mondoweiss reports from gaza;

Casualties  

• 29,782+ killed* and at least 70,043 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
• 380+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
• Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,147.
• 579 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.**

*This figure was confirmed by Gaza’s Ministry of Health on Telegram channel on February 24. Some rights groups put the death toll number at more than 38,000 when accounting for those presumed dead.

** This figure is released by the Israeli military, showing the soldiers whose names “were allowed to be published.”

Key Developments

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stresses that the assault on the crowded city of Rafah will take place but may be delayed by captive exchange deal.
• UNRWA: Famine in northern Gaza can be avoided if more food convoys are allowed in.
• Orthodox Jews take over Muslim shrine, vandalize graves in West Jerusalem.
• WFP: Enough food is waiting across Gaza’s borders to feed entire population.
• Aerial photos show over 2,000 aid trucks on Egyptian side of Rafah crossing.
• Renowned Gazan artist Fat’hi Ghabin dies after being denied treatment abroad.
• Gaza Ministry of Health: Dialysis and intensive care patients facing death in northern Gaza as hospitals run out of fuel.
• 18-year-old Israeli woman jailed for refusing to serve in army over war on Gaza.........more..........