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Hundreds of Palestinians were killed in Israel's latest attacks on Gaza. (Photo: social media, via QNN)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

After a night of intense bombardment across Gaza, Israeli airstrikes have resumed on Khan Yunis and Rafah in the south. 

Meanwhile, Israel’s political crisis deepens as far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir accuses the Shin Bet chief of being a ‘liar’ and a ‘criminal’ who should be arrested.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed 50,021 Palestinians and injured 113,274 others, the majority of whom are women and children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

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Tue, Mar 25, 7:46 AM (Palestine Time)

One Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Mawasi, Khan Yunis

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A Palestinian was killed and others were injured after Israeli occupation forces’ aircraft targeted a group of Palestinians on Al-Nasr Street in the Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Tue, Mar 25, 7:28 AM (Palestine Time)

Ansarallah: We Targeted Ben Gurion Airport with Two Ballistic Missiles

STATEMENT (The military spokesperson for Ansarallah, Yahya Saree):

Our missile forces targeted Ben Gurion Airport in occupied Yaffa with two ballistic missiles.

We also targeted the US aircraft carrier ‘USS Truman’ and several other naval vessels.

Tue, Mar 25, 7:25 AM (Palestine Time)

12 Airstrikes by US Aircraft on Saada Governorate, Yemen

YEMENI MEDIA: US forces carried out 12 airstrikes on the city of Saada, its surrounding areas, and other regions within the governorate.

Tue, Mar 25, 7:21 AM (Palestine Time)

Two Killed and Wounded in Israeli Airstrike on a Tent for Displaced People in Khan Yunis

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Two people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a tent housing displaced people in the western Mawasi area in Khan Yunis.

Tue, Mar 25, 7:18 AM (Palestine Time)

23 Killed, Others Wounded in Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Since This Morning

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: 23 people were killed and others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on central and southern Gaza since the early hours of this Tuesday.

Tue, Mar 25, 12:35 AM (Palestine Time)

Oscar-Winning Palestinian Film Co-Director Attacked by Israeli Settlers, Detained

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, Hamdan Ballal, was brutally attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank.

Tue, Mar 25, 12:35 AM (Palestine Time)

3 Killed Including Child in Israeli Strike on Displacement Tent in Gaza

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Three people, including a child, were killed in an Israeli strike on a displacement tent in Hamad City, north of Khan Younis.

Tue, Mar 25, 12:35 AM (Palestine Time)

Israeli Drone Targets Vehicle in South Lebanon

LEBANESE MEDIA: Israeli drone struck a vehicle in Qaaqaaiet al-Jisr, south Lebanon.

Tue, Mar 25, 12:35 AM (Palestine Time)

Nine U.S. Airstrikes on Saada

ISRAELI MEDIA: 9 U.S. airstrikes hit Saada province, northern Yemen

Mon, Mar 24, 11:03 PM (Palestine Time)

Ben-Gvir Accuses Shin Bet of Wiretapping Senior Police Officers

ISRAELI MEDIA: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir told Channel 14 that Shin Bet wiretapped senior police and prison service officers.

Mon, Mar 24, 11:03 PM (Palestine Time)

Al-Quds Brigades Renew Rocket Attacks on Settlements

AL-QUDS BRIGADES: The Al-Quds Brigades announced a new rocket barrage at Sderot and Gaza envelope settlements “in response to enemy crimes.”

Mon, Mar 24, 11:03 PM (Palestine Time)

Israel Admits Targeting Red Cross Building in Gaza

ISRAELI ARMY: “We accidentally struck the ICRC building in south Gaza on Monday.”

Mon, Mar 24, 11:03 PM (Palestine Time)

Interceptor Missile Debris Falls Near Jerusalem

ISRAELI MEDIA: Debris from a missile intercepting a Yemeni rocket landed near Jerusalem at Beit Shemesh fire station.

Mon, Mar 24, 11:03 PM (Palestine Time)

Olmert: We're Closer to Civil War Than People Realize

FORMER ISRAELI PM OLMERT TO NYT:

Israel’s foundations shaking

Netanyahu is willing to sacrifice everything to stay in power

We are closer to civil war than people understand.

Why are we fighting in Gaza and abroad when I’ve never seen such hatred of Israel?

Mon, Mar 24, 8:37 PM (Palestine Time)

Ben-Gvir to Netanyahu: Dismissal of Ronen Bar is Insufficient

ISRAELI MEDIA:

Ben-Gvir in a letter to Netanyahu:

“The Shin Bet chief’s orders to investigate the internal security body are dangerous and illegal.”

