The Israeli army carried out a series of strikes throughout the day since the dawn hours, culminating in the murder of nine people. - 5 am: helicopter strike on a vehicle - 9 am: 2 killed in a strike on a group of civilians in Al-Mughraqa, north of Nuseirat camp - Midday: 4 killed and 16 injured in an airstrike on a tent at Al-Razi UNRWA school **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Haider Shadi Nawfal 2. Muhannad Saeed Al-Obaid 3. Moamen Saeed Al-Obaid (Muhannad's brother) 4. Ahmed Moin Abu Marhail 5. Mohammed Ibrahim Hamada 6. Muhammad Suleiman Al-Kharti 7. Atef Nidal Ismail (18 y/o football player) 8. Rami Hamdan Al-Ashqar 9. Salsabil Muhammad Al-Sahloub

On March 24, 2025, Israeli special forces, accompanied by military reinforcements, stormed the city from its eastern and northern entrances, raided the al-Naqqar neighborhood, and surrounded a commercial store in the western part where the slain youth was located. - They demanded via loudspeakers that the former prisoner Maskawi, who was released at the end of last year after spending 22 months in captivity, surrender. But he decided to resist. - A day earlier, his father and two uncles were abducted by Israel in an attempt to pressure him into surrendering. Instead, Baraa chose to resist until his final moments. - The Israeli special forces fired heavy gunfire at the besieged store, followed by firing Energa missiles. - After failing to kill him in an armed clash that lasted for hours, Israeli special forces sent a suicide drone. The Israeli army has started using suicide drones in the West Bank. - The body of Maskawi was then seized. - Security sources said that other citizens were injured. During the raid, and the heavy use of live ammunition, a citizen was injured in the foot by live bullets. He was transferred to Darwish Nazzal Governmental Hospital in the city for treatment, where his injury was described as moderate. Meanwhile, another youth was detained after being injured and taken to an unknown location.

On March 24, 2025, Israeli settlers carried out a massive attack in the village of Susiya. - Dozens of settlers stormed houses in the village, threw stones, smashed windows and vehicles, and assaulted residents as well as solidarity activists. - These settler militias, backed by Israeli forces, blocking ambulances from accessing the area. - Several residents were injured, and at least one of them was arrested by the apartheid regime that accompanied the attack. - Hamdan Ballal Al-Huraini (director film 'No Other Land'), was abducted by settlers and soldiers, after he was injured during the attack. While being evacuated, he was taken out of the ambulance and arrested by the army. Requests to the army for an update on his whereabouts and condition were not answered. - According to AFP, he was detained by the Israeli military, according to two of his fellow directors and other witnesses. The filmmaker Hamdan Bilal was one of three Palestinians detained in the village of Susiya, according to attorney Leah Tsemmel. Police told her they’re being held at a military base for medical treatment and she said she hasn’t been able to speak with them. - Most residents are hiding in the mountains, fleeing for their lives as Israeli soldiers and settlers shoot at them and destroy their homes. **Mohammad Hureini statement on X** *"My cousin Hamdan is still missing after being abducted by the Israeli army and extremists settlers during the terror pogrom on Susya village ,in Masafer Yatta . No one knows where he is until this moment, This is state-backed kidnapping !"* **Basel Adra (co-director of 'No Other Land') on x** *"I'm standing with Karam, Hamdan's 7 year old son, near the blood of Hamdan's in his house, after settlers lynched him. Hamdan, co-director of our film No Other Land, is still missing after soldiers abducted him, injured and bleeding. This is how they erase Masafer Yatta."* - On March 25, later on Tuesday, the police announced in a statement the release of the three Palestinians. "After their interrogation, the three men were released by the police under certain conditions (...) and on bail,". - Basel Adra, who worked with Hamdan Bilal on No Other Land, posted a photo on X showing Bilal after his release, with his eyes closed and his t-shirt stained with blood. "Hamdan has been released and is currently in the hospital in Hebron receiving treatment. He was beaten by soldiers and settlers all over his body. The soldiers left him blindfolded and handcuffed throughout of military base last night." - After his release, Hamdan Ballal claimed that it was the violent settler Shem Tov Luski was the one who hurt him behind the head with a rock, and that the settlers targeted him beacuse he was an Oscar winner.

