In the West Bank, Israeli settlers and soldiers attack Palestinians and their property in Susiya in the Masafer Yatta area, injuring 4, including Academy Award winner Hamdan Ballal. Ballal and another man are taken by Israeli forces from a Palestinian ambulance to a police station and are released on 3/25. Israeli settlers also steal a herd of camels in Rashayda. Elsewhere, Israeli settlers try to steal sheep in al-Maniya before being repelled by Palestinian shepherds. Israeli settlers also plow Palestinian farmland near al-Farisiya. Israeli forces continue raids in Jenin and Jenin refugee camp for the 63rd day in a row, demolishing 3 shops in Jenin. Israeli forces also continue raids in Tulkarm, Tulkarm refugee camp, and Nur Shams refugee camp for the 57th day in a row. Elsewhere, Israeli forces demolish a home and a water well in Hebron. Israeli forces also demolish 3 homes in Barta’a. Meanwhile, Israeli forces arrest 30 Palestinians during late-night raids. In Gaza, Israeli forces bomb Khan Yunis, Nuseirat refugee camp, Jabalia refugee camp, Maghazi, Gaza City, and Beit Lahiya, killing at least 65 Palestinians, including Al Jazeera journalist Hussam Shabat in an airstrike on his car on Salah ad-Din Street and Palestine Today TV journalist Mohammad Mansour in Khan Yunis. Israel falsely and without evidence claims that Shabat was a member of Hamas’s Beit Hanun Battalion. The Palestinian Journalist Syndicate says 206 Palestinian journalists have been killed since 10/7/2023. Israeli forces also bomb the Red Crescent office in Rafah and demand that Palestinians in Jabalia evacuate to the south. A rocket is launched at Israel. In Haifa, a Palestinian citizen of Israel stabs and injures an Israeli soldier and shoots and kills an Israeli man before being shot and killed. In Lebanon, Israeli forces bomb Qaqaiyat al-Jisr, killing a person. In Yemen, Houthi forces fire a rocket at Israel, which is intercepted before making impact. (HA 3/23; AJ, AJ, AJ, AP, AP, HA, HA, NYT, REU, REU, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 3/24; AJ, AJ, AJ, AP, GDN, HA, HA, NYT, REU, UNOCHA 3/25; AJ, AP 3/26; UNOCHA 3/27)
More than 50,082 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, including at least 17,881 children and 12,749 women, and around 113,408 have been injured since 10/7/2023. In addition, 14,222 Palestinians who have been missing are presumed dead. 935 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since 10/7/2023, including 186 children. More than 6,500 people have been injured. Israel reports that 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed and 5,400 have been injured in Israel since 10/7/2023, including Israeli soldiers. In addition, 408 Israeli soldiers have been killed and 2,579 injured in Gaza since the ground invasion began on 10/27/2023. Over 1.93 million Palestinians, nearly 85% of the population of Gaza, have been displaced since 10/7/2023. There has been a complete electricity blackout in Gaza since 10/12/2023 due to the Israeli blockade. 92% of all housing units in Gaza have been destroyed or severely damaged since 10/7/2023. At least 730 Palestinians have been killed and 1,367 injured since 3/18. (AJ, AX, WAFA 3/24; UNOCHA 3/25)
Palestinian child prisoner Walid Khaled Ahmad dies in the Megiddo Prison, becoming the 63rd Palestinians to die in Israeli detention since 10/7/2023. Ahmad was arrested on 9/30/2024. He was reportedly infected with amoebiasis when he died. (HA 3/23; AJ, WAFA 3/24; WAFA 3/25)
PA president Mahmoud Abbas meets with EU high commissioner for foreign affairs Kaja Kallas in Ramallah, requesting that the EU pressure Israel to stop its war on Gaza. Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa meets with Swedish foreign minister Maria Malmer Stenergard in Ramallah, discussing Israeli attacks in Palestine. Kallas also meets with Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar, saying Israeli attacks must be proportionate and that Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Syria “risk further escalation.” (AJ, HA, WAFA 3/24; WAFA, WAFA 3/25)
Egyptian ceasefire negotiators present a new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire. AP reports that the proposal includes the release of 5 captives, Israel entering a ceasefire, and allowing aid into Gaza. (HA 3/23; AJ, HA, REU, REU 3/24; AJ 3/25)
UN general-secretary Antonio Guterres’ spokesperson Stephane Dujarric says the UN has taken “the difficult decision to reduce the organization’s footprint in Gaza,” citing Israeli attacks on UN facilities. 30 international UN staffers of around 100 staffers in Gaza will be evacuated. (HA 3/23; AJ, NYT, REU, UNOCHA, WAFA 3/24; AJ 3/25)