“Reports indicate Ronen Bar collected information against me, Israeli police, and prison authorities.”

“The decision to dismiss Bar is insufficient – it should have happened after his October 7 failure.”

“I demand a government committee to investigate the Shin Bet chief’s unacceptable conduct.”

 

Mon, Mar 24, 8:37 PM (Palestine Time)

Explosions in Tel Aviv & Jerusalem after Yemen Missile Launch

AL-JAZEERA: (citing sources):

Israeli air defense systems fired interceptors after missile launch from Yemen

Sirens sounded across greater Tel Aviv, southern Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem

Explosions heard in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and coastal areas south of Tel Aviv

Mon, Mar 24, 8:37 PM (Palestine Time)

Rocket Launched from Yemen

ISRAELI MEDIA: A Yemeni ballistic missile triggered sirens from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Mon, Mar 24, 8:37 PM (Palestine Time)

Israeli Army Intercepts 2 Rockets From Gaza

ISRAELI MEDIA: The Israeli army reportedly intercepted two rockets from Gaza while the Al-Quds Brigades claimed rocket attacks on Sderot, Netiv HaAsara, Zikim, and Gaza envelope settlements.

Mon, Mar 24, 8:37 PM (Palestine Time)

UN: Israel Targeted Our Gaza Compound Despite Knowing Its Identity

UN SPOKESPERSON DUJARRIC: “An Israeli shell hit our Gaza compound despite their prior knowledge. We demand accountability.”

Mon, Mar 24, 8:37 PM (Palestine Time)

Netanyahu: Shin Bet Chief Dismissal Not Subject to Judicial Review

ISRAELI MEDIA: Yedioth Ahronoth mentioned Netanyahu as stating that:

“Shin Bet chief removal is non-reviewable by courts – PM’s exclusive authority”

“His refusal to appear before government constitutes de facto resignation”

Mon, Mar 24, 8:37 PM (Palestine Time)

57 Killed in Gaza Airstrikes Since Dawn

AL-JAZEERA (citing medical sources):  The death toll resulting from Israeli airstrikes reached 57 (30 in southern Gaza) since dawn.

Mon, Mar 24, 6:37 PM (Palestine Time)

Authoritarian Crackdown on Palestine Advocacy Meets Legal Challenges

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: As the government of US President Donald Trump escalates the assault on freedom of speech on college campuses, a trend that had already taken place under his predecessor, rights groups are now fighting back. At this stage, the only course to pursuing justice and upholding the Constitution appears to be in the courts.

Read the latest analysis by Robert Inlakesh.

 

Mon, Mar 24, 6:22 PM (Palestine Time)

Gaza Journalists Hossam Shabat, Mohammed Mansour Killed in Israeli Airstrikes

PALESTINE CHRONICLE:

Palestinian journalists Hossam Shabat and Mohammed Mansour were killed on Monday in Israeli airstrikes that targeted them in separate locations in Gaza.

Shabat, a contributor to Al Jazeera Mubasher, was killed in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza, when an Israeli airstrike hit his car.

Less than an hour earlier, he had posted on Facebook about the death of Mansour, who was killed in a similar Israeli strike that targeted his apartment in Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza.

Gaza Journalists Hossam Shabat, Mohammed Mansour Killed in Israeli Airstrikes

Mon, Mar 24, 6:22 PM (Palestine Time)

Yair Golan: Hamas Video is a Painful Reminder

ISRAELI MEDIA: Democratic Party leader Yair Golan said that “the video released by Hamas is a painful reminder. We have a closed, evil, and abandoned government.”

Mon, Mar 24, 6:22 PM (Palestine Time)

Al-Qassam Brigades Release Video of Two Israeli Captives

AL-QASSAM BRIGADES: The Al-Qassam Brigades broadcast a video showing two Israeli captives criticizing the resuming of the genocide.

Mon, Mar 24, 6:22 PM (Palestine Time)

PA Security Hands Over Rocket Found in Tulkarm to Occupatio

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel’s Channel 14 reported Palestinian Authority security forces handed over a LAW rocket found in Tulkarm to Israeli occupation forces.

Mon, Mar 24, 6:22 PM (Palestine Time)

MSF Warns of Unprecedented Displacement as Israel Detains 30 in West Bank

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The Israeli army has detained at least 30 Palestinians during several raids in towns and villages across the West Bank, while Doctors Without Borders has warned of the unprecedented scale of forced displacement and destruction of refugee camps.