Around 2:50 pm, an Israeli airstrike targeted the car of renowned journalist Hossam Shabat in Beit Lahia. He was killed on the spot along with another person. His close colleague Anas Al-Sharif [reported](https://x.com/AnasAlSharif0/status/1904247258457014613) that Hossam was expecting his family, displaced in southern Gaza, to return to the north and start arrangements for his marriage. ### Hossam's last message and will: “*If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents—anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people’s side*. *By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest—something I haven’t known in the past 18 months . I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.* *I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza. Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free.*” ### Tribute by journalist Jeremy Scahill, from Drop Site: *"Time now is measured not in minutes, but in lifetimes of pain and tears. With every passing moment the anxiety and tension of the people here grows, as they wonder whether they will stay alive long enough for the fire to cease," wrote Hossam Shabat in one of his stories for us. *People see Palestinian journalists reporting the horrors of the genocide against their own families and people. But they are so much more than the videos broadcast on social media. Hossam was a lyrical, poetic, somehow optimistic, human being with remarkable courage & dedication. Israel publicly put Hossam on a kill list and he would receive threatening calls and warnings. He saw his friends murdered. Yet he never ceased his journalism, his absolute dedication to showing the world the reality of the Israeli genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza.* ### Tribute by journalist Imad Zakout: *Hossam Shabat is a name that has shone on Al Jazeera Mubasher and social media. His work began at the Indonesian Hospital at the beginning of the war on the Gaza Strip. I noticed his constant activity in covering the crimes of the occupation and his continuous growth in journalistic coverage. Hossam became an influential journalist and a prominent figure in northern Gaza. He not only covered events but also initiated charitable initiatives to support his people. We will definitely miss you, Hossam. Despite the short period of time you worked, you left behind a great media legacy that people will remember you for and will be an archive for future generations. May God have mercy on you, Hossam* **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Hossam Shabat (journalist) 2. Muhamamd Ibrahim Al-Dahnoun Al-Masri

By March 23, the raids continued, with reports of occupation forces storming Dura, south of Hebron, resulting in multiple injuries among Palestinian youths due to live fire and tear gas. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed two injuries from gunfire in Dura, with local sources later reporting a total of four injuries. Geolocation| Israeli soldiers seemingly shoot and then kick a Palestinian in Dura, Hebron Governorate, occupied West Bank An Israeli military MDT David is also visible at the start of the video : 31.511712, 35.027617

Early afternoon, an Israeli airstrike targeted the **Al-Israa camp for displaced** Palestinians, located next to Al-Israa Tower and Al-Mostaqbal Model Private School, on Omar Al-Mukhtar Street, Gaza City. While a warning was reportedly given, the IDF used a **2,000 pound bomb** causing a violent explosion, leaving a **crater** in its wake, and **killing a four year-old girl** who was roughly 130m away from the location of the airstrike. The bomb has been precisely identified as an MK-84 2,000 pound bomb with a JDAM kit. The IDP camp was established only a couple of days prior to the bombing. **Name of the martyr:** - Razan Hamdiya

On March 23, 2025, settlers entered the home of a Palestinian family in Tel Rumeida in Hebron late afternoon and established a new settlement there. - According to reports, the family members went out for an Iftar meal, but when they returned, they discovered that settlers had entered their home and the army prevented them from approaching the house. - The police refused to take a complaint from them and referred them to the Coordination and Liaison Headquarters. The settlers claim that they purchased the house, but as mentioned, the Palestinian family denies this and called the police (who refused to come). According to [Peace Now](https://peacenow.org.il/en/settlers-occupied-a-palestinian-house-in-hebron), in similar cases in the past, the Palestinian owners were forced to go to court to force the government to evict the settlers until the ownership issue was clarified. In some cases, it turned out to be a forgery. **Location of the new settlement:** Settlers entered a house on a hill in Tel Rumeida, separate from existing settlement homes. The house is near past archaeological excavations. To protect settlers in the Palestinian city, the IDF has imposed strict movement restrictions on Palestinians, including roadblocks and bans on driving or walking in certain areas. The new settlement lies outside a checkpoint, raising concerns that further restrictions will be placed on Palestinians in nearby streets. 

Around 9:10 pm, an Israeli airstrike **directly** struck Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, the main hospital that remains functioning in southern Gaza. A doctor working at the hospital confirmed that the **in-patient surgical ward** was directly hit. The hospital director announced that the **surgery ward is completely out of service** as a result of the strike which caused significant damage to the walls and ceiling. At least two people were confirmed killed while others were injured among the medical staff and patients. The airstrike was carried out to **assassinate** member of Hamas' politbureau member Ismail Barhoum who was **receiving medical treatment** from a previous strike about a week prior. The victims include a teen patient who was killed: 16 year-old **Ibrahim Sami Barhoum**. Ibrahim was a young Quran Hafiz and was also receiving treatment for injuries at the hospital. He was operated on by American trauma surgeon Feroze Sidhwa and was supposed to be discharged from the hospital on the next day. Weapons expert Trevor Ball drew similarities betweent he fragments of the missile with another unidentified Israeli missile used in Lebanon months prior.

