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BREAKING | Unconfirmed reports by Palestinian sources say that military spokesman for the PIJ's Quds Brigades Abu Hamza (Naji Abu Seif) was assassinated by Israel during its renewed aggression on the Gaza Strip, alongside his family.
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❗️Hamas announces that five senior members of its political bureau were killed yesterday evening in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
"The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) mourn to our great people in Palestine and abroad, to our Arab and Islamic nation, and to the free people of the world, a group of great martyred leaders, among the symbols of national work in the Gaza Strip, who ascended to Allah as martyrs at dawn today following a savage and treacherous zionist airstrike that deliberately and directly targeted them and their families:
○ The great martyr leader: Issam al-Daalis, Chairman of the Government Work Follow-Up Committee.
○ The great martyr leader: Yasser Harb, member of the Political Bureau of Hamas.
○ The martyr leader and advisor: Ahmad Al-Hatta, Deputy Minister of Justice.
○ The martyr leader Major General: Mahmoud Abu Wutfa, Deputy Minister of Interior.
○ The martyr leader Major General: Bahjat Abu Sultan, Director General of the Internal Security Service."
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy acknowledges that Israel is breaching international law by blocking aid to Gaza for the past 15 days.
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❗️Civil Defense in Gaza reports deaths and injuries as a result of the [Israeli] occupation targeting citizens in front of Al-Rantisi Hospital, west of Gaza City.
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⭕️ Hamas leader Abdel Rahman Shadid has called on Palestinians in the West Bank to mobilize in support of Gaza and against the "war of extermination" being waged.
In a statement on Tuesday, Shadid emphasized that supporting Gaza, particularly during this critical time, is a duty for every capable Palestinian. He urged people to join marches, organize solidarity protests, and intensify confrontations at all levels.
Shadid also called on resistance factions in the West Bank to escalate their operations in response to the ongoing war and the massacres committed by the Israeli occupation and its settlers against the Palestinian people.
He asserted that the Palestinian people and their resistance will thwart all of the occupation's malicious schemes against Gaza, stressing that what the occupation failed to achieve through negotiations, it will not accomplish through war.
UPDATE | Medical sources tell Al Jazeera:
"419 martyrs and 528 wounded in Israeli raids on several areas in the Gaza Strip."
❗️Iranian Foreign Ministry:
○ "Iran strongly condemns renewed Israeli attacks on Gaza."
○ "Iran affirms the direct responsibility of the US government for the crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip."
❗️Israeli occupation forces arrest at least 40 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including former prisoners.
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❗️Member of the Israeli Knesset and Otzma Yehudit party leader Itamar Ben Gvir:
"We welcome the return of the State of Israel, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to intense fighting.
As we have said in recent months, when we withdrew: Israel must return to fighting in Gaza. This is the right, moral, ethical, and most justified step in order to destroy the Hamas terrorist organization and bring back our captives – Hamas' existence must not be tolerated, and it is imperative to dismantle it."
❗️Civil Defense in Gaza:
"The occupation carried out more than 100 raids on the Gaza Strip, targeting homes and shelters."
BREAKING | At least 412 Palestinians murdered in Israeli airstrikes throughout the Gaza Strip in less than 12 hours, with more than 500 wounded.
(Gaza Ministry of Health)
⭕️ Al-Shifa Hospital Director in Gaza, Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, says hospitals are working with primitive capabilities, and every minute a wounded person dies due to a lack of resources amid Israel's resumption of its genocidal war on the strip.
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❗️Israel's Channel 13:
Netanyahu is currently holding a situation assessment meeting with senior security officials in Tel Aviv.
BREAKING | Government Media Office in Gaza:
"With deep pride, honor, and submission to God's will, we mourn to our great Palestinian people, our Arab and Islamic nation, and all the free people of the world a group of government leaders in Gaza, whose names have been confirmed so far:
Martyr Leader Issam al-Da’alis – Head of Government Work Monitoring
Martyr Leader Ahmed al-Hatta – Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice
Martyr Leader Major General Mahmoud Abu Wafaa – Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior
Martyr Leader Major General Bahjat Abu Sultan – Director General of the Internal Security Service
They were directly targeted by Israeli occupation aircraft, along with their families, and ascended to martyrdom alongside hundreds of others from our Palestinian people in the ongoing massacres since this morning.
As we bid farewell to these leaders who worked tirelessly since the beginning of this genocidal war to alleviate the suffering of their people and who fulfilled their responsibilities with dedication and sacrifice, we affirm that their martyrdom will not deter us from our national duty to our people. We will continue to fulfill our religious, moral, and professional responsibilities in serving, supporting, and standing firm with our nation against this brutal aggression."
❗️Statement by Hamas:
"The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) asserts that the Israeli occupation has reneged on the ceasefire agreement, evading its commitments, and continues to perpetrate massacres against our people in Gaza amidst disgraceful international silence.
The allegations made by the occupation regarding preparations by the resistance to launch an attack on its forces are baseless, serving merely as flimsy pretexts to justify its return to war and the escalation of its bloody aggression.
The occupation attempts to mislead public opinion and fabricate false justifications to cover its premeditated decision to resume genocide against defenseless civilians, showing no regard for any commitments it has made.
Hamas remained committed to the agreement until the last moment and was keen on its continuation. However, Netanyahu, seeking an escape from his internal crises, preferred to ignite war anew at the expense of our people's blood."
