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)

**Soldiers Abduct Seventeen Palestinians, Assault Three, In Nablus** - At dawn, Israeli soldiers invaded Askar and Balata refugee camps, east of Nablus and abducted seventeen Palestinians and assaulted three, including one woman. - Israeli military vehicles invaded the eastern areas of Nablus city, including the Public Housing area, before invading the two refugee camps. - The Israeli soldiers stormed and ransacked dozens of homes and interrogated scores of Palestinians before abducting seventeen young men. - The soldiers also assaulted at least three Palestinians, including one woman, while ransacking their homes, causing cuts and bruises. - The army invaded and violently searched dozens of homes in Nablus city, especially those close to the two refugee camps, causing damage. **Israeli soldiers abducted Palestinians** Including one woman in addition to a child, and a father and his sons, have neem identified as: Bayan Abed Teryaqi. Luay Salah Refa’ey (child). Walid Salman. Ahmad Darwish Ad-Dish. Ramzi Abu Aisha. Bakr Ramzi Abu Aisha. Bara’ Ramzi Abu Aisha. Islam Abu Aisha. Ebed Elian. Eyad Rawajba. Abed Abu Al-‘Eish. Bashar Mansour. Yousef Al-Ashqar. Mohammad Al-Ashqar. Ziad Abdul-Jawad. Morad Al-Ajjouri. Ali Qatanani. **Israeli soldiers invaded the city of Tubas** - they closed numerous streets, disrupting daily life and movement in the area. **In Bethlehem city** - The soldiers stormed and searched the home of Omar Ayyad during a pre-dawn invasion. **In Qalqilia** - Special forces units, followed by military reinforcements, stormed the city from its eastern entrance and raided the Kafr Saba neighborhood near the Martyrs' Monument. - Soldiers fired live ammunition and tear gas canisters indiscriminately at homes. They then raided a café in the area where young men were present, shot **Khaled Saleh Quraan** in the stomach and killed him, whose wedding was scheduled to take place immediately after Eid. Three others were also injured with varying injuries by bullets.  *Khaled Saleh Quraan*  - The troops also stormed a café and detained dozens of Palestinian civilians, abducting some and taking them to unknown destinations; According to Israeli Police X account : *"Counterterrorism Operation by the Gideonim 33 Unit of Lahav 433 in Qalqilya. During the operation, Israel Police forces engaged an imminent terrorist threat. One terrorist was neutralized, four were wounded, and two suspects were taken into custody."*

On the 529th day since the start of the genocide, after 58 days of a ceasefire period where Israel routinely violated the terms on a daily basis, Israel launched a surprise brutal large scale night bombardment around 2 am, targeting the length and breadth of the Gaza Strip. The carpet bombing resulted in the wiping out of multiple families, with most of the victims reaching hospitals being babies, children, and women who were killed in their sleep. The Israeli bombing resulted in nearly **one thousand casualties**. Among the 412 who were murdered, **over 70% were children, women and elderly**. Precisely, them at least 174 children, 89 women, and 32 elderly All hospitals that remained somewhat functioning through the genocide across the Gaza Strip were flooded with mass casualties amid a lack of necessary supplies that Israel continued denying entry during the ceasefire, keeping the healthcare system at a bare minimum. Dozens of victims remain buried under the rubble as ambulances and Civil Defense crews were stretched thin. According to Civil Defense spokesman Maj. Mahmoud Basal, Israel carried [over a hundred strikes](https://x.com/mahmoadbasal/status/1902056279557996988) overnight. The carpet bombing targeted about 80 civil and government infrastructure targets. The following is a non-exhaustive list of dozens of locations targeted during the first hours of the large-scale massacre: - the vicinity of Al-Tabi'in Sharia