Sunday, March 16, 2025 – The Gaza Strip

‣ In the past 24 hours, brought to hospitals were

◦ 29 killed persons (15 of them bodies rescued from rubble);

◦ 51 wounded persons.

‣ Since October 7, 2023:

◦ 48,572 persons killed;

◦ 111,032 persons wounded.

‣ 17 bodies including 8 unidentified transferred from Shifaa Hospital Compound to burial;

‣ The 44th group of wounded and ill persons is evacuated from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing;

‣ The Palestinian Ministry of Health: 38,000 children orphaned since October 7, 2023;

‣ UNICEF: only one of every 10 persons has access to clean water in the Gaza Strip;

‣ Over half a million tons of debris and waste have accumulated in the Gaza Strip, of which 200,000 tons are in Gaza City itself;

‣ World Food Program – no food has entered the Gaza Strip since the crossings were closed on March 2, 2025.

Northern strip

1. Beit Lahia – the 9 persons killed in yesterday’s drone attack on a group of journalists are buried. Another person wounded in this attack died of his wounds today.

2. Beit Hanoun – Machine-gun fire.

3. Al Zeitoun, Gaza City – drone attack, one person killed near Kuweiti Junction.

Central strip

1. Juhor Ad-Dik – drone attacks a group of people. One person killed.

2. Al Bureij refugee camp – attack east of camp, one person killed.

Southern strip

1. Abasan Al Kabira and Ghabsan Al Jadida, east of Khan Yunis – tank fire.

2. Al Farahin near Abasan Al Kabira, east of Khan Yunis – shots fired at houses in the neighborhood.

3. Rafah, Al Shaboura neighborhood – aerial attack. Shots fired from the sea towards the shore.

4. Tel Al Sultan, west of Rafah – 3 persons wounded in drone attack.

5. Al Janina, east of Rafah – heavy shooting of houses during breaking the fast.

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Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), 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, Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO.