The Palestinian news agency (WAFA) reported on Tuesday evening that “95 citizens were killed in the Gaza Strip since dawn today due to the ongoing genocidal war being waged by the Israeli occupation on the strip.” The agency quoted medical sources inside Gaza, stating that the Palestinian casualties were distributed among several hospitals in the strip as follows: Al-Shifa Hospital 35, Sheikh Radwan Clinic 4, Al-Awda Hospital 10, Al-Aqsa Hospital 3, Nasser Hospital 31, and Al-Maamadan Hospital 12.
Earlier, the foreign ministers of Egypt and Qatar emphasized that in the Gaza Strip, despite Israel’s rejection of the mediators’ proposal.” They affirmed the two countries’ rejection of Israeli attempts to displace Palestinians, considering it an unacceptable “red line.” The ministers stressed the “prohibition of using starvation as a weapon and continued pressure to ensure the full and unconditional access of humanitarian aid,” noting that “using aid as a weapon for starvation and collective punishment is a dangerous precedent.”
Israel resumed its bombing of the Gaza Strip on March 18, after a halt of about two months, specifically since the ceasefire agreement with Hamas came into effect on January 19, following the collapse of negotiations to extend the first phase of the agreement or move to its second phase. The ceasefire agreement between Israel “was supposed to continue, once the first phase, which ended on March 1, was extended, or by entering its second phase, but disagreements between Israel and Hamas over the next steps prevented that.
For his part, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed Moscow’s concern over the escalation of the situation in the Gaza Strip and the casualties of civilians, confirming that Moscow is closely monitoring the situation and looking forward to returning to the path of peace.