❗️BREAKING | Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades in Gaza:
"With deep pride and honor, the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees in Palestine, mourn the loss of Commander Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Batran ("Abu Yusuf"), Commander of the Artillery Unit and member of the Military Council in the Central Brigade.
He was martyred at dawn on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in a cowardly and treacherous assassination operation carried out by the Nazi Zionist enemy, targeting his family's home in Al-Bureij refugee camp, after a life filled with jihad, resistance, and immense sacrifices. He joins his son, daughter, and brothers who were martyred during the genocide in a previous assassination attempt."
❗️Director of the Ministry of Health in Gaza to Al-Arabiya TV:
"174 children, 89 women, and 32 elderly people have been killed in Israeli bombing since last night."
UPDATE | Government Media Office in Gaza: "Approximately 420 martyrs have arrived at hospitals, most of them women and children."
○ "The [Israeli] occupation bombed approximately 50 sites in its recent raids on the Gaza Strip."
○ "The occupation continues its war of extermination and collective punishment against our people in the Gaza Strip."
○ "The occupation aims to destroy structures that were partially restored during the truce period."
❗️Hamas:
"We call on the sons of our Arab and Islamic nation and the free people of the world to take to the streets and raise their voices loudly in rejection of the resumption of the Zionist war of extermination against our people in the Gaza Strip."
Syrian security forces violate ceasefire with Lebanon
Syrian military forces are occupying the Lebanese side of the town of Hawsh al-Sayyed Ali and are burning and looting homes, displacing hundreds
❗️Al-Shifa Hospital Director in Gaza, Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya to Al Jazeera:
"We hear the voices of victims under the rubble, but we cannot save them."
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich ejects families of Israeli detainees held in Gaza from a Knesset meeting following a verbal altercation, ordering Knesset guards to remove them.
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❗️Six Palestinians were murdered in an Israeli airstrike on a car in Al-Sultan, Beit Lahia, northern Gaza.
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❗️Israeli Channel 12 reports that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is currently assessing the situation in Gaza with senior security officials in the Kirya base.
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❗️Hamas:
"The US administration's admission that it was informed in advance of the Zionist aggression confirms its direct complicity in the war of extermination against our people.
This admission once again reveals America's blatant complicity and bias towards the occupation, and exposes the falsity of its claims about its commitment to calm.
With its unlimited political and military support for the occupation, Washington bears full responsibility for the massacres and killing of women and children in Gaza.
The international community is called upon to take urgent action to hold the occupation and its supporters accountable for these crimes against humanity.
Our Palestinian people will not back down from their legitimate struggle until the occupation ends and their full and undiminished rights are achieved."
❗️Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on X:
"As we promised and explained, the Israeli military returned last night to an intense assault on Gaza with the goal of destroying Hamas, bringing back all the captives, and eliminating the threat posed by the Gaza Strip to Israeli citizens. By doing so, we aim to restore security to the residents of the Gaza border area and all citizens of Israel in the long term.
This is a gradual operation that we have planned and prepared over the past weeks since the new Chief of Staff took office. With God's help, it will look entirely different from what has been done so far. We will all need to renew our commitment with strength, faith, and determination—until victory, with God's help.
I send my blessings and prayers first and foremost to the soldiers of the Israeli military, the Chief of Staff, the Minister of Defense, and the Prime Minister.
For this moment, we remained in the government despite our opposition to the deal, and we are more determined than ever to complete the mission and destroy Hamas.
Whoever did to us what Hamas did on Simchat Torah—will be annihilated. Period.
Our Father in Heaven, Rock and Redeemer of Israel, bless the State of Israel, the beginning of our redemption. Protect it with Your loving grace, spread over it Your shelter of peace, send Your light and truth to its leaders and advisors, and guide them with good counsel from You. Strengthen the hands of the defenders of our holy land, grant them salvation, and crown them with victory. May You bring peace to the land and eternal joy to its inhabitants."
❗️Civil Defense Spokesperson in Gaza:
○ "The victims of the massacre included more than 130 children, in addition to a large number of women."
○ "The number of critically injured in hospitals is very high."
Israel restarts Gaza genocide, kills hundreds in overnight blitz
The ceasefire's collapse comes as US warplanes continue to bomb Yemen, which has pledged to remain steadfast in its support for Palestinians and 'escalate the confrontation'
⭕️ Dr. Munir al-Barsh, Director General of the Ministry of Health in Gaza: "The occupation has set a new record in killing our people":
"Our hospitals have received 326 martyrs and over 660 injured individuals. Many victims remain under the rubble, with most massacre victims being women and children.
There is a significant shortage of all types of medical resources; our hospitals lack even the most basic necessities.
The health situation is catastrophic, with 25 out of 38 hospitals out of service.
We urgently need field hospitals, beds, and operating rooms to handle the large number of injuries and victims of the aggression.
The occupation condemns patients and the injured in Gaza to death by closing the Rafah crossing and imposing a total blockade on the Strip.
There must be international intervention to stop the killing and enable our health system to address the situation.
We urgently call upon all citizens to donate blood throughout the Strip."
Emergency Statement from the Families of Israeli Prisoners Headquarters:
"Urgent Call – Prisoners Are Being Killed: Families March to Jerusalem for Demonstration, Inviting Public Participation
In light of the government's decision to sacrifice 59 prisoners in Gaza, the families are now heading to Jerusalem and call upon the public to join them.
There is nothing more important than this – military pressure will lead to the killing of live prisoners and the disappearance of the bodies of the deceased."