Israel's Aggression Against Occupied Palestine: March 2025

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued violating the ceasefire agreement that entered into force on January 19 by targeting civilians and their properties in various areas in the Gaza Strip. On the morning of March 18, Israel officially announced it was abrogating the ceasefire and resuming its genocidal war on Gaza by launching a series of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, in addition to artillery shelling. These attacks led to the killing of at least 400 Palestinians and wounding hundreds. According to the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, since the resumption of the war on March 18, the IOF have killed at least 830 Palestinians and injured more than 1,787 others—an average of killing more than 103 Palestinians and injuring 223 others every 24 hours.

IOF has resumed its policy of forced displacement, issuing 10 forced evacuation orders covering large areas across all governorates of the Gaza Strip without taking “any measures to provide accommodation for the evacuated population (…) Of particular concern is northern Gaza, over half of which appears to be under such orders. Tens of thousands of Palestinians are reportedly trapped in Khan Younis and Rafah. Those who are displaced are not guaranteed safety. The Israeli army ordered the population from western Rafah to go to Al Mawasi, which has been reportedly bombarded”, according to a statement by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Earlier, the Israeli government escalated its starvation campaign against the Gaza Strip, announcing on March 2nd its decision to close the crossings and halt the entry of all humanitarian goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip. Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich welcomed this decision in a post on the platform "X". "The decision we took tonight to halt the entry of aid until Hamas is destroyed or completely surrenders and all hostages are returned, is a step in the right direction, and opens the gates of hell." In the same context, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who returned to the government immediately after the war was resumed, stated that "now is the most appropriate time to open the gates of hell and cut off electricity and water supplies to the Gaza Strip," calling for continued efforts to implement plans to displace the Palestinian people in Gaza forcibly. During March 2025, at least 2,030 Palestinians were killed and more than 2,924 Palestinians were injured in Occupied Palestine. In Gaza alone, at least 2,011 Palestinians were killed and 2,780 injured due to Israel’s genocidal war, while 19 Palestinians were killed in the occupied West Bank.