‘Israel’ kills one, injures nine in past 24 hours in Gaza

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Thursday that one martyr and nine injuries arrived at hospitals in the past 24 hours as a result of Israeli occupation fire.

According to the ministry, the number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire on October 11 has risen to 651, while the number of injuries has reached 1,741.

The ministry also stated that medical teams have recovered 756 martyrs’ bodies, noting that a number of victims remain trapped under the rubble and on roads, as ambulance and civil defense crews are still unable to reach them.

It added that the cumulative number of martyrs since the outbreak of the genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, has risen to 72,136, while the number of injured has reached 171,839.

Child killed in Beit Lahia as Israeli attacks continue
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent reported that a child, Samih Shahab Samih Ma’ruf, was martyred by Israeli occupation gunfire in the city of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli occupation boats also opened fire toward the coast of Gaza City, while artillery shelling targeted eastern Gaza City, southern Khan Younis, and the al-Mawasi area west of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

Warning of worsening health crisis in Gaza
Amid the deteriorating health situation, the director of the Gaza Cancer Center warned that the closure of the Rafah crossing is worsening the suffering of thousands of patients and wounded people.

He noted that shortages of medicines and medical supplies threaten to trigger a health catastrophe in the Gaza Strip.

On March 10, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said that the Israeli occupation’s continued closure of the Rafah crossing constitutes a blatant and dangerous violation of the ceasefire agreement and a retreat from commitments made to mediators, particularly Egypt, dismissing Israeli justifications as “flimsy security pretexts and false claims.”

Qassem warned that the closure is preventing tens of thousands of wounded Palestinians from traveling abroad for medical treatment, and that the ongoing shutdown could cost the lives of dozens of patients already deprived of adequate care, particularly given the near-total collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system.

The Hamas spokesperson added that the closure also violates international conventions guaranteeing freedom of movement and the right of individuals to enter and leave their homeland.