School, Gaza City - the vicinity of Al-Rafii School, North Gaza - Three raids in Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City - House in Al-Karama area near Omar Mosque, Khan Younis - House in the center of Deir al-Balah city - Houses of Al-Daalis and Abu Saif families, Nuseirat, central Gaza - Ghaboun family house, Al Janina neighborhood, Rafah - Several mosques, schools/shelters, displacement tents - Residential building in the center of Khan Younis city - tent in Mawasi Khan Younis, by Helicopter airstrike - House in Beit Hanoun, North Gaza - Gunfire on the northern borders of Beit Lahia, North Gaza - Several houses bombed in Beit Lahia, North Gaza - Al-Ahrar building, Shati RC, Gaza City - Al-Batran family house strike, Bureij, central Gaza - Airstrike on Al-Senaa Steert, Gaza City - Several houses bombed in Deir al Balah (Dhaher, Mosmah, Muzayed families) - Jarghoun family massacred at home, Rafah. 17 killed - Apartment in Al-Andalusiya residence, west of Gaza City - House of Dr. Ayman Abu Tayr, Director of the Nutrition Department at Nasser Medical Complex, in Abasan al-Kabira - Artillery shelling west of Rafah - Al-Jamasi family house, Gaza City - Barhoum family massacred in their tent west of Khan Younis. 17 killed - Eid family house, Bureij Block 3 - 15 killed in strike on house of Dr. Majida Abu Akr, Rafah - School in Beit Hanoun - Tent near Othman mosque in Mawasi Khan Younis - Al-Fadila school west of Rafah - Apartment opposite police station in Jabalia - Hamdan family home, Beit Hanoun - vicinity of Tawba mosque, Al-Zohour neighborhood, Rafah - House in Al-Maghazi, central Gaza **Among the victims were family members of journalists:** - **27** family members of Al-Jazeera correspondent **Mohammed Qriqea**, killed in the Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. - **5** family members of **journalist Ahmad Hamdan** killed in Beit Hanoun at home - **7** family members of **journalist Hassan Slayeh** killed in Khan Younis **Names of senior Gaza and municipal government officials killed:** 1. Issam Al-Daalis (Abu Muad), Chairman of the Government Work Monitoring Committee. 2. Maj. Gen. Mahmoud Abu Watfa, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior 3. Maj. Gen. Bahjat Abu Sultan (Abu Al-Baraa), head of the Interior Security Service 4. Ahmad Al-Hitta (Abu Omar), Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice 5. Mohammad Al-Jamasi (Abu Ubaida), head of the Emergency Committee **Names of the martyrs brought to Al-Awda Hospital (Nuseirat):** 1. Mohammad Ahmed Abu Marshoud 2. Hala Moad Al-Daalis 3. Oyoun Sami Al-Daalis 4. Ahmed Mohammad Abu Marshoud 5. Tahani Muhammad Ahmad Abu Marshoud 6. Radina Younis Abu Batihan "Sayida" 7. a 7 months pregnant mother and her embryo **Names of the martyrs from Dr. Abu Tayr's family:** 1. Shawqiyya Muhammad Ali Abu Tayr 2. Muhammad Suleiman Abu Tayr 3. Asmaa Abd Abu Tayr 4. Hoda Mohammad Suleiman Abu Tayr 5. Amira Mohammad Abu Tayr 6. Fulla Abdulkarim Asfour (Abu Tayr) 7. Anas Ayman Abu Tayr 8. Jana Ayman Abu Tayr 9. Leen Ayman Abu Tayr Four family members missing under the rubble **Names of the martyrs from the Abu Akr family:** 1. Khaled Abu Riash Abu Muhammad 2. Dr. Majida Abu Akr 3. Kholoud Khaled Abu Riyash and her children 4. Osama Abu Marzouq 5. Siham Abu Marzouq 6. Siham's daughter 7. Siham's 3-day-old baby girl 8. Siham's daughter Dina Osama Abu Marzouq 9. Siham's son, Mohammad Osama Abu Marzouq 10. Aida Yaqoub Shaker Ghaboun 11. Aida's son Mustafa **Names of the martyrs from the Jarghoun family:** 1. Eid Mansour Ali Jarghoun 2. Mohammad Eid Jarghoun 3. Jihad Eid Jarghoun 4. Fidaa Eid Ali Jarghoun 5. Zainab Ziad Jarghoun 6. Fayrouz Jihad Jarghoun 7. Ayloul Jihad Jarghoun 8. Majdoulin Abu Luli (Jarghoun) 9. Maryam Mohammad Jarghoun 10. Bisan Mohammad Jarghoun 11. Layan Mohammad Jarghoun 12. Manar Suleiman Ali Jarghoun (Rafah municipality employee) 13. Firas Manar Suleiman Jarghoun 14. Shadi Manar Suleiman