Israel's Gaza offensive claims over 100 Palestinian lives daily, rights monitor reports

By isabelle // 2025-03-29

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Daily casualties in Gaza average 103 killed and 223 injured since Israel resumed military operations on March 18.
Entire families, journalists, and educators are among civilian victims of airstrikes and shelling.
Humanitarian aid remains blocked, leaving Gaza with only two weeks of food supplies amid severe hunger.
Over 200,000 Palestinians displaced in one week as Israeli forces target homes and shelters.
Euro-Med Monitor accuses Israel of systematic policies aimed at making survival impossible, calling it "genocide."

Israel's resumed military campaign in Gaza is killing at least 103 Palestinians and injuring 223 more every day, according to a scathing report released Thursday by the Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. The offensive, which began after Israel unilaterally ended a January ceasefire with Hamas on March 18, has resulted in 830 Palestinian deaths and 1,787 injuries in less than two weeks through relentless airstrikes, artillery shelling, and drone attacks throughout the embattled coastal enclave. The rights group characterized Israel's actions as part of a "systematic Israeli policy" designed to make survival "impossible" for Gaza's 2.3 million residents, who are already facing severe food shortages and blocked humanitarian aid.

Civilian targets come under fire

Entire families have repeatedly fallen victim to Israeli bombardments. On March 26, an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Najjar family home in northern Gaza's Jabalia area killed eight Palestinians, including five children. The military has not limited its targets to permanent structures. Euro-Med Monitor documented attacks on tents housing displaced civilians who had already lost their homes to earlier bombing campaigns. "This is a clear component of a systematic Israeli policy that aims to kill Palestinians, ruin their lives, and impose a horrific reality that makes it impossible to survive," the rights group stated in its report. Journalists have also faced deadly targeting. Al-Jazeera correspondent Hossam Shabat was killed on March 24 when an Israeli airstrike hit his moving vehicle in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. That same day, Palestine Today TV journalist Mohammed Mansour died when Israeli planes bombed his home in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, leaving his wife gravely injured.

Education officials among the dead

The report highlighted the killing of civilian government employees with no apparent military connections. Jihad al-Agha, head of the Supervision Department at the East Khan Yunis Education Directorate, was killed alongside his wife, child, and three daughters when an airstrike hit their home on March 23. Just one day later, Manar Abu Khater, the director of education at the East Khan Yunis Directorate, was killed with two of his sons in another airstrike on Khan Yunis. According to Euro-Med Monitor, these education officials maintained their civilian status and should not have been legitimate targets for attack, as they were not "actively and consistently engaged in hostilities."

Humanitarian crisis deepens

The renewed military campaign coincides with a worsening humanitarian emergency. The World Food Programme (WFP) warned Thursday that hundreds of thousands of Gazans face severe hunger and malnutrition as food stocks dwindle and borders remain closed to aid deliveries. WFP reported it has approximately 5,700 tons of food stocks left in Gaza — enough to support operations for a maximum of just two weeks. The organization and its partners have been unable to bring new food supplies into Gaza for more than three weeks due to Israel's closure of border crossings. The rights monitor also raised alarm about 15 ambulance and civil defense workers who have been detained by Israeli forces in Rafah for four consecutive days. Their whereabouts remain unknown, raising concerns they may have been killed, tortured, or otherwise mistreated — actions that would constitute violations of international law and the Geneva Conventions. In the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood of western Rafah, Israeli forces have reportedly shot civilians attempting to flee, leaving bodies lying in the streets. An estimated 50,000 civilians remain confined to a small area while military operations continue around them.

Forced displacement accelerates

The report states that over 200,000 Palestinians have been forced to leave their homes in just one week, with thousands more preparing to flee as they search for temporary housing. This massive displacement occurs as basic services and security remain unavailable across Gaza. Euro-Med Monitor called on the international community to fulfill its legal obligations to halt what it termed a "genocide" in Gaza, protect Palestinian civilians, lift the blockade completely, and ensure unhindered movement of people and goods through all crossings without "arbitrary conditions." Without urgent international intervention, the rights group warned, Palestinians face "slow and gradual death" under increasingly lethal living conditions imposed by Israeli forces that have now resumed full-scale military operations after the brief January ceasefire. Sources for this article include: TheCradle.co ReliefWeb.int MiddleEastEye.net