MSF Warns of Unprecedented Displacement as Israel Detains 30 in West Bank

Mon, Mar 24, 6:22 PM (Palestine Time)

Ben-Gvir Nearly Strangled Bar

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel’s Channel 12 reported that the Mossad chief and IDF Chief of Staff physically intervened between Ben-Gvir and Ronen Bar. It appeared Ben-Gvir was about to strangle the Shin Bet chief.

Mon, Mar 24, 4:54 PM (Palestine Time)

Israeli Killed, Another Injured in Shooting, Ramming Operation near Haifa

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: A shooting and ramming operation near Haifa left one Israeli dead and another injured, with Palestinian political groups calling it a natural response to Israeli actions.

Mon, Mar 24, 4:54 PM (Palestine Time)

Netanyahu’s Office Denies Approving Shin Bet Probe into Ben-Gvir

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied the claim on Monday that he had approved the Shin Bet internal security agency to investigate National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli media reported, amid a deepening rift in the government.

Netanyahu’s Office Denies Approving Shin Bet Probe into Ben-Gvir

Mon, Mar 24, 4:11 PM (Palestine Time)

Occupation Forces Demolish Commercial Warehouses in Jenin

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces demolished warehouses in the village of Al-Mansoura south of Jenin under the pretext of “lack of permits.”

Mon, Mar 24, 4:11 PM (Palestine Time)

Occupation Bombs Vehicles in Gaza

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel’s Channel 14 reported that Israeli warplanes recently sought to destroy dozens of vehicles in the Gaza Strip, claiming they were military vehicles previously used by resistance forces in military displays.

Mon, Mar 24, 3:19 PM (Palestine Time)

Two Journalists Killed in Gaza

PALESTINIAN MEDIA:

Photojournalist Mohammad Mansour, of Palestine Today TV, was killed this afternoon in an Israeli airstrike on a house in Khan Yunis.

Al-Jazeera journalist Hussam Shabat was just reported killed in an Israeli airstrike that deliberately targeted him in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip.

Mon, Mar 24, 3:19 PM (Palestine Time)

UNRWA: 124,000 Displaced in Gaza Within Days

UNRWA:

124,000 people displaced in Gaza within days due to bombardment

Israel has cut all aid, creating a humanitarian catastrophe

Mon, Mar 24, 3:19 PM (Palestine Time)

Injured in Israeli Airstrike on Northern Gaza

AL-JAZEERA: Several Palestinians were injured in an Israeli airstrike on Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.

Mon, Mar 24, 1:40 PM (Palestine Time)

Hamas Calls for Escalation of Heroic Operations in Occupied Territories

AL-JAZEERA: Hamas called for “escalating heroic, painful operations in the heart of the occupied entity and all its points of presence in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and within Israel.”

Mon, Mar 24, 1:40 PM (Palestine Time)

Three Killed in School Bombing in Nuseirat Camp

AL-JAZEERA: Three Palestinians, including a girl, were killed in an Israeli strike on a displacement shelter at a school in Nuseirat camp, central Gaza.

Mon, Mar 24, 1:40 PM (Palestine Time)

Child Killed in Khan Yunis Airstrike

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: A child was killed and others injured in an Israeli strike on Al-Ma’an area east of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

Mon, Mar 24, 1:40 PM (Palestine Time)

Palestinian Minor Dies in Israeli Prison – Death Toll Rises to 63 since Oct 2023

PALESTINE CHRONICLE:

A 17-year-old Palestinian teenager from the occupied West Bank town of Silwad has died in Israel’s Megiddo prison, raising the death toll of Palestinian detainees to 63 since October 2023, prisoner affairs groups have confirmed.

In a joint statement, the Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad was detained on September 30, 2024, and held without trial until his death.

Mon, Mar 24, 1:40 PM (Palestine Time)

Hamas: Treatment of Prisoners is Full-Fledged War Crime

HAMAS STATEMENT:

The occupation continues crimes against prisoners, latest being martyrdom of 17-year-old Walid Ahmed from Silwad.

Prisoner Walid Khaled Ahmed martyred in Megiddo prison due to torture and medical neglect.

What our prisoners endure constitutes a full war crime violating international laws.

Violations against prisoners will not go unanswered.

We call on human rights institutions to pressure Israel to stop these crimes.

Mon, Mar 24, 1:40 PM (Palestine Time)

Israeli FM: "We're Not Obligated to Send Aid if Hamas Benefits"

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said that Israel is not obligated to allow aid into Gaza if Hamas benefits.

