killed child Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Masri (14 y/o), and later killed his older brother, Huthaifa Ibrahim Al-Masri (21 y/o) as his rushed to carry Mohammad. Moments later, Israeli troops advanced in the northern areas of Beit Hanoun and opened fire. - 9:30 am: **stun grenades** launched towards home in Al-Janina neighborhood, **Rafah**. One woman was injured. - 11:30 am: **Mahmoud Midhat Abu Harb** was shot by a **sniper** while he was atop his house in **Rafah**. - Midday: Palestinian woman Wafaa Fathi Fusayfis Killed by an **airstrike** in Al-Farrahin neighborhood in **Khan Younis**. Two other people were injured. - 6:40 pm: Two killed in Israeli drone strike around the airport in **Rafah**. One of the victims was identified as Badr Ibrahim Abu Sanima, a yonug man freed from Israeli captivity. In the meantime, leading Israeli figures praised the Israeli move and incited for an escalation of aggression: Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Nissim Vaturi  Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich 

Video shows Israeli soldiers chasing a 52-year-old Palestinian man with an intellectual disability, throwing him to the ground, and kicking him during a raid on the al-Fawwar refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, before another Palestinian man intervened.