Jarghoun 15. Mohammad Manar Suleiman Jarghoun 16. Karam Manar Suleiman Jarghoun 17. Sahar Manar Suleiman Jarghoun **Names of the martyrs from the Abu Saif family:** 1. Naji Maher Abu Saif 2. Shaimaa Abu Saif (Wasshah, Naji's wife) 3. Ghassan Maher Abu Saif 4. Sara Abu Saif (Sabbah, Ghassan's wife) 5. Saif Ghassan Maher Abu Saif (Ghassan and Sara's son) 6. Dima Maher Abu Saif **Names of the martyrs from the Qriqea family:** 1. Ahmad Hamdan Qriqea "Abu Yahya" 2. Hamdan Ahmad Qriqea 3. Maram Ahmad Qriqea (child) 4. Aisha Ahmad Qriqea 5. Aya Ahmad Qriqea (Mosbah) 6. Refaat Mosbah (Ayas' husband) 7. Aya and Refaat's 5 children 12. Dirgham Bassam Qriqea 13. Aya Al-Qadra (Dirgham's wife) 14. Montaser Bassam Qriqea 15. Khadija Bassam Qriqea (Al-Deeb) 16. Khadija's 3 children 19. Kholoud Bassam Qriqea (Hamid) 20. Khloud's 3 children 23. Rida Obeid Qriqea 24. Rida's son 25. Yousuf Karim Qriqea 26. Noor Yousuf Qriqea 27. Kareem Qriqea "Abu Sufyan" (journalist Mohammed's brother, succumbed to injuries on march 22) **Names of the martyrs from the Barhoum family:** 1. Khamis Jumua Barhoum "Abu Ubaida" 2. Hanaa Ali Barhoum (Khamis's wife) 3. Ubaida Khamis Barhoum (son) 4. Aya Khamis Barhoum(daughter) 5. Layan Khamis Barhoum(daughter) 6. Habiba Khamis Barhoum(daughter) 7. Muhammad Khamis Barhoum(son) 8. Ali Khamis Barhoum (son) 9. Salama Jumua Barhoum "Abu Karim" 10. Soha Ali Barhoum (Salama's wife) 11. Karim Salama Barhoum (son) 12. Aalaa Salama Barhoum (daughter) 13. Raghad Salama Barhoum (daughter) 14. Shahd Salama Barhoum (daughter) 15. Abdurahman Salama Barhoum (son) 16. Butayna Barhoum Abu Omar 17. Muhammad Sami Barhoum **Names of the martyrs from the Slayeh family:** 1. Ayman Salah Khalil Slayeh 2. Muhammad Ayman Salah Slayeh 3. Abdurahman Ayman Salah Slayeh 4. Salma Ayman Salah Slayeh 5. Dima Ayman Salah Slayeh 6. Ola Mustafa Muhammad Slayeh **Other martyrs:** - Ghina Isa Muhammad Abu Ubaid - Raed Muhammad Ghaboun - Hussein Muhammad Zayd Abd al-Aal - Sabreen Imad Yousuf Al-Arja - Nidal Hamad - Nidal Hamad's daughter - Layan Abu al-Khair - Lubna Bassam Ayesh Al-Najjar

On March 17, 2025, in Daraa, southwestern Syria, Israeli forces conducted airstrikes resulted in the deaths of at least two civilians and injured 19 others, including four children and a woman, according to Syrian state media and the Syrian health ministry. - The Israeli military confirmed the operations, stating they were aimed at command centers and sites containing weapons and vehicles that posed a threat to Israel. - Earlier, Israeli drones hovered over Daraa and the Yarmouk Basin before targeting Syria's 132nd Brigade and a warehouse near Daraa, causing significant explosions. Syria's health ministry said that among those injured were four children and a woman. - Daraa 24, a local media outlet, reported that Israeli warplanes struck the 175th Regiment and a school in Izraa city, where military vehicles were stationed, marking it as a repeated target. The outlet noted one death and multiple injuries, with victims transferred to Daraa National Hospital. - Sham FM, a Damascus-based radio station, emphasized the timing, noting Daraa’s preparations for the revolution’s anniversary were marred by the attack (Daraa was the birthplace of the 2011 uprising). - The Syrian civil defense group, the White Helmets, reported at least three deaths from these strikes, while local accounts described the destruction of military sites believed to have been repurposed by Syria's new administration. - At dawn on March 18, Israeli forces invaded into a village in the western Daraa countryside, the local media news outlet Free People of Houran Gathering reported. Israeli soldiers, accompanied by heavy machinery, advanced on foot south of the town of Ma'ariya in the Yarmouk Basin region. - This military action occurred amidst ongoing regional tensions, including a recent ceasefire agreement between Syria and Lebanon following deadly border clashes.

