A woman cries while sitting on the rubble of her house, destroyed in an Israeli strike, in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on March 18, 2025. Photo: AFP/file photo.
After a fragile ceasefire that lasted roughly two months, “Israel” has resumed its aggression on Gaza with intense airstrikes, resulting in an initial toll of 254 martyrs and more than 440 injuries, including many in critical condition, the enclave’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday, declaring a state of emergency.
Earlier, the Government Media Office in Gaza reported that over 322 people have been killed or are missing in a span of five hours, with dozens more injured.
According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent, “Israel” has launched a new wave of airstrikes targeting various cities in Gaza, including a particularly intense strike on eastern Gaza.
Israeli warplanes have bombed homes in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, and northeast of the Nuseirat refugee camp. Meanwhile, Israeli artillery has shelled the town of al-Fukhari, east of Khan Younis in the south.
Our correspondent further noted that Gaza’s streets remain deserted as residents are gripped with fear, with Israeli warplanes filling the sky.
Palestinian media reported that Major General Mahmoud Abu Watfa, Deputy Minister of Interior in Gaza, was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City.
The Israeli occupation military also issued evacuation orders for a number of neighborhoods in Gaza.
Hamas said it is engaged in communications with mediators regarding the current situation, adding that it is keen to complete the implementation of the ceasefire in Gaza, Reuters reported.
The Media Office said the Israeli occupation is violating the ceasefire agreement and continuing its genocide against civilians, in blatant disregard for all international and humanitarian conventions.
It stated that these brutal massacres are taking place amid a catastrophic and suffocating siege, with all border crossings completely blocked, as more than 2.4 million Palestinians in Gaza were deprived of the most basic necessities of life, including food, medicine, water, baby formula, and essential supplies. Israeli media reported that “Israel” has shut down the Rafah border crossing.
Due to the dire security conditions and the paralysis of the transportation sector, the transfer of a large number of martyrs to hospitals has been hindered, the Government Media Office in Gaza noted. It emphasized that most of the martyrs and missing persons are women, children, and elderly individuals, describing the ongoing events as acts of genocide targeting people, land, and history.
The office stressed that the latest massacres reaffirm that “Israel” knows only the language of killing, destruction, and genocide and expose its true intentions to shed innocent blood without any moral or legal restraint.
