Friday, March 20, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
- Adi Ronen Argov
- Mar 20
- 2 min read
‣ No casualties reported over the past 24 hours.
Eid al-Fitr
General
1. First day of Eid al-Fitr.
2. Rafah crossing opened for the entry of 25 returning residents.
Northern Strip
1. Fire in Beit Lahia - a 14-year-old critically injured.
Central Strip
1. Al Maghazi refugee camp - a father suffering from post-trauma and his two-year-old son went to purchase basic goods. At the entrance checkpoint to the camp, both the father and the toddler were detained by Israeli soldiers. Accounts of what followed differ:
‣ According to the Israeli army, the father used his son as a human shield and claimed he was a Hamas operative who took part in the October 7, 2023 massacre. He was arrested, and the toddler was handed over to the Red Cross after 10 hours, injured by shrapnel.
‣ According to witnesses, the father was beaten and did not confess to involvement in the October 7 massacre as claimed by the Israeli army. He was taken away, and according to doctors who examined the toddler, cigarette burn wounds were found on his body, along with another wound in his leg caused by the insertion of a sharp nail-like object.
Rafah District
1. Artillery fire and shelling from the sea on western Rafah.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA OPT, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Rosa News, Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, yNet, Zirat War.
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