14 March
- Israeli forces launch more attacks on Gaza, killing at least two children in Gaza City and Beit Lahiya, as Israel’s total blockade on all aid into the Strip enters its 13th day.
- UN experts say Israel has carried out “genocidal acts” against Palestinians by systematically destroying women’s healthcare facilities during its war on Gaza and using sexual violence as a war strategy.
- A Hamas official says the Palestinian group is insisting on sticking to the existing Gaza ceasefire deal and advancing to a second stage, amid reports of talks on a US proposal to extend phase one by 60 days in exchange for the release of more Israeli captives.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 48,524 Palestinians have been killed and 111,955 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Government Media Office has updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of Palestinians missing under the rubble are presumed dead. At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT::
- Palestinian aid workers say mothers in Gaza are once again writing down names on their children’s bodies amid fears of a return to war.
- Israeli settlers set fire to several Palestinian homes and vehicles in the village of Duma and the town of Khirbet al-Manajim in the occupied West Bank.
- A spokesperson for Hamas demanded that Israel abide by its obligations under the existing truce deal, including pulling out from south Gaza, and slammed what he called new proposals aimed at “circumventing” the agreement.
- The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor joined calls for global action after a UN commission accused Israel of “genocidal acts” and sexual abuse of Palestinians during the Gaza war.
- Columbia University punished at least 22 students, including by expelling nine of them, for their activism in support of Palestinians, according to a student group.
Source: Aljazeera
