genocide brought to you by israel and reported here by mondoweiss;

Casualties 

• 32,490 + killed* and at least 74,889 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
• 449+ Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.**
• Israel revises its estimated October 7 death toll down from 1,400 to 1,139.
• 594 Israeli soldiers have been killed since October 7, and at least 3,221 injured.***

* Gaza’s Ministry of Health confirmed this figure on its Telegram channel. Some rights groups estimate the death toll to be much higher when accounting for those presumed dead.

** The death toll in the West Bank and Jerusalem is not updated regularly. According to the PA’s Ministry of Health on March 17, this is the latest figure.

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

Key Developments 

• 76 Palestinians killed and 102 wounded in 8 massacres committed by  Israeli forces across the Gaza Strip, says Palestinian health ministry.
• Israeli forces raid Nasser Hospital, force medical staff and displaced Palestinians to evacuate.
• Lebanon: 7 Lebanese killed in Israeli airstrikes on Habaryeh in southern Lebanon.
• One man killed in Kiryat Shmona as Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets on northern occupied Palestine.
• West Bank: Israeli forces arrest 20 Palestinians, raising number of Palestinians detained since October 7 to 7,820.
• One Palestinian, aged 20, killed by Israeli forces during a raid on Jenin in the northern West Bank. Fatah’s al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades announces in a statement that its fighters confronted the raiding Israeli forces in Jenin and Qabatiya, west of Jenin. Local sources report one Israeli vehicle was targeted with an explosive device.
• Israeli Broadcasting Corporation: Negotiations with Hamas continue through intermediates with differences over the return of displaced Palestinians to the northern Gaza Strip.
• Pentagon says that Israel will play a role in ensuring the security of the U.S.-built shore dock in Gaza.
• UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini says that the agency has enough funds to operate until next May.
• Jordanian security forces arrest several protesters against the Gaza war near the Israeli embassy in Amman............more...........