An Israeli strike targeted the Abu Khreis UNRWA school in Al-Bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza, killing a father and his son. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Wael Awad Al-Nabahin (52 y/o) 2. Awad Al-Nabahin (16 y/o)

Around 9:30 am, an Israeli drone strike targeted a group of men collecting firewood, killing three from the same family. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Ibrahim Arafat Abu Hujayir (30 y/o) 2. Tariq Arafat Abu Hujayir (Ibrahim's brother, 33 y/o) 3. Aref Jabr Abu Hujayir (Ibrahim and Tariq's cousin, 23 y/o)

On Sunday, March 16, 2025, Israel carried out two separate airstrikes in Lebanon, killing two Hezbollah militants, as claimed by the Israeli military. **First Strike (Early Sunday Morning - Yater, Bint Jbeil District)** Around 2:00 AM, in Yater, Bint Jbeil district, southern Lebanon. A drone strikes a four-wheel-drive vehicle, killing one person killed and injured another one. Lebanese health ministry Described the victim as a martyr and confirmed the injuries. **Second Strike (Later on Sunday - Meiss El Jabal)** In Meiss El Jabal, southern Lebanon, an Israeli drone strikes a vehicle, killing onee person The Lebanese National News Agency reported it was the third Israeli strike in 24 hours. Israel statement : Israel claimed both targets were Hezbollah surveillance operatives directing attacks. These attacks mark the third Israeli strike on southern Lebanon within 24 hours. Just a day before, another Israeli strike in Burj al-Moulouk killed a Hezbollah member, and earlier in the week, Israel assassinated a senior Hezbollah militant in another air raid. These events signal continued tensions between Israel and Hezbollah despite the truce. Israel has continued periodic strikes despite a ceasefire agreement reached in November. The truce required Hezbollah to withdraw north of the Litani River, while Israel was supposed to withdraw by February 18 but has maintained its presence in strategic locations.

