Compilation of news reports – IAK staff
The Israeli army pounded the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 404 people, injuring over 562, and breaking the ceasefire agreement that took effect on Jan. 19 (although it has reportedly violated the ceasefire over 900 times and killed 150 Palestinians, not including those killed Tuesday).
Among the dead were 174 children, 89 women, and 32 elderly people.
Netanyahu said the strikes were “just the beginning” and that Israel would pursue its goals of destroying Hamas and rescuing all of the remaining captives still held in Gaza.
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The massacre was backed by Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has instructed the military to take “strong action” against Hamas in Gaza, accusing the group of refusing to release captives and rejecting all ceasefire proposals.
“Israel will, from now on, act against Hamas with increasing military strength,” the prime minister’s office said in a statement.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt told Fox News that US President Donald Trump’s administration was consulted by Israel prior to carrying out the strikes.
“The Trump administration and the White House were consulted by the Israelis on their attacks on Gaza tonight and as President Trump has made clear to Hamas, the Houthis, Iran – all those who seek to terrorise not just Israel but the United States of America will see a price to pay,” Leavitt said.
“All hell will break loose and all of the terrorists in the Middle East – the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iranian-backed terror proxies and Iran themselves – should take President Trump very seriously when he says he is not afraid to stand for law-abiding people.”
The Israeli military said it is prepared to continue attacks on Gaza for as long as needed and would expand the campaign beyond air strikes.
It later issued displacement orders from vast areas of the Gaza Strip, a move that often precedes brutal ground attacks.
The military described the attacks as having targeted Hamas commanders and infrastructure, but footage and local reports indicate that scores of civilians had been killed and wounded.
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Israel demands release of all hostages – that happens in phase 2
The first phase of the ceasefire agreement, which ended at the beginning of March, resulted in the release of 33 Israeli and five Thai captives by Hamas in exchange for the release of some 1,700 Palestinian captives held in Israeli prisons.
The two sides were scheduled to meet on the 16th day of the deal (February 3, 2025) to negotiate the terms of the second phase, but Israel never sent a delegation to the talks.
Israel, backed by the US, has sought an extension of phase 1 of the deal, while Hamas has said the ceasefire should move to phase 2 as agreed.
The broad outline of the second phase, the details of which have not yet been agreed, is for all Israeli captives to be released in return for a total withdrawal from Gaza.
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Thousands flee Beit Hanoun as Israel orders Gazans to evacuate ahead of attacks
Thousands of Palestinians fled the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun on Tuesday following Israeli evacuation orders amid deadly airstrikes on the war-torn territory.
Civilians began to move from the town in the early morning toward the nearby town of Jabaliya in search of safety, according to an Anadolu reporter.
The Israeli army early Tuesday ordered Palestinian civilians in the towns of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza and Khuza’a and Abasan in the south to immediately leave their areas, calling them “dangerous combat zones.”
“For your own safety, you must evacuate immediately to known shelters in western Gaza City and in Khan Younis,” army spokesman Avichay Adraee said on his X account.
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Israel attacks UN head for “moral bankruptcy”
Israel’s foreign ministry has unleashed a furious attack on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, accusing him of “moral bankruptcy” after he condemned Israel’s latest bombardment of Gaza which killed more than 400 civilians.
Foreign ministry spokesman Oren Marmorstein posted on X: “We are outraged that you [Antonio Guterres] are the Secretary-General of the UN.”
Marmorstein slammed Guterres for failing to mention US efforts to extend the ceasefire’s first phase.
“Indeed, we are outraged by your moral bankruptcy,” Marmorstein added
Israel never fulfilled the terms of the January ceasefire
In the past two months, Israel has reneged on the terms of the truce, refusing to allow tents and trailers for people to seek shelter from the freezing cold that led to the death of several people, mainly babies, health officials say.
The ceasefire also stipulated that Israel would allow heavy machinery to enter Gaza to begin the process of removing the rubble. It did not do so, and the United Nations says it will take 350 years to clear the destroyed homes and infrastructure and begin rebuilding if Israel does not lift the current blockade.
Another stipulation – a rather important and urgent one – was allowing more aid to flow into Gaza. Although more trucks did enter during the initial phase of the agreement, Israeli authorities made it impossible for aid groups to make a dent in the dire humanitarian situation. On 2 March, hours after the first phase of its ceasefire deal expired, Israel blocked the entry of all aid shipments to Gaza, while simultaneously carrying out drone attacks, according to a BBC report.
Even before Israel made this decision, it had already been systematically restricting the entry of everything from scalpels and scissors to generators, toys and spices. But with the complete halt of food, fuel and other necessities, humanitarian organizations feared Gaza was “facing catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity”, according to a UN report, with Médecins Sans Frontières accusing Israel of using aid as a “bargaining chip” with which to negotiate.
UK prime minister publicly rebukes foreign secy for claim that Israel has violated int’l law
Downing Street has rejected David Lammy’s assessment that Israel has broken international law by blocking aid to Gaza, in a rare public censure for the foreign secretary.
A spokesperson for the prime minister said on Tuesday morning Israel was “at risk” of breaching humanitarian law, despite Lammy having told the Commons on Monday that the country had definitely done so.
The remarks, hours after Israel launched a wave of airstrikes on Gaza, mark a climbdown after Lammy appeared to have changed the government’s position on one of the most sensitive foreign policy questions it faces.
Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said: “Our position remains that Israel’s actions in Gaza are at clear risk of breaching international humanitarian law, and we continue to call the government of Israel to abide by its international obligations.”
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We are back to the Israeli army bombarding and burning alive entire Gaza Palestinian families in their makeshift shelters. Hundreds killed since last night. pic.twitter.com/ZWSLEiaXQc
— Nicola Perugini (@PeruginiNic) March 18, 2025
As the world wakes up to the harrowing images of children slain by Israeli bombs across the entire Gaza Strip AGAIN, we cannot bear witness to global leaders JUST. DOING. NOTHING. This is an acceleration of the genocide that Israel is committing against the Palestinian people as… pic.twitter.com/WV8Tt0ehgM
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) March 18, 2025
In Rafah, the israelis kill this father, both the girls, mother, grandparents, uncles & aunts, wiping out the entire Garghoon family — all 17 members pic.twitter.com/dunmU2ufzb
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) March 18, 2025
STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – MARCH 18, 2025 (ongoing count):
- At least 49,921 Palestinians killed, 120,506 injured – including:
- at least 48,981 killed in Gaza (~14,550 children) -not including the latest attacks
- at least 940 killed in the West Bank (~187 children)
- at least 112,603 injured in Gaza
- at least 7,903 injured in the West Bank
According to Palestinian authorities, at least 150 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza, and Israel has committed approximately 962 ceasefire violations since the ceasefire came into force in November.
WAR STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 (Hamas attack) – JANUARY 22, 2025 (Ceasefire):
Palestinian death toll from October 7, 2023 – January 19, 2025: at least 48,143 – including at least 47,283 in Gaza (~20,600 children), and 916 in the West Bank (~183 children). Palestinian injuries: at least 118,472 – including at least 111,629 in Gaza, and 7,000 in the West Bank.
Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 11,000 more are still buried under rubble.
Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – January 19, 2025: ~1,616 (or 1,590) – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 436 (or 405) military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel.
NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.
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