Mon, Mar 24, 1:40 PM (Palestine Time)

Israeli Media: 1 Killed, 1 Injured in Haifa-Area Shooting

ISRAELI MEDIA: One killed and another wounded when an assailant rammed civilians at a bus stop near Yokneam, then opened fire. The alleged attacker was reportedly killed.

Mon, Mar 24, 1:40 PM (Palestine Time)

Thousands Trapped in Tel al-Sultan as Genocide Unfolds in Southern Gaza

PALESTINE CHRONICLE: As Israel intensifies its assault on Gaza, the Tel el-Sultan neighborhood faces genocide, with thousands trapped, the death toll rising to 31, and medical facilities targeted, leaving civilians without access to critical care.

Mon, Mar 24, 9:35 AM (Palestine Time)

Israeli Chief of Staff: No Option But to Escalate Military Pressure on Hamas

ISRAELI MEDIA: Israel’s Channel 12, citing Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir: Israel has no option but to escalate military pressure on Hamas to release detainees in Gaza. Zamir added, “Our operations harm Hamas but do not push them to release the abductees.”

Mon, Mar 24, 9:35 AM (Palestine Time)

Two Killed in Gaza

AL-JAZEERA: An Israeli airstrike on civilians in the Al-Maghraqa area, north of Al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, resulted in the killing of two people.

Mon, Mar 24, 9:35 AM (Palestine Time)

Ben-Gvir: Shin Bet Chief is a Liar and Criminal Who Should Be Jailed

ISRAELI MEDIA:

Maariv, citing National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir:

The Shin Bet chief’s orders to spy and gather evidence against me amount to a coup.

The Shin Bet chief failed in his role in Gaza; he is a liar and criminal who should be jailed.

The legal adviser is seeking a constitutional crisis, and I don’t believe the Supreme Court will side with her.

I don’t believe the Supreme Court will force us to work with the Shin Bet chief and the legal adviser, and Netanyahu does not want to work with them.

Mon, Mar 24, 9:35 AM (Palestine Time)

Palestinian Minor Dies in Israeli Megiddo Prison

PALESTINIAN MEDIA:

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Commission and the Prisoners’ Club announced in a joint statement the martyrdom of minor detainee Walid Ahmed (17) under mysterious circumstances in Israel’s Megiddo Prison.

Walid Ahmed, from Silwad east of Ramallah, was detained in September 2023.

His death adds to the record of prisoners who have died due to the systematic crimes committed by the Israeli prison system.

The statement described the war on prisoners as another aspect of the genocide against Palestinians.

Ahmed is the 63rd prisoner to die in Israeli custody since the start of the genocide on October 7, 2023, including at least 40 from Gaza.

Mon, Mar 24, 9:35 AM (Palestine Time)

Netanyahu’s Office Denies Allowing Shin Bet to Gather Evidence against Ben-Gvir

ISREALI MEDIA: The Israeli PM office:

Claims that Netanyahu allowed the Shin Bet chief to gather evidence against Minister Ben-Gvir are false.

The document instructing the Shin Bet chief to gather evidence against political leadership undermines democracy and aims to overthrow the right-wing government.

Mon, Mar 24, 9:35 AM (Palestine Time)

WSJ: Israel Plans Large-Scale Ground Operation in Gaza

WALL STREET JOURNAL (citing sources):

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his new national security team believe occupying and controlling parts of the territory will finally allow them to defeat Hamas.

Netanyahu and his team believe Hamas must be defeated militarily before advancing any political solution for Gaza’s future.

The military defeat of Hezbollah in Lebanon last year and the Trump administration’s willingness to support renewed attacks on Hamas provide more freedom to fight.

Mon, Mar 24, 9:35 AM (Palestine Time)

Raids in the West Bank

PALESTINIAN MEDIA: Israeli occupation forces carried out raids in the West Bank, including Silat al-Harithiya south of Jenin, Qalqilya, Qatana, and Ras Shahada in Shuafat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem.

Mon, Mar 24, 9:35 AM (Palestine Time)

Renewed Israeli Airstrikes on Khan Yunis and Rafah

AL-JAZEERA:

Israeli airstrikes renewed on Khan Yunis and Rafah in southern Gaza.

The death toll since dawn on Monday has risen to 16 due to continuous bombardment in the Strip.

Occupation forces focused their bombing on Khan Yunis, intensifying strikes on displaced persons’ tents and homes in the east and west of the city.

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