At midday, **two successive Israeli drone airstrikes** targeted a group of journalists and aid activists in Beit Lahia, **killing the whole crew**. ### Context: The crew worked with the [Al-Khair Foundation](https://alkhair.org/who-we-are/ ), a UK-based emergency relief-focused international NGO. The crew were on their way to document charity operations consisting in setting up a camp for displaced Palestinians in Beit Lahia when Israel massacred them. The foundation [confirmed](https://x.com/AlKhairUK/status/1901233509772980245) that eight of its humanitarian aid workers were killed. At first, two journalists (Mahmoud Slayem and Mhamoud Al-Sarraj) were targeted and killed. A drone chased the rest of the crew who were in their car, striking it and killing the rest. The next morning, one of the injured victims succumbed to injuries, bringing the death toll to 10. ### Testimonies **Witnesses** [testified](https://x.com/Paltodaytv/status/1900909017318162894) that the crew were documenting charity efforts to erect tents for displaced families, a work that had been ongoing for 4 days at the time oft he massacre. **Al-Khair Foundation**'s director of international offices, Mohammed Abu Hasna shared with the [Washington Post](https://archive.is/zMlF1) that the humanitarian workers were opening camps for the displaced when one of their vehicles was bombed, killing two photographers who were documenting the work, as the organization typically does. The organization then sent another car to evacuate the victims but “as soon as they got into the vehicle, they were targeted and all killed.” Thus, seven workers of the foundation were killed. Abu Hasna added that “the claim that they pose a threat to the army” was “nonsense and unrealistic.” noting that the **IDF was at least four kilometers away**. **Journalist Islam Bader reported in details how the crime unfolded** in a [report](https://x.com/islambader_1988/status/1900885670601646167) to Al Araby TV: "*[...] a crew, including the journalists Mahmoud Sleem and Bilal Abu Matar, were **operating a typical small-size drone to film a shelter** that was being established in Beit Lahia. The IDF first targeted Mahmoud Sleem who was holding the drone controller, and followed with a **second airstrike on the rest of crew** who had moved from the area in car after carrying the martyrs. [...] The death toll is likely to increase as there is a number of injured being treated in the hospitals.* *[...] This strike comes **amid a concentration of Israeli strikes** lately as Israel has been escalating its attacks by targeting border areas, as well as areas in the depth of Gaza where there is a dense population of Palestinians. It has been opening fire intensely from its vehicles positioned within the buffer zone inside Gaza, leading in martyrs, today eight, yesterday one person was killed on the shore as announced by the fishermen's syndicate. Also, three people were killed in the Zaytoun neighborhood to the east yesterday. Before that, five martyrs in Netzarim, four martyrs in Beit Hanoun, and so on. [There were also martyrs] in Khan Younis, in Al-Qarara, in Rafah to the south.* *It has been clear that Israel has been amplifying [its attacks] athe same time that it announced blocking all flows of aid into Gaza over the past two weeks particularly, although this has been ongoing **since the ceasefire started**. As of now, **over 150 martyrs were confirmed**, excluding today's, as the pace of Israeli strikes has increased. Allow me also to highlight that the IOF has reccurently targeted Palestinian journalists who use drones for their documentation work. This has happened more than once during this war, leading to the killing and injury of a number of journalists. However, this is the first such case since the ceasefire.*" ### Tribute *Today, the martyrs who were killed during the massacre, all from the Al-Khair Foundation, had planned to hand over the camp in Beit Lahia camp after they completed furnishing it with around 1,000 Turkish tents, along with the necessary infrastructure. They were working day and night to provide shelter for the people, protecting them from the cold and harsh winter.*  ### Israeli propaganda debunked The IDF's official account on X claimed the massacre as an attack on a "*terrorist cell yesterday in the Beit Lahia area that also included a terrorist who infiltrated Israeli territory during the Oct. 7 massacre. The terrorists struck were operating a drone intended to carry out terrorist attacks against IDF troops operating in Gaza, the drone was consistently used by the Islamic Jihad Terrorist Organization.*" The post featured the following image and was quickly debunked by Palestinian journalists, activists and the Government Media Office as it contained several mistakes as to the identities of the victims. This casted serious doubts on the veracity of Israel's claims and intel:  - Bilal Abu Matar: wrong portrait and name - Mahmoud Sleem: full name incorrect and belongs to another person who is still alive - Suhaib Nagar: no such name among the crew that was killed - Muhammad Al-Ghafir: incorrect name - Mustafa Hammad: not among the victims **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Bilal Abu Matar (journalist) 2. Mahmoud Samir Slayem (photojournalist) 3. Mahmoud Khaled Slayem 4. Mahmoud Yahya Al-Sarraj (photojournalist) 5. Hazem Gharib 6. Muhammad Al-Ghafir (field worker) 7. Bilal Hussam Akila (photographer) 8. Abu Hazem Sardah (driver) 9. Abu Sohaib Al-Najjar (spokesperson for the foundation) 10. Ahmad Abu Rawa' (succumbed to injuries on March 16)