mondoweiss, genocide. up to date. the show goes on;

Casualties 

• 32,414 + killed* and at least 74,787 wounded in the Gaza Strip.
• 448+ 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 

• UN: Security Council passes resolution for “lasting” ceasefire without U.S. veto. Netanyahu says that Israel will continue the war until the release of Israeli captives.
• UNRWA: The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reaffirms that UNRWA is a ‘lifeline’ for  Palestinians in Gaza. 
• Guterres’s remarks came after U.S. President Biden signed a government funding bill effectively banning  UNRWA from receiving U.S. funding until 2025.
• On Monday, UNRWA’s Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, said that 171 UNRWA employees had been killed by Israeli forces since October 7.
• Nine Palestinians were reported dead and five missing by Gaza authorities after drowning while attempting to retrieve air-dropped aid packages that had fallen in the sea north of the Gaza Strip. At least 27 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly children, have been reported dead of malnutrition caused by the lack of access to food.
• Israeli forces wounded two Palestinians in military raids on Nablus city and the Balata refugee camp.
• Israeli forces also arrested 30 Palestinians across the West Bank, raising the number of Palestinians detained by Israel since October to 7,800. The total number of Palestinians in Israeli prisons has risen to 9,100.
• Over 100 Palestinians killed in Gaza in 24 hours..........more..........