### Forced displacement: Around 8 am, the IDF issued a forced displacement order covering the Tal al-Sultan area, in southwest Rafah. Israel prohibited displacement by vehicles, forcing people, ailing, elderly to walk long distances under Israeli gunfire, as was documented by journalists on the ground. ### Field executions Multiple **eyewitnesses** recounted that the IDF **shot at people during the forced displacement**, and struck a bus full of people. A father, displaced from the Saudi neighborhood, also recounted seeing two **people being shot dead** on the coastal road, and found his own son killed lying on the ground in the "barracks" area. A mother, also reported her son was killed but could not take his body as the tanks were in front of her. ### Rescue vehicles struck and crew missing At dawn, hours before the forced displacement announcement, the IDF had struck a PRCS ambulance north of Rafah. Palestinian sources reported hours later, around 8 am, that IDF troops had **surrounded five ambulances and a fire truck**, and people in Rafah, including some injured by Israeli attacks. The vehicles were transporting 16 first responders (10 PRCS paramedics and 6 Civil Defense crews) responding to the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Al-Hashashin area of Rafah. Around 10 am, journalists reported that contact was lost with Civil Defense crews who were sent to rescue PRCS crews targeted by the IDF. On March 28, a joint mission involving Civil Defense, Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and UNOCHA reached the area and found the PRCS and Civil Defense vehicles bombed and completely destroyed, along with a UN vehicle. Moreover the **head of the Civil Defense mission to Rafah, Anwar al-Attar was found killed**. On March 30, another mission to search for the missing crew **found most of the missing crew members killed, including a UN employee.** Al-Jazeera's fact checking agency, Sanad, obtained and analyzed satellite imagery which clearly showed IDF vehicles surrounding the rescue vehicles. The IDF confirmed that its troops had opened fire on several vehicles “advancing suspiciously toward IDF troops without headlights or emergency signals”. The victims and the wrecked vehicles were **buried collectively under the sand**, as evidenced in UNOCHA footage of the search operations. According to the Ministry of Health and the Civil Defense spokesperson, the rescue crews were buried only a few meters away from their vehicles, meaning that they were taken out. One victim had his clothes removed and another one was beheaded. Their bodies had markings of having been zip-tied, and being shot with a hail of bullets. Dr. Ahmad Dhaher, a forensic expert at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, carried out autopsies of five bodies stated that - one body was decomposed beyond recognition, seemlingly mutilated by animals - another had bruises on the wrist with linear marks on the skin - "some were shot in the head from behind" - “most of the bullets targeted the joints, such as the shoulder, elbow, ankle, or wrist” In addition, eyewitnesses who took part in the recovery of the workers' remains and saw their arrival at Nasser hospital both saw indications of hands and legs being tied, as reported to [the Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/01/palestinian-paramedics-shot-by-israeli-forces-had-hands-tied-eyewitnesses-say). ### Massacre recorded, debunks Israeli spin On April 4, 2025, the PRCS announced presenting to the UN Security Council a **video recording of the moment Israeli troops shot** the paramedics with a gunfire barrage. The footage was obtained from the phone of paramedic Refaat Radwan which was found in his pocket. The footage was shared with and published by the New York Times, which described the sequence of events in the recording as follows The recording starts with a convoy of PRCS ambulances reaching the scene where another ambulance is on the side of the road and the paramedics notice people lying on the ground. As soon as the paramedics wearing appropriate reflective gear dismounted from the ambulances –also bearing clear insignia and flashlights– they were shot at with a hail of bullets by Israelis for over 5 minutes. The paramedic who was filming seemingly took cover and kept reciting the Shahada and other final prayers throughout the Israeli shooting, while shout in Hebrew were heard in the background along with cries of distraught paramedics. The recording clearly refutes claims by the IDF which did not deny its responsibility and claimed that the vehicles were "uncoordinated" and "advancing suspiciously toward IDF troops without headlights or emergency signals". The IDF also claimed the attack killed "a Hamas military operative, Mohammad Amin Ibrahim Shubaki". However, no person with that name is on the list of bodies retrieves from the mass grave. ### Account of events by Jonathan Whittall, UNOCHA head of Gaza and West Bank office: *First responders should never be a target. Yet today UNOCHA supported @PalestineRCS and Civil Defense to retrieve colleagues from a mass grave in Rafah that was marked with the emergency light from one of their crushed ambulances.* *Seven days ago, as Israeli forces advanced on Rafah, 10 PRCS and 6 Civil Defense first responders were dispatched to collect injured. All five ambulances and one fire-truck were struck, along with a UN vehicle that arrived later. Contact was lost with all.* *One survivor said Israeli forces had killed both of the crew in his ambulance. For days, OCHA coordinated to reach the site but our access was only granted 5days later.* *While traveling to the area on the fifth day we encountered hundreds of civilians fleeing under gunfire. We witnessed a woman shot in the back of the head. When a young man tried to retrieve her, he too was shot. We were able to recover her body using our UN vehicle.* *Returning the next day, we were finally able to reach the site and discovered a devastating scene: ambulances, the UN vehicle, and fire truck had been crushed and partially buried. After hours of digging, we recovered one body - a Civil Defense worker beneath his fire truck.* *Today, on the first day of Eid, we returned and recovered the buried bodies of 8 PRCS, 6 Civil Defense and 1 UN staff. They were killed in their uniforms. Driving their clearly marked vehicles. Wearing their gloves. On their way to save lives. This should never have happened* **List of the members of the rescue mission:** 1. Mustafa Khafaja (Red Crescent, killed) 2. Ezz El-Din Shaat (Red Crescent, killed) 3. Saleh Muammar (Red Crescent, killed) 4. Muhammad Bahloul (Red Crescent, killed) 5. Muhammad Al-Hila (Red Crescent, killed) 6. Ashraf Abu Libda (Red Crescent, killed) 7. Raed Al-Sharif (Red Crescent, killed) 8. Refaat Radwan (Red Crescent, killed) 9. Asaad Al-Nsasra (Red Crescent, disappeared then released on April 29) 10. Anwar Al-Attar (Civil Defense, killed) 11. Fouad Al-Jammal (Civil Defense, killed) 12. Yousef Khalifa (Civil Defense, killed) 13. Zuhayr Al-Farra (Civil Defense, killed) 14. Sameer Al-Bahabsa (Civil Defense, killed) 15. Ibrahim Al-Mughari (Civil Defense, killed) 16. unnamed United Nations staff member (killed)

Israel carried out a series of airstrikes across Gaza's two southern governorates Khan Younis and Rafah, which lasted between 11:30 pm and 4:30 am and killed 23 people. #### List of strikes: - 11:30 pm: **Abu Daqqa family** house in **Al-Fukhari**, east of Khan Younis; 4 killed, nurse Jihad Anwar Abu Daqqa, his wife, and their two daughters - Midnight: **Bardawil family** tent in Mawasi Khan Younis: Dr. Salah Bardawil, member of Hamas's political bueau, and his wife were killed during their **night prayers**. A **little girl** was also killed in the airstrike. - 4 am: House in the **Japanese neighborhood** west of Khan Younis; 5 injured, 2 killed inlcuding a five year-old girl  - **Ashour family** house strike in **Al-Nasr** neighborhood in Rafah; 8 killed: father, wife and children killed - 4:15 am: **Al-Agha family** house near Abdullah Azzam mosque; 6 killed **Names of the martyrs (identified):** 1. Muhammad Saadallah Ayesh Ashour 2. Istabraq Muhammad Saadallah Ashour 3. Sundus Muhammad Saadallah Ashour 4. Adel Muhammad Saadallah Ashour 5. Saadallah Muhammad Saadallah Ashour 6. Akram Muhammad Saadallah Ashour 7. Antar Jihad Deeb Ashour 8. Muhammad Hassan Ayesh Al-Ammour 9. Jihad Anwar Kamel Abu Daqqa 10. Mona Ibrahim Abdurahman Al-Shawwaf (Jihad's wife) 11. Lilian Jihad Anwar Abu Daqqa (Jihad's daughter) 12. Hoor Jihad Anwar Abu Daqqa (Jihad's daughter) 13. Noor Al-Din Ahmad Saeed Al-Hashash 14. Emad Nasr Salam Al-Hashash 15. Jihan Wahid Muhammad Musa (28 y/o, Japanese neighborhood) 16. Nada Muhammad Khaled Abu Madi (5 y/o, Japanese neighborhood) 17. Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil 18. Salah Al-Bardawil's wife "Umm Muhammad" 19. Jihad Shukri Al-Agha "Abu Obada" 20. Hanan Yasin Al-Astal (teacher, Jihad's wife) 21. Idris Jihad Al-Agha (son) 22. Jinan Jihad Al-Agha (daughter) 23. Wiam Jihad Al-Agha (daughter, under rubble) 24. Abrar Jihad Al-Agha (daughter, under rubble)